On June 30, authorities of Vinh Long province and 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 by bullets 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 the 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 long, 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.