Device to stop taxi cheats

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VietNam News English 1 day(s) ago

Device to stop taxi cheats

A new kind of electronic identification chip will be developed to control taxis at major airports in Viet Nam.

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Taxi operations run riot in Hanoi

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Báo Dân Trí English 1 day(s) ago

Taxi operations run riot in Hanoi

Hanoi’s authorities are struggling to deal with the city’s anarchic taxi companies, as complaints of theft and rip-offs of foreign tourists and other users spiral.

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Smartphone app for cab users a soft touch

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Báo Thanh Niên English 2 week(s) ago

Smartphone app for cab users a soft touch

New hi-tech solution will have very limited impact on vexing problem of taxi fraud, authorities yet to show real intent, experts say

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Swindlers must suffer if nation wants to portray positive image

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VietNam News English 2 week(s) ago

Last week, Viet Nam News asked readers what Viet Nam can do to ensure foreign tourists leave with a good image of the country and access legal help if necessary.

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No meddling in law enforcement, Vietnam cops told

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Báo Thanh Niên English 2 week(s) ago

The Ministry of Public Security has banned police officers from intervening on other people’s behalf in the enforcement of laws following increasing reports of cases involving violators who posed as relatives of police officials in order to escape punishment.

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Ha Noi sets up hotline for reporting taxi overcharging

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Hanoi Times English 2 week(s) ago

The Hanoitimes - The Ha Noi Taxi Association has established a hotline at (04) 37710851 or (04) 38525252 for people, including foreign travelers and local Vietnamese, who have been ripped off by taxi drivers. Given that the recent overcharging scandal made by a driver of Trung Viet Taxi Company has harmed the image of Ha Noi’s taxi services, the Ha Noi Taxi Association has set up a hotline for passengers to report problems related to taxi operations. According to the...

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Hanoi sets up taxi hotline for fleeced foreign tourists

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Báo Đầu Tư English 2 week(s) ago 2 related news

Hanoi sets up taxi hotline for fleeced foreign tourists

The Hanoi Taxi Association has established a hotline at (04) 37710851 or (04) 38525252 for people, including foreign travelers and local Vietnamese, who have been ripped off by taxi drivers.

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Hanoi sets up taxi hotline for fleeced foreign tourists

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 2 week(s) ago 2 related news

Hanoi sets up taxi hotline for fleeced foreign tourists

The Hanoi Taxi Association has established a hotline at (04) 37710851 or (04) 38525252 for people, including foreign travelers and local Vietnamese, who have been ripped off by taxi drivers.

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Deputy PM orders HCMC to get serious in mafia-protected taxis

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Báo Thanh Niên English 3 week(s) ago

Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc directed Thursday the Ministry of Public Security and Ho Chi Minh City authorities to investigate and strictly punish those involved in the illegal protection of fake taxis in the southern metro.

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Hanoi looks ugly due to cheating taxis: official

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 3 week(s) ago

Hanoi looks ugly due to cheating taxis: official

Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc, deputy chairman of Hanoi’s People Committee, says the increasing number of cases involving fleeced foreigners seriously affects the city’s efforts to promote tourism, and pledges to impose heavy punishments on cheaters.

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Can Tho taxi drivers dispute vehicle transfer

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Báo Dân Trí English 1 month(s) ago

Can Tho taxi drivers dispute vehicle transfer

Hoang Long Company suddenly confiscated dozens of taxis at its branch in Can Tho City to move them to HCM City, leaving many drivers jobless.

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Vietnam mulls planting microchips to keep dodgy taxis out of airports

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Báo Thanh Niên English 1 month(s) ago 1 related news

Amid complaints that crooked taxis are scaring away foreign tourists from Vietnam, the government is considering installing microchips in licensed taxis to ensure only they operate at major airports.

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Longer visa-free stay, chip for airport taxis proposed

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 1 month(s) ago

Longer visa-free stay, chip for airport taxis proposed

With a view to creating more favorable conditions for foreign travelers to Vietnam, the State Steering Board for Tourism proposes that the visa-free duration for visitors from seven countries be extended.

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Breakfast @ Tuoitrenews – April 17

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 1 month(s) ago

Breakfast @ Tuoitrenews – April 17

Tuoitrenews briefs several news published on Tuoi Tre Newspaper on April 17.

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Scam cabbie fleeces and punches Japanese tourist

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 1 month(s) ago

Scam cabbie fleeces and punches Japanese tourist

A taxi driver in Ho Chi Minh City charged a Japanese passenger VND650,000 (US$31.1), ten times higher than the actual fee, and even punched the foreigner in the face when the latter refused to pay, a VTC News report said.

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