Hanoi Travel News

A festival entitled “Vietnamese entrepreneurs with Hoa Lu-Thang Long-Hanoi – 1,000 years of construction and sustainable development” will be held on March 4 in Hanoi and the northern province of Ninh Binh.

A plan for a grand ceremony on the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi that has been submitted to the Government for approval will be one of the most glorious cultural and historical programmes in Vietnam’s history.

As much as 4,000sq.m of ceramic paintings have been completed, accounting for 70 per cent of the Ceramic Road project covering the cement wall of Ha Noi's Tran Quang Khai dike road.

The General Department of Sports and Physical Training will hold at least six major sports events this year in the lead-up to the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi as Vietnam’s capital.

There’s no better place to let the time roll away than on the waterfront
Hanoi’s 20 lakes are renowned for bringing the city a sense of beauty and an old-world atmosphere.

Visitors and local Hanoians will have somewhere new to enjoy Vietnamese art forms and Vietnamese cuisine, as a new cultural complex has recently opened in the capital city.

A traditional Tet market is opening at The Garden Trade Center in My Dinh, Tu Liem District, Hanoi, giving tourists and locals a chance to discover the Tet atmosphere in a rural area.

In response to a campaign launched by the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, many organisations and individuals have donated to the Museum of Hanoi a great number of precious exhibits and souvenirs related to the Thang Long-Hanoi anniversary.

Hanoi has been selected as one of the best destinations in the world that international tourists should choose to come in 2010 by the US TripAdvisor Media Network’s website www. Independenttraveler.com, said the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

Hanoi’s preparations for the forthcoming 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi have been covered on Germany’s ‘Mirror’ website.

On January 26th, in Hanoi, the Hanoi City Union of Friendship Organizations held a ceremony to review the foreign affairs of 2009 and set forth tasks for 2010.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung has directed the capital city of Hanoi to increase promotional activities to polish Hanoi’s image as a city for peace while completing key infrastructure facilities to serve the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.