A smart public toilet built by the beach in Nha Trang City. Photo by Dan Viet
Although those smart public toilets were built several years ago to serve the large number of visitors to the popular beaches here, many of them have been rarely used as they appear too intimidating.
According to local people and visitors, the problem is that these automatic toilets ask for coins while coins are no longer in circulation.
"We are told to exchange coins at tourist offices or parking staff at Thuan Viet Coffee to use the toilets," said a tourist, Nguyen Van Linh. "It’s very inconvenient."
Pham Huy Thang, a local man, said that besides the coin problems, they are also made difficult with the long instructions and regulations some of which were hard to follow.
"People are not allowed to use the toilets for more than 6 minutes," Thang cited one of the instructions. "If you’re sick maybe this isn’t possible."
Nha Trang built the first two free toilets on Nha Trang Beach last year. It is hoped that more toilets of this kind will be built.
