Posts Tagged ‘Hanoi’

Hanoi, the capital of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, is a pleasant and even charming city, in large parts because of its famous lakes, shaded boulevards and verdant public parks. The city center is an architectural museum piece, its blocks of ochre buildings retaining… (more…)

The Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade in coordination with the ABIX Joint Stock Company will host Arts and Handicrafts Week 2010 at the Friendship Cultural Palace in the city from August 4-9.

To promote the traditional culture of Hanoi’s craft villages, this annual event will include an exhibition of arts and handicrafts, art performances, a seminar on craft villages, a competition of gift designs for the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and tours to Bat Trang pottery village, Ha Thai lacquer village and Phu Vinh rattan village. (more…)

In the fading sunlights at the end of the day, Hanoi appears brilliant and romatic. Enjoy a shot of Hanoi in the sunset taken by Xuan Chinh from above:

Hanoi in the rainbow (more…)

The number of foreign holidaymakers to Hanoi during this year’s Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival increased sharply reaching 120,000, reported the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Travelers came from traditional markets such as Japan, Russia, France, the United States, the Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom.

The rise was attributable to a growing number of overseas Vietnamese who returned to the home country as the city is hosting celebrations of the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and the National Tourism Year.

Thanks to a longer Tet holiday, the number of outbound tourists also surged remarkably to some 20,000, mainly to Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. Meanwhile, domestic holidaymakers on this occasion numbered 1 million despite a 20% rise in tour costs, the department said.

It’s nearly 2 weeks left before Lunar New Year 2010; all the streets of Hanoi are covered with cherry trees, kumquat trees and hundred kinds of flowers. A shoot of Hanoi streets uploaded on VNE:

Thousands of cheery trees and kumquats are taken to Hanoi (more…)

Mount Tu Tram is located in Phung Chau Commune, Chuong My District, Hanoi.Nature has endowed Mt. Tu Tram with picturesque caves and caverns. Long Tien is the most beautiful cave. About 20km southwest of Hanoi, along Highway 6, stands a limestone mountain amid a prosperous plain offering relic of Tu Tram Mountain.

When visiting the spot, the traveller is usually told the story of Mt. Tu Tram. In ancient times, the brightest and finest star of the heavens, Tu Vi, suddenly fell from the sky and has transformed into a mountain. The local people named it Mt. Tu Tram. In the Le Dynasty, in the seventh year of Canh Tri, 1669, a text was carved in the stone half way up its walls. The mountain was then called Mt. Long Chau or Mt. Phat Tich (the mountain embracing relics and traces of the Buddha).

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Hanoi is famous for its speciality green rice flake cakes which are sold in Hang Than street. Hang Than is just among more than 20 culinary streets in Hanoi which has about 70 streets with their first name of Hang.
This 300 metre long street houses more than 30 green rice flake cake shops. The Nguyen Ninh trademark is the oldest and most popular brand for green rice flake cake. The name was established in 1865 by late Tran Thi Luan and adopted it’s current name of Nguyen Ninh in 1928.
There have been 5 generations of Nguyen Ninh making green rice flake cake so far, said Mrs Nguyen Thi Hiep, a fourth generation family member.

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In the morning,  tour guide and driver will pick you up at hotel around 7:30 – 8:00 then transfer to visit Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, One-Pillar Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh Museum, Tran Quoc Pagoda, and Temple of Literature.

Lunch in local restaurant and then continue to visit Hoa Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son Temple, and Historical Museum. Drop off at your hotel at the end of the day.

Arccording to Huffington Post, Hanoi capital of Vietnam has been ranked in top ten hottest winter vacation spots in the world together with 9 others around the world.

Hanoi with warm winter and variety of foods makes this thousand year capital city become an attractive destination in winter. (more…)

General information:

Hanoi is the capital of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the center of culture, politics, economy and trade of the whole country.

Area: 3,324.92 sq. km
Population: 6,448,837 habitants (4/2009).
Administrative divisions:
- 10 urban districts: Hoan Kiem, Ba Dinh, Dong Da, Hai Ba Trung, Tay Ho, Thanh Xuan, Cau Giay, Long Bien, Hoang Mai, Ha Dong.
- 1 city: Son Tay
- 18 rural districts: Dong Anh, Soc Son, Thanh Tri, Tu Liem, Gia Lam (Hanoi); Ba Vi, Chuong My, Dan Phuong, Hoai Duc, My Duc, Phu Xuyen, Phuc Tho, Quoc Oai, Thach That, Thanh Oai. Thuong Tin, Ung Hoa and Me Linh
Ethnic groups: Viet (Kinh), Hoa, Muong, Tay, Dao…

Location:

Located in the heart of Red River Delta, in the North Vietnam, Hanoi shares the border with Thai Nguyen, Vinh Phuc provinces to the north, Hoa Binh and Ha Nam to the south, Bac Giang, Bac Ninh and Hung Yen provinces to the east, Hoa Binh and Phu Tho to the west. (more…)