Faced with ruin from COVID-19, rural chicken farmers have begun driving their birds to Vietnam's cities and offering residents bargain prices.

The farmers are calling these "rescue sales" which allow them to at least stay afloat, even if they make a loss.

Every day dozens of trucks loaded with poultry arrive in Hanoi and park in busy areas hoping to offload the birds they can't sell in their local provinces.

With chickens going for half their usual price, these flash sales are proving a hit.

Long queues of agitated customers lining up behind these poultry vehicles are now a common sight on the streets of Hanoi.

The cut-price birds have even caused traffic problems as scores of bargain hunters have begun parking up near the poultry trucks, blocking roads.

Because the covid-19 epidemic in some parts of Vietnam is still complicated, many chicken farms in the covid-19 epidemic hotspot cannot be consumed. So they were forced to transport chickens to big cities to urge people to buy chickens to "rescue" them.

Every day, there are dozens of trucks carrying tons of chickens to Hanoi city, Vietnam to call on people to buy chickens "rescue". These trucks are parked anywhere where there are many people passing by on the road to call people to buy chickens.

The video showed a large number of people fighting in line to buy chickens. Each person buys 2 to 3 chickens, and some even buys up to 5 chickens because the price is 50% lower than the normal daily selling price. The price per chicken is only about 120,000 VND ($ 5.2). At this price, chicken farmers are suffering heavy losses but still have to accept to sell.

Many people park their motorbikes and bicycles down the street to get in line to buy chickens, leading to local traffic congestion.

The video was filmed in Hanoi, Vietnam on March 6.