Tourist watch a train at the train street in Hanoi
In a letter sent on April 4, the department also asked travel firms to advise and warn tourists, particularly foreign visitors not to visit the railway line which is located in Hoan Kiem and Ba Dinh districts.
Local authorities in the train street area have recently reported about the rising number of visitors despite the ban, causing chaos and posing the potential risk of traffic accidents.
Owners of coffee shops along Hanoi’s train street have continued to serve tourists, despite the ban from local authorities. And many travel firms have also taken customers to the site.
The street, which attracts lots of visitors, was closed again last September and all the cafes had their licenses revoked following rail safety concerns from the Vietnam Railway Authority.
There are more than 30 coffee shops along the two-kilometre street which starts from Le Duan, goes through Tran Phu and Cua Dong and ends at Phung Hung Street.
