Airports and bus stations have been going through a mass exodus as folks from Ho Chi Minh Metropolis returned hometown.
With the Lunar New 12 months vacation (Tet) just some days away, Tan Son Nhat Worldwide Airport in Ho Chi Minh Metropolis has develop into filled with individuals who wish to fly house for household reunions today. From early morning to the afternoon of February 3, HCMC-based Tan Son Nhat airport was all the time overloaded with hundreds of passengers flocking to the home terminal and ready in line to examine in for flights.
From the night of February 2 to the night of February 3, the home terminal of Tan Son Nhat Airport was crowded with passengers; hundreds of them have been carrying baggage whereas others have been standing and sitting across the airport space.
Many passengers with babies expressed their fatigue after having to attend on the airport for a lot of hours.
Equally, many flights on February 3 have been delayed. Many passengers stated they needed to wait in line from the morning of February 3 till midday of the identical day and nonetheless couldn’t board the aircraft.
Exterior, roads and overpasses resulting in Tan Son Nhat Airport equivalent to Cong Hoa, Hoang Van Thu, Truong Son, Bach Dang, and Hong Ha in Tan Binh District have been jammed with automobiles. Site visitors snarled on these roads.
In keeping with a consultant of Tan Son Nhat Worldwide Airport, on February 2 and three, there have been a median of about 900 departing and arriving flights per day, with a median variety of passengers of about 130,000 folks. To scale back congestion on roads resulting in the airport throughout peak intervals, the port has deliberate and coordinated with related items of Ho Chi Minh Metropolis to make sure visitors security and create comfort for folks.
Additionally on February 3, folks leaving the southern largest metropolis to return to their hometowns for the Tet vacation for household reunion on motorbikes triggered the Japanese and Western gateways of Ho Chi Minh Metropolis to be crowded, with partial congestion at occasions.
From early morning to 12 midday on the identical day, numerous folks within the Mekong Delta provinces rode motorbikes and automobiles with their belongings to return house to rejoice Tet, inflicting Nguyen Van Linh Road and the Nationwide Freeway 1 to move from the roundabout An Lac to the area is congested, automobiles moved very slowly.
The variety of automobiles arriving was so massive that the one-kilometer part passing Binh Dien Bridge was congested for a very long time, making transportation troublesome.
Equally, alongside Nationwide Freeway 1 via Tan Tuc city in Ho Chi Minh Metropolis’s Binh Chanh District, many sections are congested as a result of massive variety of motorbikes, passenger automobiles, and vehicles. The Nationwide Freeway 1 in Binh Chanh District was congested as staff left factories and returned to their hometowns.
To curb congestion, Tan Tuc and An Lac Site visitors Police Groups have divided into many groups to be on obligation at visitors intersections alongside the Nationwide Freeway 1 in the direction of the Mekong Delta, adjusting gentle indicators to extend the time it takes for automobiles to move from the town to the area is extra handy.
In keeping with the consultant of the Tan Tuc Site visitors Police Crew, this 12 months folks flocked to their hometowns to rejoice Tet early as a result of the following two days are weekends, many individuals requested for depart prematurely as a substitute of getting to attend till the start of the following week.
By Quoc Hung – Translated By Anh Quan
