The capital city of Hanoi is taking the initiative to maintain its top position in Vietnam in attracting foreign tourists, with all indexes related to tourism rising compared with last year’s corresponding figure.
An exhibition on nostalgia for Hanoi’s streets was held in Hanoi on September 6 as part of activities celebrating the 45th anniversary of Vietnam – France diplomatic ties.
Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are among the 15 best destinations in Asia as ranked by the US News newspaper.
Representatives from 65 Japanese and Hanoi firms joined a programme to promote tourism in the capital Vietnamese city on August 24.
Hanoi has been focused on building its electronic government and smart city system, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has said.
Large coaches have been permitted in tourism hubs like Hanoi and Da Nang cities. The movement has improved tourism service quality in the localities, yet it also strains the transport infrastructure.
Banh mi is becoming the most beloved Vietnamese street food. With its typical flavor, Banh mi in the Old Quarter of Hanoi has established a reputation among both locals and foreign tourists.
The Hanoi Transport Service Company (Transerco) has just introduced a lower price ticket for its hop-on hop-off bus service in Hanoi in an effort to attract more passengers.
The Hanoi Department of Tourism has debuted a new bilingual portal where tourists can find all the information they need for a trip to the Vietnamese capital.
The Trinh Cong Son pedestrians’ space in Hanoi’s Tay Ho district will offer free wireless internet (wifi) services in the coming time like other tourist destinations of the city, said the district’s official.
Vi Thi Thu Trang, a Thai ethnic architect, has won the first prize at the Craft and Design Challenge 2017.
A new pedestrian street, Trinh Cong Son street in Nhat Tan ward of Hanoi’s Tay Ho district near the West Lake, was launched in the evening of May 11, offering additional entertainment spaces for locals and visitors.
Many Vietnamese people have moved to live in other countries in modern times. There are- also a number of foreigners choosing Vietnam to spend their life in.
Hanoi’s culture has been the main inspiration for tour operators to develop services to lure more visitors to the capital city, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.
Giving money on the occasion of New Year, with desires that better things will happen in future, has become an indispensable custom of the Vietnamese during the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
The capital city of Hanoi will not open pedestrian streets around Hoan Kiem (Sword) lake and the Old Quarter before, during and after the Lunar New Year (Tet) because many people in the city are going to the countryside.
Phung Hung street these days has put on a new coat, more eye-catching and vibrant with distinctive mural paintings by Vietnamese and Korean artists.
A Lunar New Year or Tet space, featuring a wide variety of traditional cultural activities, is being enacted in Hanoi’s Old Quarter.
