Hanoi has unveiled a plan to host the Hanoi Autumn Festival during September, featuring a plethora of exciting activities, aimed at enhancing tourism during a season that showcases the distinct characteristics of Vietnam’s capital city. Many people have developed a soft spot for Hanoi, especially during the autumn season.
With emotion and creativity, nearly 500 international artists, including architects, painters, and sketch enthusiasts of different ages from 18 countries, shared vivid images of the capital’s Old Quarter.
Despite his turbulent life, 18-year-old Tran Nam Long has already created a distinct impression through his paintings of Hanoi’s Old Quarter, fascinating viewers for the vividness and breathtaking beauty of his artworks.
Hanoi's Old Quarter these days is bustling with various activities featuring the traditional customs and rituals of lunar new year of Vietnam's three regions.
Hospitality providers in Hanoi’s Old Quarter have been gradually recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Since March 15, most of them have so far been brought back to life.
Streets in Hanoi’s Old Quarter such as Hang Ma and Hang Luoc are extremely busy on the Mid-Autumn Festival night. Thousands of people flock to the streets to watch, take photos, and buy toys and decorations of the seasonal festival.
The traditional Mid-Autumn Festival 2022 opened along the “mural street” of Phung Hung in Hanoi on September 7, with interesting activities to be held. Lasting until the official Mid-Autumn Festival on September 10, the event is being organised by the Management Board of Hoan Kiem Lake and Hanoi Old Quarter.
The pilot extension of the walking streets around the iconic Hoan Kiem lake downtown Hanoi is schedule to begin on December 25, Hoan Kiem district authorities has said.
Nearly a year after finishing renovations to a single archway underneath the railway line running along Phung Hung Street, the Hanoi Old Quarter Management Board plans to upgrade five more, which are all in a single row. This is part of a project to improve and create cultural spaces around the capital.
By carefully putting dried flowers, leaves and grass between pages, Hoa la co (Flowers, leaves and grass) workshop has created nature books that have made an impression on international visitors.
Traditional cultural activities will be hosted by the Dinh Lang Viet (Vietnamese Communal House) group and the Hanoi Old Quarter management board on January 18 in downtown Hanoi.
Smart tourism is being applied in a number of tourist attractions in Hanoi such as Bat Trang ceramic village, Thang Long imperial citadel, Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature - National University) and Hanoi Old Quarter.
A series of cultural activities will be re-enacted specially for Vietnam’s traditional Lunar New Year festival, known locally as Tet, throughout Hanoi’s Old Quarter and pedestrian streets on January 18.
Hanoi, a charming city with a history of over one thousand years, is the convergence of cultural and historical essences of Vietnam. Its charm partly derives from oriental and French-style architecture, both ancient and modern, that will exist forever over time.
Due to difficulties in designing C9 metro underground station located near Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem (Sword) Lake, the construction of a metro line connecting Nam Thang Long Station in the north of the city and Tran Hung Dao Street has been halted for 11 years.
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