A Vietnamese woman who was trying to ask an attendant on her bus to stop littering the street ended up being insulted and ridiculed by her fellow passengers. Sao Mai, 34, has recounted her experience on board the vehicle, operated by a popular bus line, from Da Lat to Bao Loc, both cities in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, on February 18 to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper. Mai shared the bus with a group of young girls, whom she estimated to be in their early twenties and who brought with them a bagful of snacks and food. The bus attendant then told the four girls that they could eat all they want but should not litter on the bus, as he “will throw the garbage away when we get to the Prenn Mountain Pass,” according to Mai’s account. Shocked by the ‘solution’ proposed, Mai confronted the man and said, “How can you do that?”, only to be completely ignored. As the bus made its way through the mountain pass that connects the two cities, the girls collected all of their trash and leftover food into a big bag and handed to the bus attendant. With a swift movement of the hand, he threw the garbage bag out of the moving bus and successfully landed it neatly at the side of the street, Mai recounted. Trash is seen on a street in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tuoi Tre Mai said she had been infuriated by the action, and couldn’t… [Read full story]
The fixed passenger transport service will be gradually replaced with buses to better serve the people's travelling demands. The Hai Duong Transport Department on the afternoon of 23 September announced the provincial Planning for development of public passenger transport by bus in 2012 - 2020 period and orientation to 2030. Hai Duong will strive for the bus service to meet 20% of the people's demands for travelling within urban areas, industrial parks and from the centers of the urban areas, industrial parks to those of districts by 2020; 25% of urban residents' travelling demands by 2030. The fixed passenger transport…... [read more]
New bus lines will connect Vietnam, Laos and Thailand. Vietnam will launch three new bus routes connecting Vietnam, Laos and Thailand in a bid to promote trade and tourism opportunities among the three Southeast Asian nations. The three cross-border routes are: 1. Bangkok – Nakhon Phanom (Thailand) – Thakhek (Laos) – National Highway (NH) No. 12A – Ho Chi Minh Highway – NH No.15 – Ha Tinh Province (Vietnam). 2. Bangkok – Nakhon Phanom (Thailand) – Thakhek (Laos) – NH No.13 – NH No.18 – NH No.1 – Ha Tinh Province (Vietnam). 3. Mukdahan (Thailand) – Savannakhet (Laos) – NH…... [read more]
(VOVworld) - The Vietnam Youth Union protests China's deployment of oil rig Haiyang-981 within Vietnam's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and continental shelf. In its statement released on Monday, the Union demanded China immediately withdraw its oil rig and escort vehicles from Vietnam's waters and avoid similar acts in the future in full compliance with international law, especially the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. The Union called on all Vietnamese youth and youth organizations to conduct legitimate activities to encourage forces and fishermen to stay keen on fishing operation and defending Vietnam's sovereignty and interests in the…... [read more]
(VOVworld) - Associations for friendship with Vietnam in various European countries have opposed China. They issued a resolution on June 30th, saying that China's putting pressure on its neighbours to achieve its ambition is totally unacceptable. The resolution, which was sent to the European Union, was the common voice of friendship associations from France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, the UK, Denmark, the Swedish Solidarity Committee for Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia and the Italian Institute for Vietnam Studies. The associations said sovereignty and territorial issues relating to Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos cannot be resolved by provocative, violent, and…... [read more]
New, modern and well-equipped buses have been deployed for three routes in Ho Chi Minh City in a bid to change local commuters’ bad impression of public transportation.These services are called ‘model bus routes,’ carrying hope that they will set an example for other bus operators to follow and revamp their own fleet, according to the city’s transport department.The revamped services are route No.3, from Ben Thanh to Thanh Loc, No.18 from Ben Thanh to Hiep Thanh Market, and No.33, from An Suong Bus Station to the Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City campus.The No.3 bus currently has some 11,000…... [read more]
