Hanoi Travel News

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Hanoi on September 25 coordinated with Hanoi’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to launch a nationwide propaganda poster contest to commemorate the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

Under the theme “Thang Long-Ha Noi: Thousand-year convergence,” the National Tourism Year 2010 will be launched in Ha Noi and featured by activities to celebrate the millennium of the capital. The National Tourism Year 2010 will be the largest tourism event in Viet Nam, which lasts for the whole year and is supported by numerous localities throughout the country.

A year-long program to promote tourism in Hanoi will start next month, marking the 999th anniversary of the capital city, the Vietnam National Tourism Administration announced Friday.

The capital city of Hanoi has been named one of the 13 best cities for shopping in Asia by Smart Travel Asia , the online travel magazine for Asia.

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Capital City’s People’s Committee will co-organise an exhibition to honour traditional handicraft villages at the Hanoi’s Culture and Arts Exhibition Centre from October 6-10.

An exhibition of traditional children’s toys will be held at Hanoi’s Kim Son primary school in Son Tay district from September 27-29 during the mid-autumn festival to mark 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

The Hanoi Statistics Office reported that the number of foreign tourists to Hanoi reached nearly 76,000 in September 2009, decreasing by 9.6 percent from the previous month and 21.4 percent compared to the same period last year.

As usual, on 17th Sep, Bar Seventeen Cowboys is launching a special program following Western America.

The publication of a traveller’s guide to dozens of craft villages near Hanoi is welcome news for expat residents of the capital city.

 The 2009 Hanoi Ancient Town Mid-Autumn Festival and the Mid-Autumn Fair opened on September 19 (the first day of the 8th lunar month).

Vietnam contributes three names to the top 5 and top 10 lists of the most attractive tourist destinations in Asia of the online travel magazine Smart Travel Asia: Hanoi, HCM City and Hoi An.

Hanoi authorities have decided not to sell 206 villas that were built in the colonial era, thus committing to the preservation of Vietnam’s history.

A seminar on the new North-South express train route was held in Hanoi on September 15, drawing both Vietnamese and Japanese engineers.