Hanoi asks restaurants, cafes to close by 9 pm

People move by Hanoi's Hoan Kiem Lake. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy

Hanoi has ordered food and beverage establishments to close up shops before 9 p.m., amid other restrictions to avoid large gatherings.

In a plan to adapt to Covid-19 and mitigate outbreak risk, issued Monday night, the city said restaurants and other food and beverage establishments, except for those that sell alcohol, are allowed to operate on-site but must close down before 9 p.m. Other requirements like social distancing and employees being fully vaccinated still hold.

The decision came as Hanoi's People Committee has raised the city's coronavirus risk to medium, or at level 2, with two areas determined as having high risk.

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