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| These days, traveling along National Highway 46 and provincial roads through the districts of Nam Dan, Hung Nguyen, Thanh Chuong, etc., a common sight is farmers placing various objects in the middle of the road as barriers to mark out areas for drying rice, peanuts, and other crops. (Photo: Huy Thu) |
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| Along the road bordering the Lam River dike in Khanh Son commune (Nam Dan district), many households use tree trunks and branches to block the road while drying rice. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Some households even brought crates of bottled beer onto the road to create a "boundary" to prevent vehicles from driving through their rice paddies. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| On National Highway 46C, the section passing through Hung Linh and Hung Long communes (Hung Nguyen district), people even set up metal containers in the middle of the road. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Some people, while drying rice, inadvertently bring bricks, stones, and bags of garbage onto the road as obstacles, simply to prevent vehicles from driving over the rice, without realizing that it will cause traffic accidents for people and vehicles on the road. Photo: Taken on National Highway 46C, Thuong Tan Loc commune (Nam Dan). Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Not only do people occupy half the road to dry their rice, but they also bring wooden planks or tree stumps onto the road to use as makeshift shelters. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Some households drying peanuts on National Highway 46C, in the sections passing through Hong Long and Xuan Lam communes (Nam Dan district), even erected iron stakes directly on the road. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| In Thanh Giang commune (Thanh Chuong district), people even brought out shovels to block National Highway 46C. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Some households in Hong Long commune (Nam Dan district) even erected "construction site in progress" signs in the middle of the road. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| In particular, some households in Hung Linh commune (Hung Nguyen district) not only erected obstacles such as bamboo and bags, but also placed many metal containers to store rice right on the National Highway. In recent days, several traffic accidents related to drying rice and obstacles on the road have occurred in various localities. The most recent accident was on the night of April 20th in Nam Linh commune (Nam Dan district), where a woman driving a car crashed into a cart used for drying rice on the road and had to be hospitalized. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Shocking obstacles erected by locals on National Highway 46C. Video: Huy Thư |
According to Point d, Clause 1, Article 203 of the Penal Code: Anyone who encroaches upon or occupies sidewalks or roadways, obstructing road traffic and causing harm to life or serious damage to the health or property of others, shall be fined from 5 to 30 million VND, sentenced to non-custodial rehabilitation for up to 2 years, or imprisoned from 3 months to 3 years.
