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| During this harvest season, farmers often transport rice to major roads near their homes to dry. According to our observations, on National Highway 46C along the Lam River from Nam Dan to Hung Nguyen, there are many households drying rice. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Each family chooses a suitable road, organizes the cleaning and brings the rice to dry. At both ends of the road where rice is dried as well as the part adjacent to the center of the road, people often use firewood, bricks, stones... to set up warning barriers, the purpose is to prevent vehicles from going over the rice. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Some families carelessly put tree stumps in the middle of the road, occupying the roadway, which looks very offensive. In this case, vehicles will share the remaining lane. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| It seems that people just pick up any object they come across and put it on the road to obstruct it, without thinking that it violates the Road Traffic Law or that it poses a risk of causing traffic accidents to others. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| A family in Hung Tien commune (Nam Dan) carried a crate of beer bottles and placed them in the middle of the road, hoping that cars and other vehicles would not drive over the rice being dried. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Some households in Hung Tien commune (Nam Dan) even carried tall beer bottles and placed them in the middle of the road as a warning sign. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| A household in Xuan Lam commune (Hung Nguyen) even brought an entire bamboo tree and placed it across National Highway 46C, one end resting on the road. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| In addition to turning the road into a drying yard, some households also brazenly extend electricity onto National Highway 46C to winnow rice. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| On this occasion, not only National Highways, but also some provincial and district roads... were blocked by people occupying the roadway to dry, thresh, and winnow rice... In reality, drying rice and straw, blocking the roadway is not only a bad habit and lack of awareness of people but also a violation of the law. It is thought that, along with propaganda and reminder work, in the coming time, functional agencies need to be more determined in punishing cases of intentional violations. This is also a measure to raise awareness of each person, so that the harvest season is no longer a haunting and fearful time for traffic participants. Photo: Huy Thu |
According to Point d, Clause 1, Article 203 of the Penal Code: Anyone who encroaches on or occupies sidewalks or roads, obstructing road traffic, causing loss of life or serious damage to the health or property of others, shall be subject to a fine of 5 to 30 million VND, non-custodial reform for up to 2 years, or imprisonment from 3 months to 3 years.
