At 5 am, the reporter was present at Phuoc Long station, a station on the Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien Metro line. The parking lot is full here.
A security guard said, although the regulation is not to keep the car overnight, but from the afternoon of April 29, there were many parking to go to the center of Ho Chi Minh City to see the events and find a place to stay in the center to wait for this morning to see the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and the reunification of the country.
The family of Mr. Hoang Minh Khuong, in Phuoc Long A Ward, all 4 people in the family wore bright red shirts with yellow stars to the train station. At the station, a long line of people lined up to wait to enter the station.
At Ba Son station, many people got off to go to Ben Bach Dang. On the banks of the Saigon River, many groups of people have been waiting since last night to watch fireworks and aircraft perform.
On the stairs leading up and down to Ba Son Bridge, Mr. Nguyen Duc, holding a large water bottle in his hand, said that he is from Hung Nguyen district, Nghe An province, and was in the army in 1979. On April 23, he bought a plane ticket for 2.2 million VND to fly from Hung Nguyen to Ho Chi Minh City, then returned to the homes of people in Tam Phuoc, Dong Nai.
On the afternoon of April 29, he traveled from Tam Phuoc to Ho Chi Minh City to watch the ceremony to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South, the reunification of the country and receive a 50% discount on car prices, only having to pay 60,000 VND instead of 120,000 VND as usual.
Reporters take a train back to Suoi Tien Bus Station. At stations along the route, there is a general situation of crowded people waiting to get to the center. The trains are all crowded with people but everyone is happy and excited to wait to attend the important event of the country.
Urban Railway Company No. 1 (HURC1) announced that, based on the decision of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee and the approval of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport, the company will offer free tickets for Metro Line 1 for the two days April 30 and May 1.
