Taking advantage of the ticket scarcity in the coming Tet holidays, the bus operator Hoang Long Transport Ltd Company has stiffened bus fares at Mien Dong Bus Station, in Ho Chi Minh City.
On Tuesday morning, many people gathered in front of the ticket stalls of Mai Linh, Chin Nghia, Binh Tam and Hoang Long. However, many hopeful passengers failed to get a ticket.
The companies operating the routes from HCMC to central provinces have doubled their fares. One of the companies that has continuously manipulated the fare is Hoang Long.
Specifically, on December 5, it increased the fare on the HCMC to Hanoi route from VND650, 000 to VND720, 000.
Three days later, it rose the price again to VND850,000 and then to VND1, 190,000.
In addition to Tet tickets, the company has charged passengers a 60 percent increase in current prices.
Furthermore, Hoang Long was found to be selling Tet tickets; although it had not displayed any price of a ticket, on the notice board. This was at the Mien Dong Bus Station’s on December 21.
The company also broke other regulations by selling tickets with higher price than that was stated on the notice board and by giving out no invoices.
Thuong Thanh Hai, director of the Mien Dong Bus Station said that the station has been reported to the relevant authority and shortly they will handle the case.
With regard to the current regulations, the bus operators have rights to increase or decrease their prices as long as they inform the bus station and Departments of Transport, Finance and Taxation, about the new prices increases, Hai added.
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