Think time to be serious...
Today is lunar 12 month 1st day and only 30 days before CNY or TET festival in Vietnam...if you dun know TET is same day 19 Feb and 20 Feb...the Vietnamese celebrate TET in big way...many will go back to province...riding their bike up to 5-6 hrs...will reach An Giang...so those living around Vinh Long, Tra Vinh, Long An, Dong Thap etc will ride their motorbike home for TET...thus hcm will be less traffic...and only happened yearly on TET...
If you happened to go hcm around this time...a few things to take note...
1. Crime like pick pocket, snatch theft, etc on the rise
2. Gals will be keen to go ST or LT because earned more money for TET...careful of scam...gals will leave after 1 shot
3. Some gals had went home and mostly will leave hcm before 17 February...gals will return to work from 25 feb onwards
4. If you have not purchased tickets to fly during TET surely very expensive now
5. From eve of TET onwards hcm hawkers will rest and may commence only a week later
6. Only hotels, large cafés and shopping centers still operating during TET with skeleton staff
7. Hawkers will charge more during 19 -21 Feb If they do operate half day or so
So pls make your plans early...as for me I will not go hcm during TET...