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Regarding the issue of unlicensed taxis soliciting and overcharging passengers at Da Nang airport, on October 13th, the Da Nang City Department of Transportation announced that from the beginning of 2023 to date, functional forces have recorded 33 cases of violations.
Authorities issued administrative fines totaling over 134 million VND, revoked driving licenses in 11 cases, and revoked vehicle registration plates in 5 cases.
Specifically, nine cases of drivers soliciting passengers were recorded and their licenses revoked. Since the beginning of the year, two cases of overcharging passengers have been detected and dealt with.
Airport shuttle service.
Previously, at the review meeting on tourism activities in the first nine months of the year, the Da Nang City Department of Tourism reported that the problem of illegal taxis at the airport still persists.
At the same time, we propose that the authorities implement solutions to definitively address this situation.
According to Mr. Bui Hong Trung, Director of the Department of Transportation, the department and the police force have been very actively cooperating in addressing this issue. The city police have stationed a police post at the airport to deal with this problem.
Since the police station became operational, the activities of tattooed individuals and touts have decreased in frequency, now operating secretly rather than openly as before.
Meanwhile, the Da Nang City Police Department stated that after a period of decisive action, the situation of illegal taxis overcharging passengers has significantly decreased and is now basically under control. In the coming time, these agencies will continue to take decisive action to address this situation.
Speaking to Tuoi Tre Online, a representative of Da Nang International Airport's international terminal said that authorities have made many efforts to deal with the problem of illegal taxis soliciting passengers.
The perpetrators are no longer operating openly as before, but have shifted to more clandestine and secretive activities, so they have yet to be completely eradicated.
