(VOVworld) - The Ministry of Transport has instructed relevant agencies to closely monitor fees charged by carriers to ensure the decrease in fuel prices is factored in.

My Dinh bus station in Hanoi

The ministry instructed provincial transport departments to get carriers to re-register the rates with their constituent components.
They have been told to coordinate with provincial finance departments to ensure the rates are registered and posted, and penalise violators, even revoking their licences if required.
The dispatch came after the finance ministry urged the transport ministry to ensure transporters reduced fees amid the low fuel prices. The transport sector had received many complaints about the unreasonably high rates.
Petrol prices have fallen by 20.8 percent since July of this year, cutting the operation costs of petrol-powered vehicles by 5.2-7.3 percent, according to the finance ministry. Fuel accounts for 30-40 percent of transporters' costs, and so it is unacceptable if rates are not reduced after the sharp fall in fuel prices.