Thousands of vehicles, including motorbikes, bicycles, and tricycles, and other assets mainly seized from violators of traffic regulations are left deserted in impoundment lots across Ho Chi Minh City.
They have been staying out in the sun for a long time, so they have broken and deformed.
Many vehicles have seriously rusted. Photo: Ai Nhan / Tuoi Tre |
Bicycles with low values pile up at an impoundment area in Ho Chi Minh City. They have rusted and contorted. Photo: Ngoc Khai / Tuoi Tre |
The shortage of spaces for assets confiscated from traffic violators and poor perseveration conditions have devalued the assets of residents and the state. The issue is raised by members of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council legislation board during an inspection of the District 1 Police on March 15, 2023. Photo: Ngoc Khai / Tuoi Tre |
Deputy head of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council legislation board Le Minh Duc inspects motorbikes of residents violating alcohol concentration regulations left at the headquarters of the District 1 Police at 73 Yersin Street in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Ai Nhan / Tuoi Tre |
An employee at an impoundment area of the traffic order police team under the District 1 Police has to spray water onto the impounded vehicles twice a day to cool them off and prevent fires. Photo: Ngoc Khai / Tuoi Tre |
An impoundment lot of the traffic order police team under the Thu Duc City Police faces the same fate. The vehicles there are also sprayed with water at noon despite an automatic sprinkler system. Photo: Ai Nhan / Tuoi Tre |
Meanwhile, hundreds of vehicles at an impoundment area of the Binh Tan District Police in Tan Tao Ward, Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City are covered with a thick layer of dust. Photo: Ngoc Khai / Tuoi Tre |
The impoundment area of the Binh Tan District Police is among the largest ones in Ho Chi Minh City. Thousands of vehicles are left under the sun there. Photo: Ngoc Khai / Tuoi Tre |
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