* Vietnam - Bus ads halted
The city People's Committee announced last Friday it was putting on hold a plan to allow buses to carry advertisements, citing weaknesses in the system, including poor oversight of advertising activity in the city
Hanoi,Vietnam -The VietNamBrigde -7 Dec 2008: -- The committee said in a statement that advertising content had often infringed on traditions and customs and that the contents to be permitted on buses had yet to be decided... It advised concerned agencies to carry out further studies to make the plan feasible... An estimated VND100 billion (US$6.25 million) will be collected annually if buses are allowed to carry ads, given the city has a fleet of nearly 3,200 vehicles... There has been a ban on such advertising since 2002 on safety and aesthetic grounds... * Errant Ho Chi Minh City buses irk officials
Ho Chi Minh,Viet -Thanh Nien News -December 10, 2008: -- An explosion of unlicensed buses and routes in Ho Chi Minh City is confounding passengers and authorities alike as the end of the year approaches... There are often more than 10 buses parked outside Suoi Tien theme park in the city’s District 9 as the drivers and assistants solicit passengers... Passengers are hustled into buses, no matter where they say they want to go... These unlicensed buses are bound for central and northern regions, even though Suoi Tien bus station is only authorized for public buses traveling to localities in HCMC and neighboring Dong Nai and Binh Duong provinces... Several of the unauthorized buses do not have any markings to indicate the company name, departure time or destination... (Photo: An unlicensed bus picks up passengers on the Hanoi Highway, in front of Ho Chi Minh City’s Martyrs’ Cemetery)Labels: advertising on buses
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