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Jbhughes



Joined: 01 Jul 2010
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PostPosted: Fri May 27, 2011 5:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok, thanks for the info 1SW. Seems like a solid service.
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LettersAthruZ



Joined: 25 Apr 2010
Posts: 466
Location: North Viet Nam

PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2011 4:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jbhughes wrote:
What is the correct way of dealing with the taxi situation at Tan Son Nhat please?

I will be going there to meet my family at international arrivals and we will need to get back to Q1.

I had thought about walking out of the airport over to the shopping centre with the cinema - Megastar I think? - and getting a Mai Linh from there. However, they will be arriving right in the midday heat and I seem to remember that that walk could be quite long?

I will be taking a taxi to the airport myself, so I could ask the driver to wait at the end of the taxi rank or some other similarly close pre-agreed location. Are they likely to agree / is this a viable option?

Is simply walking down the taxi rank looking for a Mai Linh sign safe enough? The article hardly bodes well.
I'm not sure if by "carefully observing drivers� uniforms and logos as well as telephone numbers on the taxis" I would be able to discern a fake taxi or not.

I do feel pretty naive asking about this, but these will be the first few minutes on Vietnamese soil that my family will experience - I don't want us to add to the list of victims.


Thanks in advance for your help.


SAW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE SPEAKING OF, JB!

Just got to Ho Chi Minh, and there's all these kiind of weird looking fakes!! Like "M-Taxi" and another one I cannot remember the name ("TaxiLinh" or something like that).....

AND THEY USED THE SAME COLOURS AND LOGO!! Isn't that against the law.....???

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Oh.....forgot where I was.... Very Happy
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Oh My God



Joined: 31 Jan 2010
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PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2011 11:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe this will lower the crime rate! LOL Wink

http://tuoitrenews.vn/cmlink/tuoitrenews/society/vietnam-police-banned-from-wearing-sunglasses-1.32575
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Andy123



Joined: 24 Sep 2009
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PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 1:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I know several policeman and they are all good people.

Never have I been stopped and I was not wrong. They are very, very fair. What is needed is more police.
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tonyjones01



Joined: 20 Aug 2010
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PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 3:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Andy123 wrote:
I know several policeman and they are all good people.

Never have I been stopped and I was not wrong. They are very, very fair. What is needed is more police.


This is a joke, right?
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spycatcher reincarnated



Joined: 19 May 2005
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PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 4:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Vietnam's police force is pretty good, relatively speaking.

Note the World Bank's Global competitive Index says that "Reliability of Police Services" is one of Vietnam's competitive advantages. Page 347:

http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GlobalCompetitivenessReport_2010-11.pdf
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