Regarding the case of Khoi My stop at Cai Rang floating market (in Le Binh ward, Cai Rang district) being administratively fined and suspended from operation for 2 months (from February 18), but still operating, on the afternoon of April 11, Mr. Nguyen Minh Tuan - Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Can Tho City said that the Department Inspectorate had strictly implemented the decision to sanction administrative violations against Khoi My stop.
"Currently, the Department is assigning regular inspectors there to coordinate with local authorities to manage and ensure compliance with regulations," said Mr. Nguyen Minh Tuan.
Mr. Nguyen Minh Tuan also informed that by the morning of April 11, Khoi My stop had officially stopped operating, complying with the decision to sanction administrative violations, and after more than 1.5 months of operation during the suspension period.
Previously, at the working session with the interdisciplinary inspection team, Mr. Tran Chi (owner of Khoi My facility) reported the incident of the cape collapse that caused many tourists to fall into the river.
The incident occurred at around 6:20 a.m. on February 16. At that time, due to the large number of visitors gathering at the bow of the raft waiting for the boat to arrive, many tourists fell into the water. When the incident occurred, neighboring cruise ships helped bring passengers safely to shore. This was an unexpected incident, tourists did not react or complain.
"At this time, there were about 100 tourists on the raft house, 4 tourists fell into the water. The collapsed part was the nose of the raft house. There were life jackets on the raft houses but tourist boats promptly rescued them," said Mr. Tran Chi.
Also according to Mr. Tran Chi, before the Lunar New Year, he had reinforced Nha Be, but the time was urgent, so he had not finished his nose. When the incident occurred, the Inspectorate of the City Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism contacted for information. The City Police Traffic Police Department came to work and made a record of suspension of operation and waiting for settlement.
Mr. Nguyen Hoang On - Chief Inspector of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Can Tho City said that through inspection, the inspection team discovered that this establishment had a number of violations, such as: not fully implementing business conditions, the establishment had an inspection but it had expired and did not ensure safety conditions for customers.
As the labor reported, on February 16, the social network spread the clip recording the scene of many tourists falling into the river when visiting Cai Rang floating market. At the time of the incident, Nha Be area had a large number of tourists, everyone was chaotic. An employee on the train repeatedly threw the life jacket down for people underwater. Many people on the raft also quickly supported the people who fell into the river.
After being posted on social networks, the clip has attracted millions of views and tens of thousands of shares. Many people commented expressing confusion and fear for passengers at the raft house.
