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Tan Son Nhat Airport to slash food prices
  • | nld, dtinews.vn | July 16, 2014 09:02 AM

On July 14, the Southern Airport Authority ordered that companies lower their food prices at Tan Son Nhat Airport, where the exorbitant prices have drawn complaints for a long time.

 

Buying food at airport

Most of the food at Tan Son Nhat Airport is provided by one of two companies Autogrill VFS or Song Viet. According to them, the prices are reasonable because of various additional fees the suppliers had to pay. Especially, the monthly rental fees. A stall at an international terminal costs about USD60 per square metre, and the fee at domestic terminal is as high as VND720,000 (USD34) per square metre.

At a meeting with other companies, the head of the Southern Airport Authority, Tran Thuy Minh, said companies must reduce the prices of some essential foods like noodles and rice. They also gave directives on how to lower the prices; for example the price of a bottle of water cannot be over VND20,000. Prices for a bowl of noodles must be reduced from VND89,000 to VND55,000.

A great number of passengers have complained about the food prices at Tan Son Nhat Airport. Even though Vietnamese authorities have tried several measures to control and manage the goods, passengers said the prices remained high and the food quality was poor.

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