Out of tickets" regular buses
On the morning of the 2nd day of Tet, Ms. Tran Thi Linh (Con Cuong commune, Nghe An) called to book a passenger car to go to Hanoi on the evening of the 4th day of Tet. In recent years, there have been more bus companies operating in this mountainous commune, so people have more choices. However, this year, bus companies have all announced "full tickets" early.
I called 3 bus companies, including 1 bus company reporting that there was still 1 last seat available for regular sleeper buses, the remaining bus companies reported that regular sleeper tickets were sold out, only 1-2 seats left for 20-seat buses, but also at the end of the bus.
Because I had to go to Hanoi early for work, I bought a 20-seat bus ticket for 69,000 VND, about 100,000 VND higher than usual days," Ms. Linh shared.
According to Ms. Linh, this Tet holiday, most buses increased prices by about 100 - 150 thousand VND/ticket (depending on the bus line). However, there was no situation of overcrowding.
About 4-5 years ago, there were few cars, so I was haunted every time I went home for Tet because I was crammed. However, in recent years there have been more choices, car companies also run civilly, only receiving enough passengers according to the number of car seats," Ms. Linh said.
According to PV's records, on the 4th, 5th, 6th days of Tet, bus companies running the routes Con Cuong, Tuong Duong, Anh Son to Hanoi, Bac Ninh all have very few tickets left. On "ticket pass" groups, people continuously come to post information to find tickets.
Sharing with PV, an employee of a bus company running the Con Cuong - Hanoi route said that usually customers have booked outbound tickets right from when booking tickets to return. Currently, when customers call to ask for tickets, if tickets are sold out, the bus company still keeps the phone number so that in case other customers cancel tickets, they will report back.
Traffic police focus on handling violations of passenger cars in the last 3 days of Tet holiday
On the morning of February 18 (2nd day of Tet), the Traffic Police Department (CSGT) - Ministry of Public Security informed that in the last 3 days of the Binh Ngo Tet holiday (May 4th, 5th and 6th of Tet), the traffic police force will focus on handling violations of passenger business vehicles, with violations such as: carrying more people than prescribed; carrying goods on the passenger compartment, on the roof of the vehicle; carrying oversized and overloaded passenger cars; speed violations...
The Traffic Police force is determined to strictly handle these violations and hopes that people will provide information about passenger car violations to the Traffic Police Department (through Fanpage; VNeTraffic App; phone number of the Director of the Traffic Police Department) for verification and timely handling, ensuring safety for people traveling after Tet.
Also according to the Traffic Police Department, on February 18, the national traffic police force continued to synchronously deploy patrol and control plans to maintain traffic order and safety. The traffic accident situation decreased significantly in all three criteria, traffic in large cities was stable, and no prolonged congestion occurred.
The whole country recorded 33 traffic accidents, killing 22 people and injuring 14 people; compared to the same Tet holiday in 2025, there was a decrease of 17 cases (-34%), a decrease of 9 deaths (-29.03%) and a decrease of 24 injuries (-63.16%).
In which, road accidents occurred 32 cases, killing 21 people, injuring 14 people, a decrease of 18 cases, a decrease of 10 deaths and a decrease of 24 injuries. Railway accidents occurred 1, killing 1 person in Quang Tri, while waterway accidents did not occur.
On the same day, local police inspected, discovered and handled 5,668 violations; temporarily seized 84 cars, 2,758 motorbikes and 95 other vehicles; revoked 273 driver's licenses, deducted points from driver's licenses for 1,490 cases.
Among these, there are 2,812 cases of alcohol concentration violations; 745 cases of speeding violations; 1 case of carrying overloaded goods; 9 cases of carrying more people; 2 cases of picking up and dropping off passengers in violation of regulations; 15 cases of using phones while driving and 5 cases of drug violations...
