As Tet approaches, people in Hanoi set out to the streets to buy the things they need to celebrate Tet or back to their home towns on the festival.
Trying to avoid the traffic is becoming extremely difficult. It can be disheartening if all you want are a few tomatoes or a branch of peach blossoms. Almost every road and intersection has become choked with traffic.
Traffic in the capital:
Vehicles stopped up at Giang Vo street
Slow moving at La Thanh street
Buses become obstacles
Tied up at Nguyen Luong Bang street
Sidewalks become roads
Two way street, no way through
Chua Boc street
Clogged in front of the Banking Academy
The bottleneck at Xa Dan-Pham Ngoc Thach
Kim Lien tunnel
A u turn is difficult on Dai Co Viet
Traffic nightmare on Ba Triet street
Motorbikes sanwiched between cars
Red light: full stop
