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Hanoi’s most notorious tourist hotspot has come under scrutiny again, after a video went viral of a man almost being dragged under a moving train.
Authorities have launched a further investigation into the safety of the area, after the tourist had to be pulled back to stop him being seriously injured.
He was among crowds visiting ‘Train Street’, a narrow street in the capital of Vietnam where trains whistle right past coffee shops and cafes.
Footage shows how he came close to the carriages while leaning over with his mobile phone to capture what was happening.
In the chaotic incident, a small table is also pulled into the path of the train, as a woman taking a selfie in the foreground goes from smiling to screaming as she realises what is happening.
Train Street draws thrillseekers who want to feel the rush for themselves, but in recent years access has been restricted due to accidents.
The latest video, which went viral this week, is understood to have been filmed in late 2024 but only recently received wide attention.
Vietnamese newspaper VnExpress reported that the man suffered minor injuries in his ‘brush with death’.
They said that following the incident, authorities in Hang Bong Ward ordered increased security checks at entry and exit points near the street in the old quarter on June 14.
Access to Train Street was restricted in 2022 due to fears over safety.
Tour operators are now banned from including it in their itineraries, however crowds still make their way there independently to see the trains and visit cafes nearby which remain open.
Last week, another tourist had a mishap while trying to collect memories, but this time damaged a priceless painting.
CCTV video footage from Italy’s Uffizi Gallery in Florence on June 21 showed the unnamed man trying to re-enact the pose of a price in a Medici painting.
But he lost his balance and fell back onto the canvas of the 1712 Baroque painting, ‘Portrait of Ferdinando de Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany’, ripping it.
The piece was painted by Anton Domenico Gabbiani at the height of his career as a family court artist.
Photos of the damage show a fist-sized hole in the canvas, now withdrawn from public view and undergoing painstaking repairs.
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