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Tuesday, March 09, 2021, 11:47 GMT+7
A checkpoint at the entrance to the boat dock, where visitors often get on boats to access Huong Pagoda, in My Duc District, Hanoi. Photo: Ba Hien / Tuoi Tre
Authorities in Hanoi have announced that Huong Pagoda in My Duc District is allowed to reopen on Saturday and weekend pedestrian streets around Hoan Kiem Lake are set to resume operations from Friday.
The decision was announced by Hanoi deputy chairman Chu Xuan Dung at the municipal Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control’s meeting on Monday afternoon.
Speaking at the meeting, Hoang Duc Hanh, deputy director of the Hanoi Department of Health, said that the capital city had gone 21 days without detecting new cases of COVID-19 in the community.