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High-speed boat service opens on HCM City-Can Gio-Vung Tau route

High-speed boats on the Ho Chi Minh City-Can Gio-Vung Tau route were put into operation on February 10.
High-speed boat service opens on HCM City-Can Gio-Vung Tau route ảnh 1Each high-speed boat is equipped with air-conditioner, televisions, wifi and life-jackets.(Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – High-speed boats on the Ho Chi Minh City-CanGio-Vung Tau route were put into operation on February 10.

At the inaugural ceremony, Director of the municipal Department of TransportBui Xuan Cuong, highlighted that the service will serve travel demands of localpeople, encourage tourism development and ease pressure on roads, which arebecoming increasingly crowded.

In the coming time, the city will develop more waterway routes, linking Ho ChiMinh City with neighbouring Ba Ria-Vung Tau province and even localities in theMekong Delta region, he added.

The high-speed boat service, operated by Greenlines DP Technology Co.,Ltd,offers four daily trips from Bach Dang wharf in District 1 to Tac Xuat wharf inthe coastal district of Can Gio and eight others from Can Gio to Vung Tau city.It takes two hours to finish the 85km route.
 
The ticket is priced at 200,000 VND (8.8 USD) for the Bach Dang-Tac Xuat trip.Officials and residents in Can Gio district, children aging 6-11 and theelderly from 62 years old will pay half of the price.

Meanwhile, free tickets will be provided for heroic mothers, wounded soldiers,people with disabilities and children under six years old.

Tickets for Tac Xuat-Ho May (Vung Tau city) are sold at 100,000 VND (4.4 USD)each.

Each high-speed boat is equipped with air-conditioner, televisions, wifi andlife-jackets. -VNA
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