Binh Duong Province’s Transport Department yesterday forced the closing down of Din Ky Restaurant Private Enterprise’s unlicensed quays and floating restaurant and suspended its hotel ship.The department ordered Din Ky to dismantle its quay in Binh Nham Commune in Thuan An Town, where the Din Ky floating restaurant travelled to the middle of Sai gon river on May 20 despite bad weather and later sank, killing 16 passengers.
Two other quays in Din Ky’s Vinh Phu and Thanh Canh tourist sites must also be suspended for safety reasons.
Din Ky company’s 2-storey Din Ky Cruise Ship Hotel is also suspended for falling short of river way transport safety regulations.
So is Din Ky’s floating restaurant which encroaches on over 200 square meters of the Saigon River and does not meet safety requirements.
Also in May 28th, two unlicensed quays in Hoi An city, Quang Nam province were ordered to stop working after 7 years of operating.
Representatives of authorities of Thuan An district, Binh Duong province came to Ky Anh district, Ha Tinh province yesterday afternoon to visit and encourage families of the victims of the accident of Din Ky tourist ship on Sai Gon river on May 20th.
Representatives of Din Ky company also visited and handed VND40 miilion ( US$ 2,000 ) to Mr Tran Trong Chinh, 74 years old in Ha Tinh province. Mr Chinh had 9 relatives (his wife, sons, daughters, grand sons and grand daughters ) who died of drowning in the sunken ship.
Also in May 29th, the representatives of four Chinese victims and Din Ky business held meeting discussing about the ways to compensate for the death of the Chinese citizents.
