Hanoi Travel News

 A variety of activities and events will be held during the 2009 Mid-Autumn festival in Hanoi's old quarter, scheduled to take place from September 19 to October 3.

Some 100 hand-made cloths handicrafts from South Korea are on display at the “Praying and Blessing” exhibition in Hanoi.

The Hanoi old-quarter will open the 2009 Mid-Autumn Fair during the evening of September 19th at the stage erected in front of Dong Xuan Market.

The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in collaboration with the Korean Culture Heritage Foundation is displaying handmade works from Korea to give Vietnamese people an insight into some of the traditional cultural features of Korean people.

People’s complaints about the Ceramic Road project along the Red River dike in Hanoi have urged the local People’s Council to ask the Hanoi People’s Committee to look into the huge project.

Hanoi’s People’s Committee on Friday officially requested the government to allow it to revoke the licenses of 11 golf courses.

Traditional votive paper-making villages in Hanoi are now in their busiest time of the year with the Ram Thang Bay coming.

The Malaysia Week 2009 will be held from August 26 to 31 at Melia Hanoi to promote Malaysian culture and tourism.

The Vietnam Record Book Centre (VietKings) has stated it will promulgate 100 records of Thang Long – Hanoi capital on the occasion of the 1000th anniversary in 2010.

Phu Lo town in Soc Son district, Hanoi is the area that provides jasmine for the Thai Hoa Tea Factory in Soc Son.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Hanoi authorities have signed a cooperation to jointly organize activities to celebrate the 1000th Thang Long – Hanoi anniversary, including calling foreign cities that are over 1000 years old to join the Club of 1000-year-old Cities.

The Vietnam Record Book Centre (VietKings) has stated it will release 100 records of Thang Long – Hanoi capital on the occasion of the 1000th anniversary in 2010.

Mövenpick Hotel Hanoi is offering a special cuisine program named Seafood wave from Friday August 21st at Mangosteen Restaurant.

Hanoi ’s Party Committee Secretary Pham Quang Nghi has conveyed the municipal leaders’ invitation to Washington DC Mayor to attend the grand ceremony to mark Thang Long-Hanoi 1,000 th founding anniversary.