Minister requires stricter control of transportation costs
Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The on May 26 requested units under the ministry to strengthen inspection and control of transportation costs and traffic safety in transportation activities.
Throughput of Vietnam's seaports is estimated at more than 304 million tonnes during January-May (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The on May 26 requested units under the ministry to strengthen inspection and control of transportation costsand traffic safety in transportation activities.
Speaking at the ministry’s online meeting, Acting Directorof the Vietnam Maritime Administration (Vinamarine) Nguyen Dinh Viet said thatin the first five months of this year, the throughput of Vietnam's seaports isestimated at more than 304 million tonnes, up 1 percent year-on-year. Thecontainer throughput also reported a year-on-year rise of 1 percent to 10.5million TEUs.
Minister The requested the Vinamarine to pay more attentionto import and export activities at seaports, and to have a plan to check and workwith businesses to grasp the situation of transportation costs so as not to letprices escalate to reduce the quantity of goods, and affect the trading processand economic development.
Noting that the coming rainy season can increase traffic safety risks, he asked the Transportation Department to seek suitablemeasures to repair infrastructure affected by the weather to ensure safe andsmooth transport.
As the number of fatalities in traffic accidents in the fivemonths saw a modest decrease, at only 1 percent, the minister stressed the needto take more drastic and concerted measures to significantly bring down thenumber of traffic accidents and the casualty.
Minister The also requested stricter punishment of overloading vehicles./.
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Throughput of Vietnam's seaports is estimated at more than 304 million tonnes during January-May (Photo: VNA) 
