Hanoi to open second night-time meals zone

Hanoi to open second night-time food zone

Ngu Xa Avenue, well-known for eating places promoting pho rolls, is busy on April 13, 2022. Picture by VnExpress/Van Hieu


Authorities in Hanoi plan to launch its second meals zone in Ba Dinh District within the fourth quarter of this 12 months to spice up its night-time financial system.

Ba Dinh District Folks’s Committee said your complete Dao Ngoc-Ngu Xa space protecting seven streets in Truc Bach Ward could be closed off from 7 p.m. to midnight to function a meals zone each Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

In the long term, the district will take into account opening the meals zone each day and banning automobiles from 7 p.m. to five a.m.

Overlaying 4.5 hectares, Dao Ngoc-Ngu Xa space, or Truc Bach peninsula, is on Truc Bach Lake the place late U.S. Senator John McCain was shot down and brought prisoner in the course of the Vietnam Warfare.

Folks from the peninsula to the encompassing areas should travel by way of two small bridges at Tran Vu and Ngu Xa streets.

The Truc Bach Lake space, with its charming old-style homes in small alleys, can also be house to many cafes and eateries favored by younger and outdated alike. At evening, locals and vacationers usually flock right here to take pleasure in grilled dishes and specialties like pho rolls.

In 2002, Hanoi opened its first meals zone at Tong Duy Tan-Cam Chi space in Hoan Kiem District.

A graphic outlining the Dao Ngoc-Ngu Xa area on Truc Bach Lake in Hanoi that would be turned into a night-time food zone. Photo courtesy of Ba Dinh District People’s Committee

A graphic outlining the Dao Ngoc-Ngu Xa space on Truc Bach Lake in Hanoi that’s deliberate for a night-time meals zone. Graphic by Ba Dinh District Folks’s Committee

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