Vietnam cafe owner fined after foreign tourist seen close to oncoming train

A video posted on Facebook showed a woman coming out onto the track and seemingly pose for a photo as the train approached. - Photo: Screengrab from Facebook Video

HANOI: The owner of a cafe in Hanoi’s famous “train street” has been fined 7.5 million Vietnamese dong (US$300) for allowing a foreign tourist to pose for a photograph on the rail track as a train approached.

Hoan Kiem District Police punished the 61-year-old owner of the cafe at No.5 Tran Phu Street in Hang Bong Ward for having no registration licence, and for allowing customers to engage in behaviour that endangered safety.