Ho Chi Minh City will launch an electric car tourist service in the downtown area on a pilot basis in April, according to the local Department of Transport. The department has said that 10 eight-seat electric cars will be deployed for this service in its initial stage. The cars will carry visitors to the city’s major tourist attractions in the downtown area, including Ben Thanh Market, the Municipal Theater, People’s Court Mansion, Saigon Notre-Dame Cathedral, Saigon Central Post Office, Reunification Palace, and Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens. The specific route is as follows: 23/9 Park-Nguyen Trai-Le Lai-Ben Thanh Station (in front of Ben Thanh Market)-Le Loi-Hai Ba Trung-Le Duan-Nguyen Binh Khiem-Nguyen Thi Minh Khai-Mac Dinh Chi-Le Duan-Pasteur-Vo Van Tan-Le Quy Don-Nguyen Thi Minh Khai-Nam Ky Khoi Nghia-Le Thanh Ton-Phan Chu Trinh-Tran Hung Dao-Pham Ngu Lao-23/9 Park. The cars, to start running on a pilot basis on April 30, will operate from 8:00 am to 5:30 pm every day, with intervals of 30 minutes. The model of tourist electric cars has earlier been adopted in four other places in Vietnam, namely Hanoi, Sam Son Town in northern Thanh Hoa Province, Dong Hoi City in central Quang Binh Province, and Cua Lo Town in central Nghe An Province. BOOKING YOUR TRAVEL Add: 235 De Tham St, Pham Ngu Lao Ward, Dis. 1, HCMC, Vietnam Phone: +84 8.3837.6979 (8 lines) - Fax: +84 8.38234369 - Hotline: +84 935.746.946 Email: info@bookingyourtravel - Website: bookingyourtravel International Tour Operator Licence No: 79-414 /TCDL, Issued by VNAT
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 02:38:21 +0000