Hundreds of thousand of people made a beeline for bus stations and train, air terminal on February 11 (or the lunar twelfth month).
It was crowded with people and luggage at platform while there were gridlocks in the entrance.
Passengers who wished to come back central provinces got disappointed as tickets of prestigious trademarks’ buses have run out of; they had no choice but buying tickets at very expensive prices.
Although enterprises Chin Nghi, Que Huong, Phi Hiep, Binh Phuong, Phi Long announced no more tickets were available for the last days of the year of the Buffalo, passengers still waited.
The public has also raised concerns over skyrocketing ticket prices and overloaded buses at bus stations to Mekong Delta provinces.
The circumstance in Sai Gon Railway Station was the same. A long line of passengers waited for trains.
Nguyen Van Thanh, deputy head of Sai Gon train terminal, said around 30,000 passengers have been served; the Vietnam General Railway February 11 decided to increase more trains for the route Sai Gon – Quy Nhon, departing at 19h40.
Meantime, a few passengers have seen these days at bus stations in Hanoi; some coaches waited until passengers filled the bus. Some drivers complained responsible agencies were loose on controlling illegal buses that did not register to relevant agencies.
Yesterday a bus on Ho Chi Minh City- Hanoi rout overloaded with 100 passengers burned into flames in the northern province of Ha Tinh. No cassualty reported.
