Vietnam Civil Aviation Authority yesterday reported its inspection results of current issues, including long waiting time for luggage checkout and extra taxi fee in Tan Son Nhat International Airport to the Transport Ministry.
The local congestion waiting for customs clearance at border gates in Lang Son Province has become increasingly serious since the beginning of this March.
Traffic on the Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong Expressway was clear and returned to normal on November 18 after a traffic accident. According to Road Management Office No.4, by 7 a.m. on the same day, the authorities had removed vehicles from the scene.
To gradually reduce traffic congestion in the inner city, towards the completion of the Traffic Infrastructure Development Project and the Ho Chi Minh City Infrastructure Development Breakthrough Program, the Department of Transport of HCMC has been implementing many projects to expand intersections.
The traffic situation on Ho Chi Minh City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay expressway was reported to be slow and congested on the second day after the electronic toll collection (ETC) system was put into operation along the entire expressway.
At the end of this year’s 4-day holiday for Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1), travelers rushed back to Ho Chi Minh City, causing severe traffic jams in all entrances to the city.
Covid-19 prevention tasks in Vietnam have been eased to the maximum possible extent to provide more favorable conditions for traveling, production, study, and tourism purposes. However, medical declaration procedures recently in Tan Son Nhat International Airport have caused severe congestion, tiring tourists and citizens out.
Between the two existing expressways in the South of Vietnam, namely Ho Chi Minh City – Trung Luong and HCMC – Long Thanh – Dau Giay, the former has displayed signs of wear and degrades, leading to the unsafety status for travelers.
The main reason for the congestion of agricultural products at the Northern border gates has not been determined whether it was because China tightened Covid-19 prevention and control measures or applied strict technical measures on agricultural products exported from Vietnam.
The price of dragon fruits in Binh Thuan Province continued to fall drastically to around VND500-VND1,500 per kg. Dragon fruits have ripened, but no traders asked to buy them.
The Ho Chi Minh City Transport Department yesterday released a formal document asking that Tan Son Nhat International Airport and the Southern Airports Authority be stricter in monitoring and handling law violations and reorganize pick-up, drop-off areas for passengers more logically to maintain security in the airport and timely review proposals within their power.
The Transport Ministry has just asked that the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, the Ho Chi Minh City Transport Department direct relevant agencies to quickly rectify the state of unreasonable taxi fare, violent competitions for passengers of certain taxi drivers at Tan Son Nhat International Airport.
Many crops in Vietnam like dragon fruit, carrot, pepper have entered their harvest season with large expected outputs. However, while some enjoy high selling prices, others are still tiredly seeking buyers. Adding to that serious problem is the continuous congestion at the northern border gates, severely harming export produce.
Aware of the trouble passengers have encountered when they need to catch a taxi home, along with the messy state created by illegal tech-based taxis, Tan Son Nhat International Airport yesterday announced that it will cooperate with TCP Parking Garage in front of the domestic station to allow cars to use D1 lane for picking up and dropping off purposes.
By December 10, around 4,000 trucks carrying agricultural products and goods had been jammed for having not been able to make customs clearance in Lang Son Province while parking lots were fully occupied.
Ho Chi Minh City will continue to move its ports to its outskirts to ease congestion on roads outside them and build new ones under a national port master plan for 2020-2030.
Every year, the situation of fruits and agricultural products being jammed at Northern border gates usually happens before lunar New Year. The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) have recently put forward recommendations to prevent that situation from recurring this year.
