FPT supports people to buy train tickets since 15 October

From 8 am 15 October, Vietnam National Railways will start selling train ticket for the Lunar New Year 2018 on their website, in the stations, and with their agencies. FPT will have their technical staff in the stations in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City support citizens to book tickets online.

Trains for Lunar New Year will be operated from 2^nd February to 4^th March. There are 300.000 tickets available for the events including 130.000 before and 170.000 after Tet, which means 10.000 tickets more than last year will be sold.

From 5 to 14^th October, people can register to buy ticket in group. Then from 8 am 15 October, registered tickets will be sold, and individuals can book tickets via website www.dsvn.vn; the call center 1900 1520; in the stations or with agencies of Vietnam National Railways.

Mr. Bui Thanh Binh – The director of FPT IS Transportation Solutions said that the company is well-prepared with technical solutions to ensure the system to run smoothly. “FPT will have their technical staff in the stations in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City support citizens to book tickets online. Besides, on the first week of open sale, the supporting team of FPT will be present in the stations in Ho Chi Minh City to guide citizens to follow the processes as well as to make payment on the Internet.

FPT not only assures the online booking system work stably, but also cooperate with their partners in telecommunication, online payment method and other partners in railway field to make booking and payment process work fast and effectively. In addition, to ensure the fairness and transparency, FPT has added the anti-robot function to the booking website, which will limit using robot to book a large number of tickets to reserve.

The online ticket booking system is the product of FPT in cooperation with the Vietnam National Railway company as a technology information renting service. Launched in November 2014, the system has received positive feedbacks from the industry as well as final clients because of its benefits such as time-saving and traffic reduction in the stations, etc. There have been more than 15 million online tickets sold on the system provided by FPT. According to data, 13%, 16% and 19% of total tickets were sold online in 2015, 2016 and 2017 respectively. It is clear that the trend of using online service is increasing gradually and will be the main channel for sale in the future.