Many streets in Hanoi have become quiet after local people were advised to stay indoors for Covid-19 prevention following the rising number locally-transmitted cases reported over the last days.
Many shops closed early on the evening of May 6 while street-side tea stalls and eateries have also been cleared following a ban issued on May 3.
Many stations were set up on Hang Gai Street in the Old Quarter for Covid-19 Prevention and Control. Hanoi chairman Chu Ngoc Anh has advised local people to stay indoors as the city may face a rising number of new infections in the community in the coming days.
At 8.30pm, almost all shops along the busy Hang Dao - Dong Xuan streets were already closed.
A motorbike taxi driver waits for passengers at the quiet Hang Bo-Luong Van Can Intersection. All relics and religious sites in the city have also been closed since May 3.
Clothes shops closed early on Hang Dao - Dong Xuan streets
Restaurants along Ma May Street saw few customers
Bars and clubs on Ta Hien Street have been closed since April 30.
On Luong Van Can Street at 8.30 pm
On Chua Boc Street
On Lang Street.