Parking fee hike at Vinh walking street

Vinh City Walking StreetOfficially operating since April 8 and taking place regularly on weekends to serve residents and tourists.

With the large number of people coming to Vinh City, the work of ensuring safety for people and vehicles participating in the walking street is given special attention by Vinh City. Regarding vehicle parking for tourists, Vinh City has arranged parking spots around the walking street. However, according to the reporter's records and people's feedback, taking advantage of the crowded walking street, some parking lot staff have collected higher fares than the regulations.

Parking lots around the walking street are always full on weekends. Photo: QA

Specifically, on the evening of April 15, at the parking lotHo Chi Minh Square(arranged as a parking lot serving the walking street) there was a situation where staff collected parking fees higher than the regulations. Accordingly, if the listed price was 3,000 VND/time for motorbikes, 10,000 VND/time for cars under 7 seats, the staff collected 5,000 VND/time for motorbikes and 15,000 VND/time for cars.

A female employee at Ho Chi Minh Square parking lot charged each motorbike 5,000 VND when the listed price was only 3,000 VND. Photo: QA

Mr. Nguyen Van Trung, a resident of Vinh City, said: "On normal days, I park my car for 10,000 VND/time, but on the night of the walking street opening, they charge 15,000 VND/time, which surprised me even though the posted price was the same as the old price. When I asked, I was told that the price had increased due to the large number of vehicles..."

According to the reporter's records, hundreds of vehicle owners were charged illegal parking fees on the evening of April 15. Only when the reporter asked about the illegal fees did the staff at the parking lot return the old price.

This employee collected parking fees of 15,000 VND/time even though the price was only 10,000 VND/time. Only when the reporter reported it did they collect the regulated price. Photo: QA

Arbitrarily raising parking fees not only causes disadvantages for tourists and illegal profits, but also damages the image of civilized Vinh City.

Speaking to reporters, Vinh City leaders said they had received the information and would direct the authorities to inspect, monitor, and handle cases of arbitrarily raising parking fees against regulations on the walking street.

Parking price list posted at Ho Chi Minh Square. Photo: QA

Previously, in the walking street project, Vinh city arranged parking lots including: Provincial Labor Culture House (car and motorbike parking); Giao Te Hotel (car parking); Le Mao Street sidewalk (motorbike parking); Ho Chi Minh Square (car and motorbike parking); Le Hong Phong Street sidewalk (motorbike parking); Ho Tung Mau Street sidewalk - the area in front of the Provincial Inspectorate (motorbike parking). Parking lots serving the walking street are located in the wards of Truong Thi, Le Mao, Hung Phuc, Hung Binh./.