Managers of Ho Chi Minh City'sMien Dong East Bound Bus Station and Hanoi Railway Station said therewould be enough coaches and trains to transport workers during the Tetfestival.
"We guarantee that workers will not haveto desperately wait to buy tickets," vice director of the Mien Dongstation Thuong Thanh Hai said.
In addition, thestation would deploy extra buses to meet the high travel demand duringthe coming holiday as workers return to their hometowns, Hai added.
Thousands of passengers have flocked to the stationsince the beginning of this month to buy tickets to their hometowns,which caused overcrowding at the station.
NguyenThi Hau, a worker from the Linh Trung Export Processing Zone, had toqueue from early morning till afternoon on December 14 for a ticket toher hometown in central Quang Ngai province. "Many people were evenunable to buy tickets", she said.
According to Hai, the situation resulted from people being hasty.
He explained that tickets for Tet, recently sold to passengers, onlybelonged to some travel enterprises and, in fact, many enterprises havenot begun selling tickets. "The overcrowding would not occur if allenterprises sold tickets at the same time," Hai stressed.
According to the station's regulations, travel businesses are notallowed to raise fares on coaches by over 40 per cent for departurebefore January 23, or over 60 per cent for coaches for departures onJanuary 24 and the days following that.
Passengers can search for details about ticket fares at and inform the station in case of finding violations, Hai said.
The station is expected to receive around 45,000 passengers per dayduring peak periods, which is nearly equal to the amount during the sameperiod last year, he said.
Similarly, the Hanoi Railway Station has reported moderate amounts of tickets sold or ordered so far this season.
Vice head of the station Phung Thi Ly Ha said the station currentlyhad over 9,000 tickets for trains running from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoibefore Tet, and nearly 19,000 tickets for the return journey after theholiday.
The station has also taken action todiscover and combat violations involving ticket prices, such asinstalling a large screen in ticket selling areas to provide passengerswith clear information about prices, Ha said.
She also advised passengers to purchase tickets directly from the station staff to avoid those illegally selling tickets.
In order to ensure travel safety during Tet holidays, Deputy PrimeMinister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently asked the Ministry of Transport tostrengthen inspections of passenger carrying vehicles to prevent illegalincreases of ticket fares.-VNA
"We guarantee that workers will not haveto desperately wait to buy tickets," vice director of the Mien Dongstation Thuong Thanh Hai said.
In addition, thestation would deploy extra buses to meet the high travel demand duringthe coming holiday as workers return to their hometowns, Hai added.
Thousands of passengers have flocked to the stationsince the beginning of this month to buy tickets to their hometowns,which caused overcrowding at the station.
NguyenThi Hau, a worker from the Linh Trung Export Processing Zone, had toqueue from early morning till afternoon on December 14 for a ticket toher hometown in central Quang Ngai province. "Many people were evenunable to buy tickets", she said.
According to Hai, the situation resulted from people being hasty.
He explained that tickets for Tet, recently sold to passengers, onlybelonged to some travel enterprises and, in fact, many enterprises havenot begun selling tickets. "The overcrowding would not occur if allenterprises sold tickets at the same time," Hai stressed.
According to the station's regulations, travel businesses are notallowed to raise fares on coaches by over 40 per cent for departurebefore January 23, or over 60 per cent for coaches for departures onJanuary 24 and the days following that.
Passengers can search for details about ticket fares at and inform the station in case of finding violations, Hai said.
The station is expected to receive around 45,000 passengers per dayduring peak periods, which is nearly equal to the amount during the sameperiod last year, he said.
Similarly, the Hanoi Railway Station has reported moderate amounts of tickets sold or ordered so far this season.
Vice head of the station Phung Thi Ly Ha said the station currentlyhad over 9,000 tickets for trains running from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoibefore Tet, and nearly 19,000 tickets for the return journey after theholiday.
The station has also taken action todiscover and combat violations involving ticket prices, such asinstalling a large screen in ticket selling areas to provide passengerswith clear information about prices, Ha said.
She also advised passengers to purchase tickets directly from the station staff to avoid those illegally selling tickets.
In order to ensure travel safety during Tet holidays, Deputy PrimeMinister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently asked the Ministry of Transport tostrengthen inspections of passenger carrying vehicles to prevent illegalincreases of ticket fares.-VNA
