According to VnExpress, Vietnam's news agency article published on October 11, 2022, Hanoians besieged gas stations Tuesday night fearing that the fuel shortage that has hit Vietnam is likely to worsen.
At 9 p.m. on Tuesday Minh Duc of Cau Giay District took his motorbike to fill petrol.
He wanted to avoid scrounging for fuel the next morning and being late for work.
But after going to several gas stations near his house, he could not find himself a spot to get petrol as there had been too many people that have waited in line before him.
He said, "Then I waited at a gas station on Nguyen Phong Sac Street, but after 15 minutes, there was still no sign I could buy gas and so I decided to go to another larger one."
It took until 10 p.m. to fill his motorbike.
All three gas stations on Hoang Quoc Viet Street in Cau Giay were packed with motorcyclists.
At 10 p.m. many places in Cau Giay, Dong Da and Thanh Xuan districts remained crowded with motorbikes queuing up to buy fuel.
Among them was Hang, who had been waiting at a gas station on Lang Street in Dong Da for almost 15 minutes but said she could not take the risk of trying elsewhere since her motorbike was very low on gas.
The manager of a gas station on Tran Phu Street said in the last three days three times the normal amount of fuel had been sold.
Usually people do not come to buy gas soon after prices are adjusted upward, but it was different on Tuesday night when such crowds poured in that staff could not even take a short break.
