Sword Lake(HoGuom) overflowed, many Hanoi streets flooded

Heavy rain all day long on August 8 flooded Dinh Tien Hoang and Le Thai To, the streets around the Hoan Kiem (Sword) Lake. The other "black spots" such as Dien Bien Phu, Le Duan, Nguyen Khuyen ... were also 40-50 cm deep.

Owing to heavy rain all day long, the Sword Lake overflowed.

Dinh Tien Hoang and Le Thai To streets were also flooded.

Workers were mobilized to prevent flooding in the city center.

Water flooded the sidewalk...

...making Dien Bien Phu Street more immense.

Nguyen Khuyen Street.

Part of Tho Nhuom Street was blocked to enable faster drainage.

Tran Hung Dao Street.

Flooding made many vehicle break down...

Prolonged congestion at Cua Nam.

Nguyen Xien Road was 40 cm deep.

A bus stop on Nguyen Xien Road.

A foreign tourist at the Sword Lake (photo VOV).

Police vehicles carry motorcycles through flooded road
Rain stopped but at noon August 9 the Road 70 in Ha Dong District, Hanoi, was still heavily flooded. The authorities sent vehicles to the site to help people.

Quang Ninh to offer water-taxi for tourists

water-taxi for tourists

Water-taxi for tourists

The Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee has accepted the proposal from Au Lac Quang Ninh Joint Stock Company to invest a water-taxi system under the authority.

The People’s Committee assigned the Quang Ninh provincial Department of Transport in collaboration with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Ha Long City People’s Committee and relevant agencies to directly guide and supervise the Au Lac Quang Ninh Joint Stock Company to build the system safety as current regulations.

This new service will offer another choice for tourists to visit Ha Long Bay, thus providing a tourism product with modern means of transportation./.

 Source: .vietnamtourism