Many sewers along the streets in Ho Chi Minh City have their entrances blocked by garbage on a regular basis, negatively impacting urban esthetics and the environment while helping cause serious flooding.

Local authorities have been scratching their heads over how to deal with the situation as littering has become a habit of many citizens.

A drain is filled with garbage.

This problem can easily be seen along Truong Sa, Bach Dang, and Trinh Hoai Duc Streets in Binh Thanh District, Ly Thai To in District 3, Su Van Hanh in District 10, Nguyen Khoai in District 4, Duong Ba Trac in District 8, and many others.

Litter is so rampant along some streets that people cannot tell whether or not there is a drain there.

All types of trash block the entrance of a drain on Ly Thai To Street in District 3.

The rubbish includes plastic bags, empty boxes and bottles, plastic straws and cups, leftover food, tissues, used mattresses, and other types of household trash.

Serious lettering at a sewer in Ho Chi Minh City

Some locals even cover the sewers with plastic mattresses or cardboard in order to block the stench.

This habit is considered one of the main reasons for increasingly severe flooding in the city, as sewers cannot function the way they were designed to due to the excessive garbage.

A used bamboo mattress blocks the entire entrance of a sewer.

Countless bags of rubbish are dumped at a sewer on Nguyen Khoai Street in District 4.

Trash blocks a drain in front of the Children’s Hospital 1 in Ho Chi Minh City.

A sewer on Truong Sa Street in Binh Thanh District

Locals cover up a manhole to block the smell on Phan Dinh Phung Street in Phu Nhuan District.

It is hard to tell whether or not there is a sewer on the street.

A sewer is polluted by food waste on Bach Dang Street in Binh Thanh District.

Bags of construction debris are left at a sewer.

Garbage, along with a broom, is dumped at a sewer on Trinh Hoai Duc Street in Binh Thanh.

A large amount of trash is collected from a sewer on Nguyen Huu Canh Street in Binh Thanh District.

A large amount of trash is collected from a sewer on Nguyen Huu Canh Street in Binh Thanh District.

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