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Double-decker buses to run in Vietnam on trial

Xinhua, December 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

Vietnam is going to operate double-decker buses in its seven localities on trial basis, according to the Ministry of Transport (MoT) on Monday.

These buses will transport passengers from city centers to airports and vice versa, as well as carry tourists in seven popular tourist destinations nationwide including capital Hanoi, central Quang Nam province, central Da Nang and Thua Thien-Hue cities, Central Highlands' Lam Dong province, southern Kien Giang province and southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City, reported local Tien Phong (Pioneer) online newspaper on Monday.

According to the MoT, the operation of double-decker buses is expected to boost tourism development in cities, meeting up with the goal of bringing tourism to be Vietnam's key economic sector.

Vietnam aims to earn a total of 400 trillion Vietnamese dong (17.6 billion U.S. dollars) in revenue from welcoming international tourists and domestic travellers in 2016, said the General Statistics Office. Endit