Over 120 Vietnamese taxi drivers in Ho Chi Minh City shows sign of drug use

September 17, 2015 | 09:15

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More than 120 out of about 12,800 taxi drivers working for two Ho Chi Minh City-based taxi-cab firms were detected with signs of drug use, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport.

A majority of drivers with signs of drug use, 122 ones, are detected at Vinasun and Mai Linh, which are employing 8,790 and 4,487 taxi drivers, respectively, according to the data gathered by the taxi firms from mid-July to mid-September this year, according to the department.

Meanwhile, according to reports from transport firms in the city, 65 drivers were ineligible, said the department.

Those reports were drawn from the results of health checks organized by 713 firms in Ho Chi Minh City for 29,735 drivers working for them, according to the department.

The Department of Transport has asked those transport enterprises not to employ drives with such signs.

The transport firms said they are bringing the drivers with signs of drug use to the Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute for retesting, and if correctly identified with drug use, they will be sacked, according to the department.

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