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.
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)