Authorities of Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem District have proposed expanding the number of pedestrianised streets and increasing the amount of time streets are shut to traffic during the summer.

The pedestrian street in Hanoi Old Quarter 

At a recent meeting to review the 10-months since some streets were pedestrianised, Hoan Kiem District authorities sought permission from the people’s committee to expand the pedestrianised area on Dinh Liet and Cau Go streets and some streets in the south of the Hanoi Old Quarter, including Hang Bac and Hang Be, Gia Ngu.     

District authorities also wanted to extend the time the streets were shut to road traffic on Friday and Sunday evening between April 30 and August 31 from 6 am to 2 am the following day from the current 7 pm to the midnight so that tourists can have more time to explore night activities.

Hanoi also plans to turn Nguyen Quy Duc Street in Thanh Xuan District into another pedestrian street and more walking streets are also planned in Tay Ho District. Municipal authorities hope that pedestrian streets could become a tourism selling point of Hanoi.

Meanwhile, HCM City has pedestrianised Nguyen Hue and Bui Vien streets.

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