On June 21, images and videos appeared on social networks reflecting the incident of a driver carrying a group of tourists to visit the Hon Trong Mai area, belonging to Sam Son beach tourist area. According to the posted content, when the driver was waiting for customers to get out of the car, some women around 70 years old came and demanded to park the car and pay 40,000 VND.
The driver then said he would let the passenger get off and leave immediately, but the 2 women did not agree and demanded that they pay 20,000 VND to go. In addition, these people also said the road was built by them, so money was collected. After that, they blocked the car and used a wooden stick to hit the car. Not wanting trouble to happen, a passenger in the group paid the above amount.
After the content of the incident with images was posted on social networks, the post received many interactions, shares and comments. Most opinions expressed outrage, saying that the actions of the above women were incorrect, affecting the image of Sam Son beach tourism.
Talking to a reporter of Lao Dong Newspaper, a representative of the leadership of Sam Son Ward People's Committee, Thanh Hoa province, said that immediately after grasping the information, the locality requested functional forces to get involved in verifying.
According to initial verification by functional forces, the incident occurred near Chung Moi parking lot, Bich Hoa village area. Here, vehicles often park their cars for tourists to go up to Trong Mai island.
According to the parking lot representative, after taking the passenger to the parking lot, the driver immediately left. When he reached the road, the women stopped him.
This parking lot signed a lease contract with the locality, with a term of 20 years. The parking lot is licensed to operate and lists a price of 40,000 VND. It may be because the car only enters the parking lot to drop off passengers and then leaves, so the above women came out to collect 20,000 VND" - a representative of Sam Son Ward People's Committee informed.
Also according to this representative, after the incident occurred, functional forces came to the parking lot to make a record and record the incident. However, to ensure objectivity and multi-dimensionality, functional forces also contacted the driver of the above car but did not have information, because the account posted the incident in anonymous mode on social networks.
Currently, the incident is still being verified and clarified by the functional forces of Sam Son ward.
