Rubbish strewed several streets in downtown Ho Chi Minh City on Christmas Eve, or Sunday evening, as thousands of revelers flocked to multiple entertainment venues in the city to celebrate the occasion.

According to a Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reporter’s observation, after Christmas revelries, many streets such as Nguyen Hue, Le Loi, Pasteur, and Le Thanh Ton were covered by plastic bags, bottles, and cups.

Rubbish bins on these streets were overflowing, while some dumpsites appeared.

Cups and styrofoam food boxes were scattered in front of stores and residents’ houses in District 1.

Ho Duy Hai, a resident of District 1, said that he started to venture out for the Christmas Day celebration late at night, but he felt dejected when he saw heaps of garbage on the streets along which entertainment venues are located.

Sanitation workers were also burdened with trash as they had to classify such a huge amount of rubbish left behind.

A representative of District 1 Public Services Company had previously said that thousands of metric tons of trash is discharged in downtown Ho Chi Minh City after a night of a festival, or a fireworks display.

Sanitation workers must clean up streets from midnight until the morning.

The representative hopes that fest-goers and revelers will have better behavior by collecting their trash before leaving to ease the pressure on sanitation employees.

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