Congestion hits Saigon and Hanoi again as migrants go home for National Day
Chaos ensued as people rushed home to enjoy the three-day break with their family.
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| In Ho Chi Minh City: Traffic on Dinh Bo Linh Street, home to Eastern Coach Station, was paralyzed on Friday afternoon (Sept.1). |
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| Despite carrying lots of luggage, this group of university students chose to walk through the sea of vehicles to get to the station. |
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| Many passengers decided to get out of their cabs and run to the station to avoid being late. |
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| Vehicles could barely move on Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Street, which leads to the station. |
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| Those who managed to get past the sea of vehicles and enter the station then had to face another sea of people trying to buy tickets. |
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| “I asked many ticket booths but they're all sold out. I plan to come home then stay and work there this time,” Tanh said while walking from booth to booth, looking for a ticket to the central city of Tuy Hoa. |
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| Loi and his child rest while waiting for their coach. “It's only a three-day break this time so I'll be coming back to Saigon to work on Sunday,” he said. |
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| In Hanoi: Nguyen Trai Street has been free from traffic jams for many months. However congestion returned on the afternoon of Sept.1 as the 2-kilometer (1.2-mile) street was jam-packed with vehicles moving at a snail's pace. |
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| Buses in the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system could only move slowly on To Huu Street as their exclusive lane was flooded with other vehicles. |
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| Many coaches that couldn't get into My Dinh Coach Station went to look for passengers on Thang Long Highway instead, resulting in even more chaos on the busy highway. |
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| This scooter got stuck trying to climb onto the sidewalk to escape traffic congestion on Pham Hung Street. |
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| A traffic officer regulates traffic from Khuat Duy Tien Street onto Ring Road 3 to prevent congestion at this major junction. |
