People in Ho Chi Minh City leave the station and take to the streets to catch illegal buses to go home for Tet

    MINH QUÂN |

    HCMC - On the evening of January 22, instead of going to the new Eastern bus station, many people carrying luggage gathered along Do Muoi Street (old National Highway 1) waiting for buses to go home for Tet.

    Chieu 22.1, nhieu nguoi dan tap trung don xe tai khu vuc cay xang Tam Binh 2 tren duong Do Muoi (phuong Tam Binh, TP Thu Duc, TPHCM).
    On the afternoon of January 22, many people gathered to catch a bus at the Tam Binh 2 gas station on Do Muoi Street (Tam Binh Ward, Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City).
    Tai bai giu xe tren duong Do Muoi, doan gan cau Go Dua (phuong Tam Binh, Thu Duc) cung tap nap xe va khach, khong khac gi ben xe thu nho. Nhieu xe “xe du” tap vao dau san, cho gom khach da dat cho tu truoc hoac nguoi di vang lai.
    At the parking lot on Do Muoi Street, near Go Dua Bridge (Tam Binh Ward, Thu Duc City), there are also many cars and passengers, no different from a miniature bus station. Many "illegal cars" pull up and park, waiting to collect passengers who have booked in advance or passersby.
    Anh Tran Van Binh (que Binh Dinh) chia se ly do chon don xe doc duong thay vi vao ben xe Mien Dong moi: “Toi di mot minh, hanh ly cung gon nhe nen khong can chuan bi nhieu. Don xe o day vua tiet kiem thoi gian, vua khong phai mat them tien xe om ra ben“.
    Mr. Tran Van Binh (from Binh Dinh) shared the reason for choosing to catch a bus along the road instead of going to the new Mien Dong bus station: "I'm traveling alone, and my luggage is light so I don't need to prepare much. Catching a bus here saves time and I don't have to pay extra for a motorbike taxi to the station."
    Mot nha xe mo diem don khach tren duong Do Muoi, doan gan cau vuot Go Dua (TP Thu Duc).
    A bus company opened a pick-up point on Do Muoi Street, near Go Dua overpass (Thu Duc City).
    Duong Do Muoi, doan gan nga tu Linh Xuan (TP Thu Duc) co ca tram khach dung, ngoi cho don xe ve que an Tet.
    Do Muoi Street, near Linh Xuan intersection (Thu Duc City), has hundreds of people standing and sitting waiting for buses to go home for Tet.
    Khu vuc nay la mot trong nhung dia diem TPHCM cho oto chay tuyen co dinh dung don tra khach nhung tu lau da bien tuong thanh “ben coc“.
    This area is one of the places in Ho Chi Minh City where fixed-route cars stop to pick up and drop off passengers, but it has long since transformed into a "pirate station".
    Nguoi dan ngoi va vat cho don xe ve que an Tet.
    People sit around waiting for buses to go home for Tet.
    Nhieu nguoi linh kinh do dac do ra duong don xe thay vi vao ben xe Mien Dong moi.
    Many people with a lot of luggage poured out onto the street to catch a bus instead of going to the new Eastern bus station.

    Theo So GTVT TPHCM, tren dia ban thanh pho hien co 79 diem don tra khach trai quy dinh, tap trung chu yeu tai TP Thu Duc (22 diem), Quan 5 (18 diem), Quan 1 va Quan 10 (8 diem).
    According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport, there are currently 79 illegal pick-up and drop-off points in the city, mainly concentrated in Thu Duc City (22 points), District 5 (18 points), District 1 and District 10 (8 points).
    Doi lap voi canh xe don khach ram ro ben ngoai, ben Mien Dong moi (TP Thu Duc) nhung ngay gan day thua khach du chi con 7 ngay la toi Tet Nguyen dan. Day la ben xe duoc dau tu hon 4.000 ty dong, lon nhat nuoc, co the phuc vu hang trieu khach moi nam. Tuy vay, sau khi dua vao khai thac giai doan mot hon 4 nam nay, ben luon trong canh vang khach.
    In contrast to the bustling scene of buses picking up passengers outside, the new Mien Dong bus station (Thu Duc City) has seen few passengers in recent days, even though there are only 7 days left until Tet. This is the largest bus station in the country, with an investment of more than 4,000 billion VND, capable of serving millions of passengers each year. However, after being put into operation in phase 1 for more than 4 years, the station has always been deserted.
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