Transportation firms ask for help from government

Transportation firms ask for help from government

Local truck companies have asked the government to roll back a recent decision requiring commercial drivers to upgrade their licenses. The companies say the measure has brought Vietnams ports to a standstill. Starting July 1, all container truck drivers holding class C, D, and E licenses were supposed to have upgraded theirs to class FC. Most drivers do not qualify to even apply for an FC license, trade representatives have said.

Penalties for those caught driving without an FC license are steep.

The Ho Chi Minh City Goods Transportation Association said only 30 percent of its drivers have successfully obtained the new license so far. In the associations plea to the government, deputy chairman Dinh Nam Dinh pointed out that there will be a big shortage of the drivers while the companies attempt to get their people caught up. That shortage, Dinh said, could deal a huge blow to the economy.

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