Air ticket prices under scrutiny

Regulating the market: An airplane flies over commuters on a street in Ho Chi Minh City. Mixed opinions have arisen from the proposal to lift the ceiling prices of airline tickets in the country. — AFP

HANOI: The Finance Ministry is urging the Transport Ministry to have detailed evaluations about the proposal of lifting the ceiling price for air tickets.

The Finance Ministry recently wrote to the Vietnam Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, Vietnam Register, departments of finance and transport under the Transport Ministry with regard to the proposal of lifting the ceiling price, the Finance Ministry said that civil aviation services and airfares were under the management of the Transport Ministry.