Traffic jams at Ho Chi Minh City intersections during rush hour

Traffic intersections include: Hang Xanh intersection, An Phu intersection and routes leading to Cat Lai seaport (Thu Duc City), Democracy Square intersection (Vo Thi Sau - Cach Mang Thang Tam), Cong Hoa street (Tan Binh District), Truong Trinh (Tan Phu District), Nguyen Thai Son overpass (Go Vap District)... are "haunting" intersections, all of which are always in a state of traffic congestion and jams during rush hour.

Người Sài Gòn ám ảnh kẹt xe ở các nút giao thông trong giờ cao điểm - Ảnh 1. — The haunting traffic jam at Hang Xanh intersection (Binh Thanh District) has become familiar to Ho Chi Minh City residents for many years. This black spot is just a part of the traffic congestion picture in Ho Chi Minh City.

Người Sài Gòn ám ảnh kẹt xe ở các nút giao thông trong giờ cao điểm - Ảnh 2. — At rush hour, people leave the city center to return home, causing traffic jams at the Hang Xanh intersection.

Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Street (from Hang Xanh intersection to Martyrs' Monument intersection) is only 1 km long but contains countless emotions of joy, anger, love, and hate of Saigon people every time it is mentioned. Especially during rush hour, thousands of people with all kinds of cars, buses, motorbikes... run together, everyone wants to pass, this only makes the road more congested.

Người Sài Gòn ám ảnh kẹt xe ở các nút giao thông trong giờ cao điểm - Ảnh 4. — At the intersection of Cong Hoa - Hoang Hoa Tham (Tan Binh District), even though there is a steel overpass on Cong Hoa Street, it still cannot completely solve the traffic jam problem under the bridge. The reason is that the bridge surface is small while the number of vehicles is large, so it cannot meet the travel demand, leading to frequent congestion in the area.

Người Sài Gòn ám ảnh kẹt xe ở các nút giao thông trong giờ cao điểm - Ảnh 5. — Workers struggle to escape traffic jam on Cong Hoa Street, below Hoang Hoa Tham overpass (Tan Binh District)

Người Sài Gòn ám ảnh kẹt xe ở các nút giao thông trong giờ cao điểm - Ảnh 6. — Similarly, at the intersection of Truong Chinh - Au Co (Tan Phu District) during rush hour, many vehicles also confront each other in this area. Specifically, when vehicles travel from Au Co to Cong Hoa, they will cut across the traffic flow of many vehicles on Truong Chinh Street to Cach Mang Thang 8 (District 10).

Truong Chinh and Cong Hoa streets carry tens of thousands of vehicles every day. During rush hour, this vital road quickly becomes packed with people and vehicles, and people "breathe dust and smoke" every day.

Người Sài Gòn ám ảnh kẹt xe ở các nút giao thông trong giờ cao điểm - Ảnh 8. — For many years, the Democracy Square six-way intersection - where a steel overpass is proposed to be built - has always been a nightmare for many people because of the chaotic traffic, collisions, and falls that occur every day. This is an important intersection connecting District 3 and District 10, turning towards Tan Binh and receiving traffic from Vo Thi Sau Street.

During rush hour, the volume of vehicles pouring into the roundabout from Ba Thang Hai, Cach Mang Thang 8, Vo Thi Sau streets... The opposing and overlapping traffic directions make pedestrians feel like they are lost in a maze, creating a chaotic scene at the Democracy Square six-way intersection.

Every day at rush hour, thousands of vehicles pour from Pham Van Dong, Nguyen Kiem and Hoang Minh Giam streets to Nguyen Thai Son street, causing serious traffic jams at Nguyen Thai Son overpass to Mui Tau intersection (Pham Ngu Lao street, Go Vap district).

Người Sài Gòn ám ảnh kẹt xe ở các nút giao thông trong giờ cao điểm - Ảnh 11. — A stream of vehicles on Mai Chi Tho Avenue, heading towards An Phu Intersection (Thu Duc City). This is the intersection of traffic axes, connecting Ho Chi Minh City - Long Thanh - Dau Giay Expressway, Mai Chi Tho Avenue, Luong Dinh Cua Street, Nguyen Thi Dinh, Dong Van Cong to Cat Lai Port. Every day, the amount of vehicles passing through here is very large, often causing congestion during rush hour.

Fed up with the traffic jams and dust on Luong Dinh Cua Street towards An Phu intersection, Mr. Tran Thanh Thien (living in Thu Duc City) shared: "Usually, it only takes about 20 minutes to get home from District 1, but during rush hour, it takes more than an hour. This is a common situation, so I've gradually become accustomed to it. I just avoid any road that is congested."