Mini-trucks run from National Highway No1 A to HCM City’s An Suong Intersection (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) - With Ho Chi MinhCity’s authorities considering an increase in the number of hours that minitrucks are banned in the inner city, businesses are worried about its fallout.
At a recent meeting to discuss the transportation situationin the first half of this year, Chairman of the city People’s Committee NguyenThanh Phong urged the Department of Transport to consider banning mini trucksfrom 6am to 8pm.
Since last March they have been banned from 6am to 8am and4pm to 8pm, but according to the police, at other hours they come into the cityand cause severe traffic jams. The city has around 210,000 trucks.
Soon after news about the meeting was published in themedia, enterprises reacted strongly, with most saying the longer ban would hitthem severely since they supply goods every day to many small production units,restaurants and shops.
Phu Nu (Women) newspaperquoted Kao Sieu Lực, director of ABC Bakery, as saying that the biggestchallenge his company faces now is delivery since mini-trucks are banned duringcertain hours.
His company used to use mini trucks to supply its buyers,but now has to rely on pick-ups, directors’ cars, and bikes.
But his products need to be stored at under -5 degrees C.
As a result his company has had to temporarily refuse someorders, while all orders for conferences at 7-8am and 5-8am have beencancelled.
He said the reports that the city would expand themini-truck ban were worrisome and would surely affect his company.
For businesses producing vegetables and vegetable-basedproducts, the problem is worse because these products have to be transportedthe same day.
Truong Van Bao, director of the Viet Agriculture TechnologyCompany, said after the city banned mini trucks in the morning and afternoonhis company’s orders fell by 20 percent because they were unable to provideproducts to kindergartens in the mornings and restaurants in the afternoons.
The company has three mini trucks that can each deliverproducts to seven or eight customers. Due to the ban it had to buy sevenmotorbikes.
Nguyen Quoc Hoan, general director of Pan Food ManufacturingJoint Stock Company, said HCM City has many small shops and it is a reasonabledemand to allow mini trucks to deliver goods to them.
The city should carefully consider the ban hours, he said.
Bui Xuan Cuong, director of the Department of Transport,said the issue would be carefully studied.
The ban would not apply to the whole city but only tocertain main streets where traffic jams occur regularly.-VNA
At a recent meeting to discuss the transportation situationin the first half of this year, Chairman of the city People’s Committee NguyenThanh Phong urged the Department of Transport to consider banning mini trucksfrom 6am to 8pm.
Since last March they have been banned from 6am to 8am and4pm to 8pm, but according to the police, at other hours they come into the cityand cause severe traffic jams. The city has around 210,000 trucks.
Soon after news about the meeting was published in themedia, enterprises reacted strongly, with most saying the longer ban would hitthem severely since they supply goods every day to many small production units,restaurants and shops.
Phu Nu (Women) newspaperquoted Kao Sieu Lực, director of ABC Bakery, as saying that the biggestchallenge his company faces now is delivery since mini-trucks are banned duringcertain hours.
His company used to use mini trucks to supply its buyers,but now has to rely on pick-ups, directors’ cars, and bikes.
But his products need to be stored at under -5 degrees C.
As a result his company has had to temporarily refuse someorders, while all orders for conferences at 7-8am and 5-8am have beencancelled.
He said the reports that the city would expand themini-truck ban were worrisome and would surely affect his company.
For businesses producing vegetables and vegetable-basedproducts, the problem is worse because these products have to be transportedthe same day.
Truong Van Bao, director of the Viet Agriculture TechnologyCompany, said after the city banned mini trucks in the morning and afternoonhis company’s orders fell by 20 percent because they were unable to provideproducts to kindergartens in the mornings and restaurants in the afternoons.
The company has three mini trucks that can each deliverproducts to seven or eight customers. Due to the ban it had to buy sevenmotorbikes.
Nguyen Quoc Hoan, general director of Pan Food ManufacturingJoint Stock Company, said HCM City has many small shops and it is a reasonabledemand to allow mini trucks to deliver goods to them.
The city should carefully consider the ban hours, he said.
Bui Xuan Cuong, director of the Department of Transport,said the issue would be carefully studied.
The ban would not apply to the whole city but only tocertain main streets where traffic jams occur regularly.-VNA
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