Vietnam: HCM City Will Develop 2 “River Bus” Routes
Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City (HCM) has approved a project totaling 128-M Vietnamese Dong (US$5.9-M) to build 2 inland waterway transport routes, local newspaper Phap Luat Thanh Pho Ho Chi Minh (HCM Law) reported Wednesday.
The”River Bus”routes will carry passengers on boats from District 1 to District 6 and Thu Duc District, helping reduce heavy traffic on roads as well as develop the city’s waterway tourism.
The 1st route, Bach Dang-Linh Dong, will be 11 km long and have 7 stops in Districts 1, 2, Binh Thanh and Thu Duc. The 2nd, Bach Dang-Lo Gom, will be over 10 km long with 7 stops in Districts 1, 4, 5, 6 and 8.
It will take boat passengers some 30 mins to complete a route. The fare is expected to be around 30,000 Vietnamese Dong (US$ 1.40).
All works on the 2 routes is expected to be completed in Y 2016. By that year, 10 boats capable of carrying 60 passengers each will be put into use in the Y’s 2016-2020 period. After Y 2020, larger boats will be used.
From now to the end of this year, Ho Chi Minh City will build and upgrade 45 wharves and waiting halls, develop 65 sites in districts which have inland waterway tourism routes, and build 3 community tourism sites in its rural Districts, the municipal authorities announced in early July.
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Paul Ebeling
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