Hanoi Travel News

Japan’s traditional festival of Satkuki opened at the Giang Vo exhibition centre in Hanoi on May 8.

Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Van Khoi and Chief of the Lighting Agency, Jacques Fournier, representative for Lyon, France have signed an aid package for lighting projects in Hanoi.

A large-scale traditional music program will be launched in the My Dinh National Convention Center in Hanoi on May 12th on the occasion of the first National Ethnic Minority Congress.

The National Fine Arts Exhibition 2010 will be held at the Vietnam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts in Hanoi from November 30 to December 20.

A flower festival will be held in the relic site of the Thang Long Royal Citadel in Hanoi to usher in the capital city’s 1,000th birthday from May 1 to October 30.

Though the number of international tourists in Vietnam rose by 36 percent, travelors in Hanoi in the first quarter of 2010 dropped by 7.2 percent.

Hanoians who live in Ho Chi Minh City will no longer have to travel all the way back to the northern capital to sample their hometown’s signature dish of pho (beef noodle dish), as one of the city’s popular brands is already here.

The year 2010 will bring Vietnamese photographers many opportunities and challenges, as many remarkable events will take place, says Vu Quoc Khanh, president of the Viet Nam Artistic Photographers Association.

Work on the casting of the largest special bronze drum in celebration of the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi began in the central province of Thanh Hoa on April 23.

One of the Old Quarter’s more tourist friendly streets, Ma May is home to a wide variety of trendy restaurants, hidden cafés, fascinating architecture and historical sites.

The restoration and protection of the One-Pillar pagoda will be completed by September 2010.

A conference on preserving and developing traditional festivals, particularly the Giong Festival, in Vietnamese contemporary society opened in Hanoi on April 20.

The great anniversary is approaching and the public is now interested in Hanoi’s preparations to welcome visitors.

An exhibition of contemporary Australian arts by Jeremy Donovan and a group of aboriginal artists is being held at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi from April 17-May 12.