Given a metrizable space X and a compatible metric d, one defines the Hausdorff metric topology H d and the upper and lower Hausdorff topologies corresponding to d, H^ and H^ respectively, on the collection ^(X) of all closed subsets of X.In this paper we consider the infima z, T + and r~, of the topologies H d , HJ and HJ respectively, where d runs over the set M{X) of all compatible metrics on X. These topologies are sequential, that is, they are completely characterized by convergent sequences.In particular, the topologies r + and r~ are investigated in detail: a suitable topology U + is defined which has the same convergent sequences as T + , and the lower Vietoris topology V~ plays a similar role with respect to T~.We show that, in general, the equality T = T + V T " does not hold. We also show that T is a r 2 -topology on ^(X) if and only if X is locally compact.