Foot traffic proposed for Vietnam metro downtown

Ho Chi Minh City’s urban planner has completed a study to introduce walking streets into the city’s downtown in an effort to restrict personal vehicle use, Tuoi Tre quoted an official as saying Tuesday. According to Huynh Xuan Thu, director of the HCMC Department of Planning and Architecture’s Center for Zoning Information, the popular “backpackers’ area” in District 1, where many expats and tourists gather, is among the three areas targeted by the study as [...]