At 6:30 a.m. on August 30, 2025, a rehearsal of the parade and parade to celebrate the 80th anniversary of National Day on September 2 will take place at Ba Dinh Square and central streets of Hanoi. This is the final parade and parade gathering, the most important before the big festival and has a parade route on a scale equivalent to the official ceremony. Therefore, people and tourists flock to the central area where the activities take place to see the entire program in advance.
Recorded at Cat Linh elevated railway station (Cat Linh - Ha Dong line) and Cau Giay station (Nhon - Hanoi station line) - the two end points of Hanoi urban railway - the number of passengers began to increase from around 5:30 p.m. At Cat Linh station, despite the recommendations of station staff and police forces of O Cho Dua ward, many motorbike taxi drivers still drove straight to the station to greet and pick up passengers.
Most of these motorbike taxis carry 3 people, without helmets, running from Cat Linh to Hang Chao Street (about 2km) with an average price of 100,000 VND/trip.
According to the record, motorbike parking has started to increase in price, commonly at 50,000 VND/vehicle overnight. In particular, in the area of lane 167 on Hao Nam street (under Cat Linh station), some people wearing red ribbons are guarding motorbikes for 20,000 VND/vehicle sent immediately and 40,000 VND/vehicle sent overnight.
Speaking to Lao Dong Newspaper reporters, a representative of Metro Hanoi said that during the peak days of serving people participating in training sessions, parades and parades before National Day on September 2, Metro Hanoi recorded a record passenger volume on August 24 on route 2A Cat Linh - Ha Dong, with more than 146,000 passengers. It is expected that from today (8.29), the number of visitors will be larger.
To ensure safety for themselves and those around them in the coming days, Metro Hanoi recommends that passengers wear cool clothes, bring drinking water, umbrellas and hats; proactively clean their personal hygiene, use the restroom at the station immediately after getting off the train before leaving the ticket checking area, or public toilets under Cat Linh station.
Passengers do not jostle or push, causing insecurity for themselves and others when taking the train. Metro will serve the maximum travel needs of people: August 29, 2025 will serve all night until 3:10 (stop technical work from 3.0 - 4:30), continue operation from 4:30 to 10:00 on August 30, 2025; August 31, 2025 will operate from 5:30 to 10:00; September 1, 2025 will serve all night until 3:10 (stop technical work from 3.0 - 4:30), continue operation from 4:30 to 10:00 on September 2, 2025.
Metro Hanoi offers 100% free tickets for passengers from August 30, 2025 to September 2, 2025. At the same time, it is recommended that priority safety for the elderly, children, pregnant women and people with underlying diseases should be limited to avoid unnecessary risks.
