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| These days, traveling on National Highway 46, provincial roads through Nam Dan, Hung Nguyen, Thanh Chuong districts... it is easy to see the image of farmers placing many objects in the middle of the road as barriers, to "demarcate" areas for drying rice, peanuts... Photo: Huy Thu |
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| On the road along the Lam River dike in Khanh Son commune (Nam Dan), 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 beer bottle crates onto the road as a "border" to prevent vehicles from driving into the rice fields. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| On National Highway 46C, through Hung Linh and Hung Long communes (Hung Nguyen), people even brought metal boxes and set them up in the middle of the road. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Some people, when drying rice, accidentally bring bricks, rocks, and garbage bags onto the road to block the traffic, but they do not think 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 of the road to dry rice, they also bring "wooden arms" or tree stumps onto the road to cover it. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Some households drying peanuts on National Highway 46C through Hong Long and Xuan Lam communes (Nam Dan) even put iron stakes on the road. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| In Thanh Giang commune (Thanh Chuong), people even brought out a dredging table to block National Highway 46C. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Some households in Hong Long commune (Nam Dan) even put up a "construction site" sign in the middle of the road. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Notably, some households in Hung Linh commune (Hung Nguyen) not only erected obstacles made of bamboo and packaging, but also erected many metal boxes to store rice right on the National Highway. In recent days, there have been a number of traffic accidents related to drying rice and obstacles on the road in the localities. The most recent accident was on the night of April 20 in Nam Linh commune (Nam Dan), a woman driving a car crashed into a rice drying vehicle on the road and had to be hospitalized. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Shocked by the obstacle set up by people on National Highway 46C. Video: 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.
Huy Thu
