In an effort to become a modern and smart city, Hanoi installed free drinking water taps on some streets. The move has received an enthusiastic response from tourists and local residents.
The taps serve the public, especially those in difficult circumstances who have no clean water for daily use, while contributing to promoting the image of Hanoi as a peaceful, civilised and modern city to foreign visitors (Photo: VNA)
(Photo: VNA)
A Hanoi resident fills a bottle at a free water tap installed in Hoan Kiem district (Photo: VNA)
With cutting-edge equipment, the three taps meet the standards of bottled water and requirements set by the Health Ministry (Photo: VNA)
(Photo: VNA)
Free public water is also hoped to help reduce the discharge of plastic bottles to the environment (Photo: VNA)
Member cities of the Council for the Promotion of Tourism in Asia (CPTA) are promoting their potentials at a tourism exhibition, which opened at the Ly Thai To flower garden in Hanoi’s downtown on September 8.
The number of passengers using open-top tour buses in the capital was averaging about only 7 per trip each day, according to a report by the Hanoi Transport Company (Transerco).
Secretary of the Party Committee of Hanoi Hoang Trung Hai has asked the city’s tourism sector to invest further in the development of tourism products and infrastructure in order to promote the city’s image and attract more tourists.
As many as 300 students in Hanoi will promote cultural and historical values of the local tourist attractions when joining the “Supporting Thang Long-Hanoi Tourism” programme launched by the municipal Department of Tourism on March 22.
