People with lots of luggage, starting to leave Ho Chi Minh City to return to their hometowns to celebrate Tet

TPO – On January 20 (December 21), people began leaving Ho Chi Minh City to return to their hometowns to celebrate Lunar New Year 2025. Interprovincial bus stations were crowded with customers coming to buy tickets…

20/01/2025 | 20:29

TPO – On January 20 (December 21), people began leaving Ho Chi Minh City to return to their hometowns to celebrate Lunar New Year 2025. Interprovincial bus stations were crowded with customers coming to buy tickets…

According to the reporter's records, from noon to afternoon of January 20 (December 21), people began to leave Ho Chi Minh City to return to their hometowns to celebrate Lunar New Year 2025. Photo: Huu Huy

Crowded passengers at the new Eastern Bus Station (Thu Duc City) at noon on January 20. Photo: Huu Huy

Sharing with reporters, Mr. Nguyen Minh Phu (from Quang Ngai, living in Tan Binh district) said: "After buying a Tet bus ticket, the bus staff advised me to take the metro from Ben Thanh station to the new Mien Dong bus station. The journey is very fast without having to take a shuttle bus like before." In the photo: People take the metro to the new Mien Dong bus station. Photo: Huu Huy

The new Eastern Bus Station is bustling, completely different from the deserted scene of the past.
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On December 21, the new Eastern Bus Station is expected to operate 360 ​​trips with more than 7,200 passengers passing through the station. The peak day is expected to be December 26 (January 25), with 545 trips with more than 13,000 passengers passing through the station. Photo: Huu Huy

Some people took a break before getting on the bus. Photo: Huu Huy

Meanwhile, at Mien Dong bus station (Binh Thanh district), many people also came to the counters to buy tickets to return home for Tet. Photo: Contributor

On January 20, Mien Dong bus station (Binh Thanh district) is expected to operate 410 trips with 9,840 passengers passing through the station. Photo: Contributor

The peak time at Mien Dong bus station (Binh Thanh district) is expected to be January 25 and 26 (December 26 and 27), with the bus station serving more than 18,000 to nearly 19,000 passengers per day. Photo: Contributor

A bus station representative said that the number of passengers expected to be served during the 20 days of Tet (10 days before Tet and 10 days after Tet) at Mien Dong bus station (Binh Thanh district) is expected to be around 182,000. The number of pre-booked tickets (from December 23 to 29) is 139,000. Photo: Contributor

According to the reporter's records, the guests returning home to celebrate Tet on January 20 include workers, laborers, and students who have an early Tet holiday. Photo: Contributor

A representative of Mien Tay bus station said that starting from January 20, people left Ho Chi Minh City to return to their hometowns to celebrate Tet, so the bus station began to bustle. Photo: Contributor

It is expected that on January 20, Mien Tay bus station will serve 29,700 passengers with 1,350 trips.

The bus station forecasts that during the Lunar New Year, the number of vehicles will increase by over 3% and the number of passengers will increase by over 5% compared to the same period in 2024, with the number of passengers mainly concentrated at peak times from December 26 to 28. Photo: Contributor

According to Mien Tay bus station, in the 10 days before Tet (January 19 to January 28), the bus station is expected to serve 437,110 passengers with 16,430 trips. Photo: Contributor

Mien Tay Bus Station predicts that the peak time will be January 26 (December 27), with 62,550 passengers and 2,085 trips passing through the station. Photo: Contributor

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Source: https://tienphong.vn/nguoi-dan-linh-kinh-hanh-ly-bat-dau-roi-tphcm-ve-que-don-tet-post1711060.tpo