On the afternoon of January 26 (the 5th of Tet), the last day of the Lunar New Year holiday, the line of cars lined up, inch by meter leaving the highway to enter Hanoi.
From 3:30 p.m. on January 26 (the 5th of the Lunar New Year), the traffic of cars at the end of Phap Van – Cau Gie – Ninh Binh highway increased dramatically.
At the end of the expressway, towards the city center and the road leading to the elevated Ring Road 3, the flow of cars is congested for about 2km.
Mr. Dao Thanh Ha (Hai Hau, Nam Dinh) said that he and his family took a car from his hometown to Hanoi at 13:00. During the journey, traffic was smooth and smooth, until the end of the highway was congested. It took him 45 minutes to cross this stretch.
The representative of Highway Traffic Control Patrol Team No. 3 (Team 3, Traffic Police Department) said that from the morning of January 25 (the 4th day of the Lunar New Year), the unit cooperated with the Traffic Police Department of Ninh Binh provinces, Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, Hanoi… for remote channeling, congestion on the route does not occur. Particularly at the end of the highway to the center of Hanoi, the team arranged people to set up a fence to separate the flow of vehicles to avoid conflicts.
At the end of the afternoon, at the intersection of Phap Van Expressway – new National Highway 1A, vehicle traffic increased suddenly. The flow of cars and motorbikes from the direction of the new National Highway 1A to the city center increased by the hour.
Major Pham Duc Hoang, Captain of Traffic Police Team No. 14, Traffic Police Department of Hanoi City Police, said that the unit has mobilized 100% of its troops to respond online, doing the task of dividing the stream to welcome people back to the city later. Tet holiday.
“Vehicle traffic has increased, but there has not been any congestion. The reason may be because many people have returned to the city scattered in the previous days and partly because students have not had to return to school,” Major Pham Duc Hoang said.