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.
Roads heavily congested with lychee transport vehiles ảnh 1This year's lychee output in the northern province of Bac Giang is estimated at over 130,000 tonnes, lower than 2015 (Photo: VNA)
Roads heavily congested with lychee transport vehiles ảnh 2The volume of lychee transport vehicles has exceeded the capacity of National Road 31 ​(Photo: VNA)
Roads heavily congested with lychee transport vehiles ảnh 3The congrestion is reported in many lychee trading hubs in Luc Ngan district such as Chu town and Kep T-junction (Photo: VNA)
Roads heavily congested with lychee transport vehiles ảnh 4Vehicles continually come in and out of trading centres, causing serious congestions (Photo: VNA)
Roads heavily congested with lychee transport vehiles ảnh 5Lychee prices in Luc Ngan are between 15,000 - 20,000 VND (0.67 - 0.9 USD) per kg (Photo: VNA)
Roads heavily congested with lychee transport vehiles ảnh 6Trucks 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)
Roads heavily congested with lychee transport vehiles ảnh 7Some 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)
Roads heavily congested with lychee transport vehiles ảnh 8Nguyen 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)
Roads heavily congested with lychee transport vehiles ảnh 9Motorbike riders even have to wait for hours to move along (Photo: VNA)
Roads heavily congested with lychee transport vehiles ảnh 10A motorbike usually carries almost 200kg of lychees at a time, which can easily make it fall down (Photo: VNA)
Roads heavily congested with lychee transport vehiles ảnh 11Young volunteers help a cyclist collect lychees falling onto the ground (Photo: VNA)
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