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Roads heavily congested with lychee transport vehiles

National Road 31, traversing Luc Ngan district of Bac Giang province, has recorded kilometres-long congestions as traders are flocking to this lychee planting hub to buy the fruit it's famous for.
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  • This year's lychee output in the northern province of Bac Giang is estimated at over 130,000 tonnes, lower than 2015 (Photo: VNA)

  • The volume of lychee transport vehicles has exceeded the capacity of National Road 31 ​(Photo: VNA)

  • The congrestion is reported in many lychee trading hubs in Luc Ngan district such as Chu town and Kep T-junction (Photo: VNA)

  • Vehicles continually come in and out of trading centres, causing serious congestions (Photo: VNA)

  • Lychee prices in Luc Ngan are between 15,000 - 20,000 VND (0.67 - 0.9 USD) per kg (Photo: VNA)

  • Trucks from across Vietnam, such as the central provinces of Binh Dinh, Phu Yen and Quang Nam, have flocked to Luc Ngan to buy lychees. A large volume of the fruit has also been exported to China (Photo: VNA)

  • Some traders have taken advantage of the congestion to force lychee prices down, even to 7,000 - 8,000 VND (0.31 - 0.36 USD) per kg (Photo: VNA)

  • Nguyen Thi Tinh, a lychee farmer, said some traders played tricks such as driving big trucks to obstruct roads and cause congestions so as to buy lychees at low prices (Photo: VNA)

  • Motorbike riders even have to wait for hours to move along (Photo: VNA)

  • A motorbike usually carries almost 200kg of lychees at a time, which can easily make it fall down (Photo: VNA)

  • Young volunteers help a cyclist collect lychees falling onto the ground (Photo: VNA)

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