After such a long Tet holiday, many Northern workers are encountering trouble catching trains, coaches, and airplanes back to their workplaces in the South.
On the 23rd day of the last lunar month, a huge number of people started flocking to bus and railway stations including Saigon Railway Station and Mien Tay (Eastern) Coach Station to return to their hometowns to enjoy the Tet holiday.
Traffic congestions were reported in various locations nationwide on the last day of Tet holiday as people from the Central region, the Central Highlands, and the Mekong Delta were rushing to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to resume their work.
Passengers traveling by air, train and waterway will not be required to take Covid-19 tests if they have been fully vaccinated, injected the first shots for three weeks, or recovered from the disease within six months.
Due to the complicated Covid-19 pandemic situation, humble number of people travelled and returned their hometown on the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday leading to sharp reduction in volumes of passenger and cargo by air route and railway.
According to the railway and aviation sectors, train tickets and air tickets for the (Lunar New Year) Tet holidays have recently sold well; however, the recent Covid-19 pandemic outbreak is affecting customer sentiment and making them worry, resulting in potential for slow ticket sales in the next few days.
Despite the coming Lunar New Year 2021, there are still a lot of available train and air tickets which is considered to be not as over-heated as previous years.
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