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Downtown Hanoi crowded as Tet draws near

Friday, 11:45, 13/01/2023

VOV.VN - Recent days has seen local residents of Hanoi head out to streets in even larger droves than normal as the capital prepares for the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, the biggest of its kind in Vietnam.

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Serious traffic congestion is seen on the road leading to Chuong Duong Bridge at midday.
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Roads are clogged on many streets around Hanoi such as Quang Trung, Hang Buom, Nguyen Trai, and Truong Chinh.
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Local residents flock to the streets as they purchase peach and kumquat trees, decorative items, and food as part of rituals to worship their ancestors as the Kitchen Gods’ Day falls on the 23rd of the last lunar month, or January 14 this year.
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Many local people must endure abnormal traffic congestion at midday this year, with traffic becoming more unsafe than normal.
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All streets in the Old Quarter are always crowded, especially at midday.
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Traffic grinds to a halt at rush hours.
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Pedestrians find it hard to move safely.
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On Lang road, a major artery in the city, severe traffic jams stretch back for up to a kilometre.
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As a result, it takes commuters 15 to 20 minutes to travel along Lang road.
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Truong Chinh street in Hanoi is packed with cars and motorbikes.
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The traffic on Truong Chinh street comes to a standstill during rush hour on January 12.
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Some people choose to drive on the opposite side of the road to bypass the traffic, but the situation only becomes more complicated.
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Cars are intermixed with motorcycles as they sit in heavy congestion on the section of Nguyen Trai street running into Ha Dong district.