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Hanoi has been voted the world's third best food destination for 2023 by Tripadvisor.

Hanoi’s Old Quarter is all hustle and bustle at the moment, with various activities featuring traditional customs and rituals for the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

The Hoan Kiem District People’s Committee opened a traditional flower market and is hosting an array of activities along the Phung Hung Street mural space to welcome the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

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.

A yuletide atmosphere has descended upon Hanoi’s Old Quarter, with Hang Ma Street colourfully decked out and transformed into a Christmas market.

The ancient city of Hoi An has limited the access of taxis and buses to some streets in the Old Quarter between 11 am and 1:30 pm, and 4 pm to 9 pm.

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.

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.

Hanoi is making the best use of its cultural and human resources to create internal strength and an important driving force to act for its sustainable development.

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.

These days, the cultural space of Phung Hung mural painting street (Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi) is lively with colorful lanterns, and dozens of toy stalls in the style of the old Mid-Autumn 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.

Hanoi has been listed among the 12 best places worldwide to travel in the fall by the US's CNN Travel. Vietnam is the real bright spot right now and autumn in the capital city is drier and cooler with monsoon season ending, according to CNN. Cool weather and gentle sunshine are ideal for rambling around the city's Old Quarter with its historical streets and shops.

A mid-autumn festival began in Hanoi’s Old Quarter on September 1, featuring myriad enticing activities.

The pedestrian spaces in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem district will be open from September 1 through September 4 to serve local residents and visitors during the National Day (September 2) holiday.

Hanoi is working to expand its night-time economic activities to form a typical economic sector that contributes to the capital city’s socio-economic development.

With Hanoi beginning to restore its tourism sector, restaurants and bars are now open after 9pm and have adopted measures to continue the effective control over COVID-19. The Old Quarter has again welcomed large numbers of visitors looking to have fun, eat, and shop, offering a positive sign that the capital’s tourism sector is on the road to recovery.

The walking zone surrounding the Hoan Kiem Lake and Old Quarter in downtown Hanoi re-opened from March 18 after nearly 10 months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ​

An array of cultural activities highlighting characteristics of the traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) festival kicked off at Hanoi’s Old Quarter on January 28 - the 26th day of the last lunar month.

A painting exhibition titled “The life around us” was recently held at the Hanoi-based Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, conveying meaningful messages about the life.