VietNamNet Bridge – Many foreign visitors say that traffic is the most impressive thing in Vietnam because whenever they cross the road they experience the sense of adventure.

While some foreigners say they always feel scared when facing vehicles that run very fast on the street but some others seem to enjoy this.

Smiling and being comfortable to be across the street. For many foreigners this is actually a pleasant experience.
Two foreigners walk to the middle of Hang Bong Street (Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi,” stand back and hold hands of each other tightly because vehicles refuse to give way for them or slow down.

Go to the middle of the road, these foreigners have to stand still to "give" way for motorbikes…



… and then they take a rare opportunity to step quickly across the road.

A tour guide waves his flag to ask for vehicles to give way while South Korean visitors "cringe."

These foreign visitors have gradually accustomed to walking between vehicles.

And it is joyful for them to cross the road to take cyclos.

A Japanese tourist walks filming Hanoi’s vehicles.

Many people are afraid of crossing the road, though they are always in the right lane for pedestrians.

This foreigner stands for five minutes to wait for the right moment to cross the road, while many Vietnamese people still try to cross the road.

These Chinese visitors are the same. They stand for a long time in the painted lines and do not dare to cross the road.

Cars and motorcycles always run very fast and they rarely give way to pedestrians.


Infonet