Hanoi Travel News

The exhibition aims to improve visitors’ knowledge about the recent trends and features in the Japanese design industry and the nature of Japanese culture as a whole.

An exhibition of photos portraying Hanoi’s Old Quarter collected by the Chairman of France’s Heritage League, Philipe Chaplain, opened to the public in Hanoi on October 8.

The Hanoi Union of Friendship Organisations on Oct. 10 announced 10 major activities to celebrate the city’s recognition by UNESCO 10 years ago as a “City for Peace”, in the lead-up to the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

Numerous activities, including cultural and arts exhibitions, and performances will be held from Oct. 8-18 at the Hanoi ancient citadel relic to mark the 999th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi and the 55th liberation day of the capital city (Oct. 10).

Hanoi’s tourism authorities and travel agents have kicked off various activities in the run up to National Tourism Year 2010 which takes the theme of “Thang Long-Hanoi, a thousand years of coming together.”

The Minh Long ceramic company has presented a giant cup to the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee as a gift to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Hanoi.

400 ancient artifacts related to Hanoi’s traditional crafts are on display at the National Museum of Vietnamese History from October 6-10.

“Long Bien Bridge Memory Festival", part of the program to mark the 1,000th anniversary of Hanoi, will be broadcast live on VTV1 on Oct 10.

Hanoi has been making a multilingual film to advertise the city’s tourism under the theme “Hanoi Tourism Discovery”.

Hanoi Young Pioneer Palace is at 36 Ly Thai To St., Hanoi.

The Hanoi Opera House is situated on Le Thanh Tong St., Hanoi; near the Red River and several hundreds meters east of Hoan Kiem Lake.
It is an old theatre with French architecture and typical Gothic and Mosaic characters reflected on the door domes and the glassed room respectively.

Tourism, cultural and sports activities will kick off National Tourism Year 2010 in Ha Noi beginning this month.

An exhibition to praise Hanoi’s traditional craft villages will be co-organised by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Hanoi City People’s Committee from October 6 to 10, featuring various activities to honour Hanoian artists and traditional crafts.

A programme, named “Thang Long – Ha Noi, a thousand year meeting”, will be held at Ly Thai To park in the centre of Hanoi to announce the National Tourism Year.

Fireworks, martial arts, and traditional music performances will be the highlights of a three-day festival to be held at Ha Noi’s Ly Thai To Garden and around Hoan Kiem Lake from October 9 to 11.