HCMC – Four gas stations in HCMC have halted their operations pending dissolution, according to the HCMC Market Surveillance Department.
Among them are a gas station on Phan Van Tri Street in Go Vap District, a Hoang Phong gas station in District 7, a filling station in Binh Thanh District and a Truong Thieu Sinh Quan petrol station in Cu Chi District.
The gas station in Go Vap District suspended operations, citing repairs last year. The HCMC Department of Industry and Trade approved its request for repairs from October 5 to 20 last year. However, the owner of the station wrote to the department seeking approval to allow it to extend the duration to November 15.
A market surveillance team of the HCMC Market Surveillance Department on December 18, 2022, inspected the gas station and found it was conducting dissolution procedures.
Meanwhile, the Hoang Phong petrol station in District 7 is halting its operation with the permission of the HCMC Department of Planning and Investment, the local media reported.
As for the gas station in Binh Thanh District, it suspended its operation but failed to notify any competent agency. As such, the HCMC Market Surveillance Department imposed a sanction on the gas station on October 28 last year.
The station on November 8 wrote to the HCMC Department of Industry and Trade asking for a suspension to repair the station. On December 15, a representative of the gas station said that the station was conducting dissolution procedures.
Moreover, the petrol station in Cu Chi District halted its operation on January 25 this year. The station will stop its business activities after dissolution procedures are completed.