Post ticket prices to minimize flight delays and cancellations during the April 30 holiday

Passengers wait to board the bus at Giap Bat Bus Station. (Photo: Viet Hung/Vietnam+)

The Ministry of Construction has just sent a document to agencies and units in the industry regarding strengthening solutions to better serve people's travel needs, ensuring traffic order and safety during the Hung Kings' death anniversary and April 30-May 1 holidays.

Accordingly, the Ministry of Construction requested the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam to direct airlines to develop plans to increase flights during peak days, arrange night flights to meet passenger travel needs on the basis of infrastructure and ensuring flight safety; operate flight schedules to minimize flight delays and cancellations, especially during holidays; strictly implement the posting, announcement, and publicization of sales prices and ticket prices according to regulations.

The Vietnam Road Administration guides and urges the Departments of Construction of provinces and centrally-run cities to direct transport businesses and bus stations to publicly, transparently and in accordance with regulations on transport fares, prices and service fees at bus stations.

Passenger transport business units have appropriate transport organization plans, carry the correct permitted load, the correct number of people according to regulations, ensure capacity and quality of transport services; strictly check the safety conditions of vehicles and drivers before departure, require passengers to wear seat belts when being transported on the vehicle; post information according to regulations.

The Departments of Construction are responsible for coordinating with functional agencies and local authorities to strengthen the management of transport business activities; handle the situation of "illegal buses, illegal stations", overloaded vehicles; coordinate to ensure security and order, inspect and detect to prevent the risk of fire, explosion, and terrorism that may occur in crowded areas (bus stations, on means of transport).

The Department of Construction of localities shall strengthen coordination with the police force to inspect the technical safety conditions of transport vehicles and drivers; inspect the implementation of legal regulations on transport business and conditions (speed, alcohol concentration, continuous driving time, carrying more people than prescribed)...

For businesses, organizations and individuals doing passenger transport business, the Ministry of Construction requires not to use vehicles that do not meet technical safety conditions; not to carry more people than the prescribed number; and to resolutely suspend drivers, vehicle operators or service staff who violate the above regulations.

The Department of Roads directs road management areas to inspect and review the traffic safety system; BOT investors develop plans and strategies at toll stations to promptly handle and clear vehicles to limit congestion before entering toll stations.

The Vietnam Maritime and Inland Waterways Administration is responsible for directing port authorities to promptly take measures to ensure safety and meet the travel needs of people on waterway transport routes from shore to island when bad weather affects the transport activities of ships and boats.

Vietnam Railways Corporation increases the frequency of trains on main routes such as Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi - Da Nang, Saigon - Da Nang and other regional routes; reduces ticket prices for policy beneficiaries; improves the quality of passenger services on trains and at stations; implements solutions to inspect, promptly detect and handle the situation of "ticket brokers" and illegal ticket sales.../.

According to Vietnam+

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