Crowds overrun the three-kilometer-long Bai Sau, also known as Thuy Van beach, a popular destination in Vung Tau City near Ho Chi Minh City, on Sunday amid scorching weather in the south.
On the first two days of the holiday starting Saturday, Vung Tau received 120,000 tourists, accounting for half of Ba Ria-Vung Tau’s total arrivals.
Bai Sau beach seen from above.
A week before the holidays makeshift stores and eateries built illegally along the beach were taken down to reclaim space for beachgoers.
Vehicles line up along a road leading to Mui Ne town in Binh Thuan, around 187 km from HCMC, on Sunday.
The average occupancy rate in Binh Thuan’s hotels during the holidays is over 90%.
Vacationers flock to Doi Duong beach in Phan Thiet Town.
The management of the Doi Duong beach constantly uses loudspeakers to exhort people not to litter the beach.
Thuong Chanh beach near Phan Thiet Port.
Nguyen Thanh Tu, a tourist from Binh Duong, said: "My family went to Phan Thiet at noon. The beaches were too crowded."
Tourism insiders warned that Binh Thuan would be overrun during the holidays since the Dau Giay – Phan Thiet Expressway opened to traffic on Saturday, cutting the travel time from HCMC to Phan Thiet to around two hours.
Phu Quy Island, 120 kilometers southeast of Phan Thiet, is witnessing a travel fever with accommodation facilities and tourism services becoming overloaded.
Phu Quy is expected to get 10,000 tourists during the five-day break, or around a third of its population.
There were huge crowds on the 12-kilometer-long Tran Phu beach in Nha Trang amid temperatures of 30 degrees Celsius.
Streets leading to the downtown area were congested, prompting the traffic police to prevent traffic gridlock.
Vacationers also flocked to the four-kilometer-long Cua Lo beach in the central province of Nghe An despite rough seas and tall waves.
