The crowds have caused serious congestion for roads to the mountain, leaving many people having to discontinue their trip.
On February 21, Ha Tung in Hanoi’s Long Bien District took his family to Mau Son. But, National Highway 241 which leads to Mau Son was seriously jammed for hours. His wife and children became fed up waiting for so long in their car, so he decided to take them to Lang Son City instead.
Nguyen Minh Chuyen from Lang Son Province’s Centre of Culture, Sports and Tourism Promotion, said that on February 18-21, roughly 8,000 from different localities had visited Mau Son. The police were sent to control the traffic, but the situation did not improve much because of the high number of vehicles.
Visitors at Mau Son
Lots of visitors came to Mau Son early to avoid the congestion.
Ha An’s family stayed overnight at Mau Son. She carefully prepared to keep for her family members.
Mau Son area has been forecasted to continue witnessing the bone-chilling cold weather on February 22-23 with frost.
Chuyen has advised people to be careful when driving to Mau Son due to foggy weather and slippery road conditions.