Crowds of individuals on the strolling space close to Sword Lake in Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi. Photograph by VnExpress/Giang Huy
The pedestrian area in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem District will open from Dec. 29 via Jan. 1 to serve native residents and guests in the course of the 2024 New 12 months vacation.
The municipal Folks’s Committee stated the area round Sword Lake and neighbouring areas in addition to pedestrian streets within the Outdated Quarter will probably be obtainable from 7 p.m. on Dec. 29 to midnight on Jan. 1, 2024, as a substitute of solely the weekend as traditional.
The extension goals to facilitate guests’ recreation demand in the course of the vacation, in keeping with Pham Tuan Lengthy, Chairman of the district Folks’s Committee.
The pedestrian area welcomes a mean of 20,000-27,000 guests on weekend, and even 40,000 throughout holidays.