VietNamNet Bridge – Spreading nails has become a big trouble for travelers on Can Tho Bridge, the longer cable-stayed bridge in Southeast Asia. Can Tho City’s Chair Nguyen Thanh Son instructed police to deal with the matter.



Accordingly, police of Can Tho City and Vinh Long province will join hands to put an end to this problem, with laying an ambush as a measure to catch nail spreaders in the act.

In recent days, many vehicles have got punctured tires because of nails on the bridge. The bridge’s guard Huynh Thanh Truc said that once he found 12 nails over 200m on the bridge. Guards collected nails in the morning but on the afternoon, new nails appeared.

Earlier, Ho Chi Minh City police implemented a campaign against ‘nail traps’ on National Highway 1A and Hanoi Highway, trouble spots for nail crimes.



A “nail trap” is a scheme where would-be thieves scatter sharp objects along the road to cause flat tires, and then charge exorbitant rates to fix them.

Over 40 “shops”, which fix tires, have sprung up along the National Highway 1A connecting Dai Nam (a tourist attraction) to My Phuoc, in Binh Duong Province near Ho Chi Minh City.

Hundreds of motorbike repair shops are located on the road section of Hanoi Highway, running through District 2, 9 and Thu Duc. They often charge VND75,000-80,000 (USD3.62-USD3.8) for the repairs (which they often cause themselves). The normal rates for a punctured tire might be around VND10,000-15,000 (USD0.48-USD0.72).

Lan Anh