Young child falls asleep in car while returning to HCMC with parents after September 2nd holiday

(Dan Tri) - Many children fell asleep on motorbikes when their parents returned to Ho Chi Minh City from other provinces to work after the National Day holiday on September 2.

After the holiday, on the afternoon of September 3, people from the provinces and cities returned to Ho Chi Minh City to work, "carrying" luggage and belongings back to the city. Traveling a long distance made adults and children quite tired, many children slept on motorbikes (Photo: Nam Anh).

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Traffic congestion on National Highway 1A, through Binh Chanh District, from the Western provinces to Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: Cao Bach).

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Thousands of motorbikes and cars were stuck for nearly 2km on National Highway 1A through Tan Tuc town, Binh Chanh district, Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: Cao Bach).

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Traffic jam at Nguyen Van Linh overpass, from the Western provinces to districts in Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: Cao Bach).

Similarly, on the last day of the National Day holiday on September 2, people from other provinces began returning to Ho Chi Minh City to work, causing traffic jams on the Cat Lai ferry (on the Dong Nai province side) in the car lane for more than 4km (Photo: Nam Anh).

Traffic jam stretches along the Cat Lai ferry landing area (on the shore of Nhon Trach district, Dong Nai province) (Photo: Nam Anh).

Ticket sellers have to travel more than 1.5km to sell tickets to cars (Photo: Nam Anh).

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At around 5:45 p.m., the motorbike lane was partially congested for about 15 minutes. It cleared up again shortly after (Photo: Nam Anh).

A child is looking forward to crossing the Cat Lai ferry soon to return to Ho Chi Minh City with his parents (Photo: Nam Anh).

"I took my wife and children back to Ho Chi Minh City after the holiday. I thought that I would encounter traffic jams when coming from my hometown, but the traffic on the ferry was much smoother than during previous holidays," said Mr. Hoan.

People return to the city with their belongings after the September 2nd holiday (Photo: Nam Anh).

Cat Lai ferry - the eastern gateway of Ho Chi Minh City, is a nightmare for people traveling through here every holiday and Tet because of frequent traffic jams (Photo: Nam Anh).

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Many vehicles had to wait more than an hour to be able to move across the ferry (Photo: Nam Anh).

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People and vehicles crowded together waiting to cross Cat Lai ferry (Photo: Nam Anh).

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At the end of the Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay highway, there were not many vehicles coming in, and vehicles were moving slowly out of the highway to the An Phu intersection (Thu Duc City). Vehicles on the highway moved slowly, and at some times, traffic was congested for about 500m because of waiting for the red light (Photo: Hai Long).