Many southern provinces and cities have temporarily suspended public transport amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Trains from Sai Gon to Phan Thiet city were suspended on March 20 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Le Tien Dung, head of the Department of Transport of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, said bus routes that cover the provinces of Dong Thap, Vinh Long, Hau Giang, Soc Trang, Ha Noi, Binh Thuan, and Quang Ninh and Da Nang City have been suspended from March 29 to April 15.

Half the bus routes in the city have also been suspended, and buses still plying drivers could only carry half their designed capacities and the number of passengers should not exceed 20, he said further.

All passengers need to wear masks, sit one to a seat in alternate seats and declare their health before boarding, he said.

The Tien Giang Province Department of Transport had already suspended some bus routes since March 28.

Buses to District 8 in HCM City, Co Chien Bridge in Ben Tre, My An commune in Dong Thap Province, Cao Lanh City, and Long An Province will not ply.

Buses to other districts in HCM City have been reduced by at least 60 per cent, and within the province by 50 per cent.

Trains SNT1, SNT2, SE7, and SE8 from Sai Gon to Nha Trang and Ha Noi were suspended on Monday (March 30).

SE22 and SE21 from Sai Gon to Da Nang and SPT2 and SPT1 from Sai Gon to Phan Thiet City in Binh Thuan Province were halted earlier.

According to the Sai Gon Railway Transport Joint Stock Company, the number of passengers has plummeted due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Source: VNS