Hanoi cinemas to reopen this Thursday after nine months

[ASEAN NOW News]

People buy tickets at a cinema in Hanoi. Photo by Vietnam News Agency

 

Cinemas and art performing venues across Hanoi may reopen Thursday after remaining closed for nine months, as confirmed by the city’s Party Committee on Tuesday.

 

Many businesses and services have resumed in the capital city, apart from bars, karaoke and massage parlors, and dance clubs.

 

The city also permitted the Huong Pagoda, a collection of temples and pagodas built amidst mountains and forests and a major spring destination in northern Vietnam, to receive visitors from Feb. 16th but without organizing any ceremonies to prevent large gatherings.

 

Huong Pagoda festival

 

The Huong Pagoda festival usually lasts for two and a half months with a series of activities like dragon dancing, boat racing and folk singing.

 

Around 80,000 pilgrims had flocked to the pagoda on the festival's opening day in previous years.

 

Hanoi has been topping the national Covid-19 case count for around a month, recording around 3,000 cases every day.

 

But given its high vaccination rate and the capacity of the healthcare system, it has been given a low Covid risk rating.

 

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