This was the order of Le Dinh Tho, Deputy Minister of Transport, after finding that GrabTaxi implemented the ride-hailing services in the provinces without a government permit for such contracts, based on Decision No.24/QD-BGTVT on the pilot scheme for ride-hailing services issued by the Ministry of Transport (MoT). Besides, according to MoT, GrabTaxi is only permitted to directly work with taxi drivers to supply this service after receiving the approval of the transport business firms and the departments of Transport at the cities and provinces. Earlier in December 2017, MoT reported to the prime minister about the implementation of the two-year pilot programme of ride-hailing services via technology applications. Accordingly, the authorities identified numerous violations in GrabTaxi and Uber’s operations. Notably, in a number of areas, GrabTaxi and Uber are implementing ride hailing services without reporting on their operations to local authorities or maintaining a representative office or legal representation. Thus, in order to tightly supervise the operation of transport firms supplying technology applications of electronic matching, such as Uber and GrabTaxi, in early January 2018, MoT submitted the draft of a new circular that includes regulations for passenger transport (by car) through software. Accordingly, technology application providers must meet ten conditions. Notably, technology application providers will have to have business licences or enterprise registration certificates to do electronic business and have a certificate from the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) confirming that applicants have completed registration. Besides, before launching operations, technology application providers must register information related to their main offices and… [Read full story]
Twenty five multi-level marketing (MLM) companies have stopped operation since June 2015, including 14 license revoked firms and 11 suspended, reported the Ministry of Industry and Trade.According to the ministry, it has inspected and proposed to investigate 65 violation cases by MLM companies and penalized 64 violators with the total fine of VND11 billion (US$489 billion).In the first half this year, this sector's trading revenue approximated VND4 trillion ($178 million). Of these, foreign companies yielded VND1.8 trillion accounting for 45 percent of the market share and local companies earned VND2.2 trillion holding 55 percent of the market share.MLM companies paid…... [read more]
HA NOI (Biz Hub) — The Vietnamese Representative Office of Hanjin Shipping Global, South Korea's giant container shipping company, announced that it would not accept any new booking of freight orders from August 31.According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), bankruptcy of the Hanjin shipping line would possibly affect local businesses' export and import shipping activities.The ministry recommended businesses to quickly complete procedures to receive imported goods at the ports and take them out of the Hanjin containers. With regard to export goods which were already inside the firm's containers, the ministry asked businesses to get back the…... [read more]
(Cinet)- To cope with the stone exploitation situation seriously damaging Dau Ram cultural relic, the MOCST has recently issued an official letter No 3418/BVHTTDL – DSVH requesting Quang Ninh province to suspend stone exploitation, seriously damaging Dau Ram cultural relic. The Dau Ram cultural relic lies on Hoang Tan commune, Yen Hung district, Quang Ninh province. This relic was discovered and excavated in 1988 with hundreds of relics that are full of scientific and historical values. It is a cultural relic, which belongs to the meal age – a form of late Phung Nguyen and early Dong Dau culture, is…... [read more]
The Chinese-invested Quy Nhon Cable TV Co Ltd in Binh Dinh Province has shut down its two unlicensed TV channels after Tuoi Tre exposed their illegal operation. After Tuoi Tre published an article about the two channels, QCTV2 and QCTV3, yesterday, the firm itself stopped their operation, said Nguyen Chi Cuong, director of the Binh Dinh Province Department of Information and Communications. Chu Quang Trung, director of the firm, also informed Tuoi Tre yesterday afternoon that the firm had canceled the channels and reported the cancellation to the department. “If the firm had not shut down the channels, concerned agencies…... [read more]
Local and international tourists get on the double-decker bus in Hanoi (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - TheMinistry of Transport has asked seven cities and provinces to halt theoperation of double-decker buses, the first of their kind that began theirtrial runs early this month.[Double-decker tourist bus starts trial run in capital]The ministry will announce a new plan for the buses after itreceives guidelines from Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.Last December, the PM agreed in principle to start a pilot projectof operating double-decker buses in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, QuangNam, Thua Thien-Hue, Lam Dong and Kien Giang.[Da Nang to debut open-top…... [read more]
