Nghe An every month more than 1,000 registered cars, TP. Vinh worries about traffic jams

With the above figure from the Traffic Police Department of Nghe An Province, on average, every day in this locality, there are more than 40 newly registered and registered cars.

Nghe An province is ranked fourth in the country in terms of the number of people and businesses purchasing new cars in 2021 and in the top 5 in terms of the number of cars owned by businesses and individuals nationwide. The province has more than 145,000 cars, just behind Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi in terms of cars of all kinds.

Every day at the Traffic Police Department of Nghe An province, on average, more than 40 cars are granted new license plates.

Traffic police force on duty to provide sea and people to dial natural numbers – Photo: Quoc Huy

All families strive to own cars

One of the many common reasons that people in this locality give is that the weather here is very harsh, so buying a car to protect from rain and sun becomes one of the important goals that families set. out.

Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his wife, residing in Ho Chi Minh City. Vinh, who has 2 young children in 3rd and 5th grade, tried to buy a 4-seat car a few years ago. Since having a car, families can easily move and pick up their children when it’s raining, stormy or hot in the Central region.

“My husband and I have a small business, we have accumulated for many years to buy an apartment of nearly 1 billion VND. The car is savings, borrowed more from parents, siblings each a little. Most of my friends who buy cars have to borrow from banks or relatives. The price of each car segment is different, people with stable incomes will consider finance to own the right car. Few people have enough money to pay for a car at once,” Phuc said.

Mr. Phuc said that in the apartment complex his family is living in, with more than 500 households, there are nearly 300 cars. The number of cars has increased significantly in the past two years.

Statistics are not complete, in this 4-storey apartment building, more than half of the households have 1-2 cars – Photo: Quoc Huy

Cars are parked in the large apartment yard area…

As for Mr and Mrs. V, Ms. Q, residing in Hung Loc commune (Vinh City) also bought a car on the occasion of a big car company’s “landing”, discounts and incentives for people with household registration in Nghe An and Ha Tinh When buying this car, people only need to deposit a modest amount of money initially.

“If the couple rides a motorbike, if they carry a small child on rainy days, they will almost get wet. Husband and wife discussed borrowing from their grandmother, brothers and sisters each have enough money to buy a car of 500 million dong. Know is buy car there are many other expenses such as raising one more person, but both husband and wife determined to try their best “- Mr. V shared.

However, under pressure to pay the debt every month, Mr. V. and his wife decided to sell their house to buy an apartment, pay the debt and spend some money to buy another piece of land outside the city.

Also in this period, thousands of people in Ha Tinh and Nghe An have ordered cars at preferential prices from businesses. This is also one of the reasons why the number of cars in these two provinces is in the top of the country in terms of the number of newly registered cars in 2021.

Worry about traffic jams, traffic jams

Information from the Department of Transport of Nghe An province shows that the number of cars registered in 2021 is 124,456 times, especially in the first two months of this year, 22,677 vehicles.

Faced with the increasing demand to buy and use cars in Ho Chi Minh City. Vinh and neighboring localities, leading to traffic jams, slow travel at off-hours at some routes such as Truong Thi, Ho Tung Mau, Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, Nguyen Van Cu, Le Loi, Nguyen Sy Sach ,… In particular, the phenomenon of local traffic jams extending for many kilometers on weekends, or events taking place near these roads.

Traffic jams occur in the city. Vinh just happened in the last few years, when owning a car to meet the legitimate needs of many families.

More and more cars in Vinh City…

… leading to a traffic jam lasting many kilometers at peak hours when the office is off – Photo: Quoc Huy

Share with PV. VietNamNet, Lieutenant Colonel Phan Van Hien, Vice Captain of Traffic Police-TTTT City Police. Vinh, said that the roads in the city are increasingly narrowed by the rapidly increasing number of cars and motorbikes. The time of congestion is usually at rush hour.

“The sidewalk in the city. Vinh is very wide, but has not invested in opening more lanes,” said Lieutenant Colonel Phan Van Hien.

City People’s Committee Vinh also opened “parking bays” on the roadside, but the number is very small and causes difficulties for people. If you leave your car on the roadway, it will cause traffic jams, if you leave it on the sidewalk, it will be handled. Because so far, Nghe An has not yet allowed parking on sidewalks, like other big cities.

“The difficulty in the city. Vinh is a family with two cars quite a lot, the road in front of the house can only fit one car, while it is impossible to park in front of the neighbor’s house. In addition, families and shops often have customers, but the car is parked on the sidewalk.”

The streets of Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, Le Hong Phong, Quang Trung and Le Loi are forbidden to park during rush hour. However, at prohibited hours, only Nguyen Thi Minh Khai route has a “parking bay” so it cannot meet the needs of the people. As a result, at rush hour, there are no places to stop cars and motorbikes on the roads.

“The time to get out of work is when people travel, buy and sell a lot, the traffic police only know how to remind. Most sidewalks in the city. Vinh is over 9m wide. The solution now is to open more parking bays and widen the road from the sidewalk,” suggested Lieutenant Colonel Phan Van Hien.

Quoc Huy