January 12, 2012
A taxi cab in Hanoi Transport authorities are going to launch more inspections into taxi operations in Vietnam’s large cities to protect customers from incidents such as being beaten or ripped off. Eight taxi firms have been suspended in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City following inspections by the Transport Ministry last month. During [...]
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January 8, 2012
Experts say more should be done to eliminate scam taxis after inspections led to the suspension of eleven firms in HCMC and Hanoi An imitation taxi passes foreign tourists near HCMC’s Ben ThanhâMarket. Experts say Vietnam must do more to eliminate illegal taxis that tarnish the image of major cities. Nguyen Chi Hieu hailed [...]
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December 28, 2011
The Ministry of Transport on Thursday suspended another taxi company from operating at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City for various violations, online newspaper VnExpress reported. Happy Taxi is the third company to be banned from the airport, after Petrolimex Taxi and Festival Taxi. The decisions were made following an [...]
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December 20, 2010
Tourists wait for a taxi at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. Last month, Tran Thuy An got off a plane at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport and hailed a cab. A Happy Taxi (a subsidiary of the Tram Thanh Company) pulled up to the curb and An stepped in. [...]
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January 29, 2010
The Hanoi Transport Department has proposed to the city administration that the licensing of taxi firms be suspended from March 1. The move seeks to tighten control over the industry that has been cited recently for numerous violations of the law, local newswire Dan Tri reported Tuesday.Nguyen Hoang Linh, vice director of the department, said [...]
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November 27, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Businesses complain they have suffered heavily from petrol price increases as they dare not raise prices despite higher costs. Taxi firms have suffered heavily from petrol price increases Vo Ba, general director of Future Taxi, said petrol prices have increased twice, but taxi firms still keep the same fee. “They will incur losses [...]
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November 18, 2009
The number of taxies in Saigon reached more than 10,700 by the end of October 2009, nearly 13 percent more than planed for 2015. According to HCM City’s transportation 2020 development plan, the total number of taxis will be 9500 between 2010-2015 but at this moment, the real number far exceeds this figure. The HCM City [...]
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November 2, 2009
The municipal Transport Department’s Inspectorate last week reported that it had found 1,216 taxis violating the traffic law and business regulations from June to September. “Taxi drivers always gather at the roadside, park on pavements or in small alleys waiting for passengers”.The figure represents 12 per cent of the city’s licensed taxis.Pham Nhat Quang, deputy [...]
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September 16, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Despite recent petrol-price hikes, transport companies have been forced to keep ticket prices unchanged to remain competitive. Higher petrol prices have eroded the profits of transit companies.On August 30, the petrol price was raised to VND15,700 (US$0.87) per litre, but so far bus and coach operators have not asked to raise prices, according [...]
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September 11, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The Hanoi Transport Department has proposed that the city’s authorities halt granting licences to companies that provide passenger transport services with taxis. Leaders of the Hanoi Transport Department have affirmed that the number of taxi firms in Hanoi is in excess of the demand.As for the operational taxi firms in Hanoi, the department [...]
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