Rate of water accidents still high
Domestic waterways play a critical role in passenger and cargo transport in the Mekong Delta, but the rate of accidents remains at a high level due to lack of attention from local and related authorities.
Speaking at a seminar on waterway safety held in the Delta province of Tien Giang, Nguyen Van Thach, head of the Ministry of Transport’s Transport Safety Department, said: “Domestic waterway activities in the Delta are disorderly and unsafe because of narrow passages, and unlicensed and unsafe wharfs.”
