In the late afternoon of April 29, people began to return to their hometowns for the April 30th and May 1st holidays. According to records, from the end of the afternoon, traffic at the western gateway axes of Ho Chi Minh City began to "heat up" gradually because of the crowd rushing out of the city.
On Kinh Duong Vuong street towards An Lac intersection and Le Kha Phieu route (National Highway 1), long lines of vehicles lined up, moving inch by inch through each signal light cycle.
As evening approached, the number of people and vehicles from Ho Chi Minh City pouring into the Mekong Delta provinces increased rapidly with each time frame. By about 5:30 pm, the traffic density on Le Kha Phieu street was already crowded. At many sections passing through key intersections such as Hung Nhon, Duong Dinh Cuc or Nguyen Huu Tri, vehicles jostled to fill the road surface, the speed of movement was extremely slow. Especially, in the overpass area of Binh Thuan intersection, traffic flow on National Highway 1 had to queue for a long time.
Similar traffic pressure also weighs heavily on the road leading to the Ho Chi Minh City - Trung Luong expressway. The fact that a large number of vehicles simultaneously pour into the expressway direction has unintentionally created "bottlenecks" of local congestion.
Sharing about his journey, Mr. Nguyen Van Hung (resident of Phu Dinh ward) said: "Although the holiday officially starts tomorrow, the roads are already crowded from this afternoon. I drive back to Vinh Long, having to queue to stand still, moving short distances on the access road to the expressway, so the journey is more arduous and time-consuming than usual.
Meanwhile, at the eastern gateway of Ho Chi Minh City, the Mai Chi Tho street area - An Phu traffic junction is crowded during rush hour. Motorbikes move towards Nguyen Thi Dinh street.
Meanwhile, on the access road to the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay expressway, vehicles moved stably.
