Gas station 2B Tran Hung Dao (Hanoi) does not have a license to sell gasoline.

On the morning of June 5, a representative of the Ministry of Industry and Trade confirmed that the gas station where the "largest gas fire in Hanoi's history during peacetime" occurred was not licensed to sell gasoline.



Fire scene at 2B Tran Hung Dao gas station - Photo: Minh Quang

Before the information about "powerful gas stations" on Highway 20 accepting bribes from traffic police in Dong Nai and Lam Dong; the illegal mixing and trading of gasoline in Quang Ninh; and the fire at the military gas station on Tran Hung Dao Street, Hanoi, on the morning of June 5, the Ministry of Industry and Trade held an urgent meeting with the media on issues related to the management and trading of gasoline.

Mr. Vo Van Quyen, Director of the Domestic Market Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade) said that after the above phenomena occurred, the Ministry of Industry and Trade directed by phone and document, coordinated with the Market Management to find out the cause, determine the violation to coordinate handling and sent a working group to the area to investigate and handle the incident.

Regarding the fire at the Army's gas station at 2B Tran Hung Dao, according to Mr. Quyen, this station has been granted a certificate of eligibility to trade in gasoline.

Since 2011, Military Petroleum has requested to return the location and no longer trade in petroleum.

Therefore, considering the 2012 construction planning, Hanoi has removed this location from the planning.

This is only the location of the Army's petrol station - no longer a petrol business store, so it is not regulated by Decree 84/2009/ND-CP dated October 15, 2009 of the Government on petrol business, but is only an internal petrol distribution point.

According to Tuoi Tre - TH