After many days of monitoring the activities of disguised contract bus companies in Quang Binh province, Thanh Nien Newspaper reporters have noted quite clear violations of the bus companies.
These “clear as day” violations are repeated day after day by the bus companies. In addition to violating regulations, they also pose many potential risks of traffic accidents and loss of safety and order. society.
Disguised contract car scandal in Quang Binh – Why hasn’t it been completely resolved?
Decree No. 10/2020 clearly stipulates “passenger transportation business under contract” and “tourist transportation business by car”, shown in clauses 2, 3, article 7 and clause 2 , 3 article 8.
Specifically, the transportation contract (or travel contract) must be negotiated and signed before carrying out transportation between the contracted passenger transportation business unit and the transportation charterer who wishes to charter the entire trip. vehicle (including hiring a driver). Only pick up and drop off passengers at the correct location in the signed transportation contract; Do not collect or pick up passengers other than the list attached to the signed contract provided by the transport business unit; Do not confirm reservations for each passenger, sell tickets or collect money from each passenger in any form; Do not pick up or drop off passengers frequently and repeatedly every day at the head office, branch headquarters, representative office or at another fixed location rented or cooperated by the transportation business unit.
During a period of 1 month, each car is not allowed to make more than 30% of its total trips with the same starting point and the same ending point. The overlap is calculated at one location or at many locations located above. same street (a route), alley (alley) in an urban area…
Therefore, the violations of the bus companies Hung Long, Hoang Linh, Thanh Chung, Thuan Beo… that Thanh Nien reported show very clear violations.
Disguised contract passenger bus chaos in Quang Binh
Furthermore, with the increasing expansion of disguised contract vehicles, vehicles not entering the parking lot also pose a problem of tax revenue loss.
According to Decision 41/2023 dated December 6, 2023 of the People’s Committee of Quang Binh province regulating the price of car services to and from car stations in Quang Binh province, the average fee for each departure trip is 283,000 VND/trip.
Thus, if we temporarily take the number of 30 fixed-route contract passenger cars from Quang Binh to Hanoi every day (as recorded by Quang Binh provincial authorities), the locality loses about 254 million VND in revenue each month. If you add in other support service revenues such as ticket sales commissions, cleaning services, overnight stays… about 135,000 VND/trip, the loss of revenue will add 121 million VND/month. Every month, we lose about 375 million VND.
Thuan Beo bus company picks up passengers at the intersection of Ly Hoa market (Bo Trach district, Quang Binh) on the night of April 10.
According to data from the Department of Transportation, Vehicles and Drivers (under the Department of Transport of Quang Binh province), a total of Quang Binh province has 51 units (469 vehicles) operating contract cars and tourist cars.
Most units and vehicles comply well with current legal regulations. But in this statistical list, there are no names of disguised contract car companies such as Hung Long, Hoang Linh, Thuan Beo, Thuan Hien, Thanh Chung, Duc Dat, Co Huong…
Mr. Hoang Ngoc Dung, Head of Transport, Vehicle and Driver Management Department (Quang Binh Department of Transport) said that these bus companies are not registered to operate with the Department but are registered in other localities, mainly with the Department of Transportation. Hanoi city, so the Department cannot check.
Many disguised contract car companies drove into the village streets of Canh Duong commune (Quang Trach district, Quang Binh) on the night of April 10 to pick up passengers and pick up goods.
When there is a lot of time, the Quang Binh Department of Transport organizes a very “extreme” inspection team with disguised contract vehicles, lasting 1 week to half a month. The unit has sanctioned many cases, but when the authorities withdrew, nothing happened.
Meanwhile, Lieutenant Colonel Dinh Cao Quang, Head of the Traffic Police Department of Quang Binh Provincial Police, said that disguised contract vehicles operating in Quang Binh province have been happening for many years. The root part of the problem is that the Department of Transport must manage these garages. As for the inspection, control, and sanctioning of illegal parking, illegal pick-up and drop-off of passengers, etc., the Traffic Police force only solves the top part.
If you want to bring the bus companies into the framework, that is, into the bus station, you need to pay attention to whether the infrastructure of the bus stations in the area is enough to accommodate this large number of vehicles into the station?
Recently, at the People’s Council meeting of Quang Binh province, voters raised opinions about disguised contract vehicles. The Provincial Police are assigning the Traffic Police Department, Administrative Police Department, Criminal Police Department and Dong Hoi City Police… to develop plans and strengthen control and handling of all aspects of disguised contract vehicles. this April.
