On June 30, the authorities of Vinh Long province and the Highway Traffic Control Patrol Team No. 7 (Department 8, Traffic Police Department) are verifying information about the case of many passenger cars suspected of having their windows broken while traveling on the My Thuan - Can Tho highway.

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The windshield of a sleeper bus was suspected to have been broken by bullets on the My Thuan - Can Tho highway on the evening of June 28. Photo: EX

Mr. Le Buu Nguyen, a sleeper bus driver, said that at around 9:30 p.m. on June 28, he was driving on the My Thuan - Can Tho expressway. When the car was approaching the exit to Vinh Long center, at the foot of My Thuan 2 bridge, he heard the sound of the car window being hit from outside, so he stopped to check. When he got out of the car, Mr. Nguyen discovered a large crack in the window, almost a hand's length, so he used tape to patch it up.

He also added that at that time, there were also about 20 other passenger buses in both directions with cracked windows.

A representative of a famous bus company running the Western - Ho Chi Minh City route said that about 10 of the company's sleeper buses had their windows broken between 9-10pm.

"No one was injured in the accident...", said the bus company representative.

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Passenger bus windshield broken, suspected to be due to gunshots on My Thuan - Can Tho highway. Photo: EX

According to the representative of this bus company, the area where the windows of the vehicles were broken was concentrated at Km108-Km109, passing through Vinh Long province. Previously, on June 18-19, the windows of 4 sleeper buses of the company were also broken.

My Thuan - Can Tho Expressway belongs to the North - South Expressway in the East, with a scale of 6 lanes in the completed phase, a design speed of 100km/h, and a length of 23km.

The project started in January 2021, passing through Vinh Long and Dong Thap ; starting point in Tan Hoa ward, Vinh Long city, connecting with My Thuan 2 bridge; ending point in Binh Minh town, connecting with National Highway 1.

The project is divided into 4 investment lanes, design speed 80km/h; total investment of more than 4,800 billion VND from the State budget.

On December 24, 2023, My Thuan - Can Tho Expressway was inaugurated and put into use.

The Ministry of Transport explains why drivers complain about difficulty finding their way onto the My Thuan - Can Tho expressway . The Chief of Office of the Ministry of Transport said that it is expected that in the next 2 days, items such as the service road and branches at the Cha Va intersection of the My Thuan - Can Tho expressway will be completed.