Gone are the days when polite travelers would avoid walking in front of people so as not to get in their vacation snap – now, it’s all about not walking behind people to ruin their selfies. Few places ...

Hundreds of tourists from all over the world sit chatting on folding chairs, sipping traditional egg coffee and fresh coconut water in the heart of Hanoi. What makes this Vietnamese street scene so ...

Hanoi’s popular “train street” is once again the subject of a significant crackdown. The street, where trains travel along a track just inches away from homes and businesses in the Vietnam capital, ...

Authorities are clamping down on the cafes that line one of Hanoi’s most famous roads, citing overtourism and safety concerns. On an Old Quarter thoroughfare, known as “train street,” locomotives ...

Tourists snatch arms and legs away from a passing train in Hanoi, shrinking back into railside cafes that have brought lucrative business to a former slum disdained by the government. Authorities have ...

Shooing away foreign tourists from Hanoi's Train Street is "very offensive" and what is needed is more effective management like in Thailand or Sri Lanka, according to tourism insiders. On the evening ...

Tourists snatch arms and legs away from a passing train in Hanoi, Vietnam, shrinking back into rail side cafes that have brought lucrative business to a former slum disdained by the government.

Authorities have repeatedly tried to shut down the tumbledown quarter of the Vietnamese capital for safety reasons, but any closure seems unlikely as social media brings more visitors to the area. "I ...