Hanoi - a combination of old and new

Downtown Hanoi, with Hoan Kiem lake in the centre in a photo taken in the 1930s (Source: VNA)

Dong Xuan market, the largest in the Old Quarter, in the 1980s (Source: VNA)

A calligrapher wrote parallel sentences for Tet decoration, over one century ago (Source: VNA)

Hang Thiec Street in the Old Quarter in 1915 (File photo. Source: VNA)

A mid-autumn toy shop on Hang Gai Street in a file photo taken in around 1915 - 1917 ( Source: VNA)

Quan Chuong Gate, a relic site in Hanoi (Source: VNA)

Typical brown tile roof of old houses in Hanoi (Source: VNA)

Wood design at a traditional house in the Old Quarter (Source: VNA)

Daily life in the Old Quarter (Source: VNA)

A pavement book shop (Source: VNA)

A welding workshop (Source: VNA)

A modern urban area in Hanoi - Royal City  (Source: VNA)

Vinhome Riverside town in the northeast of Hanoi (Source: VNA)

Vinhomes Times City housing area (Source: VNA)

Green area in Vinhomes Times City (Source: VNA)

Inside Vincom Mega Mall (Source: VNA)

A class at the Vinschool in Vinhomes Times City (Source: VNA)