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Tourists to Hanoi increase during Vietnamese Tet
March, 21 2011 09:45:00Around 183,000 foreign tourists visited Hanoi during the lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, a year-on-year increase of 16 percent…
Well-known French electronic artist Alex Millan is set to perform at the French cultural centre l’Espace in Hanoi next month, following great success in the capital in 2010 and 2011. The 30 year-old producer and DJ took part in Hanoi [...]
On January 17th, Hanoi Television Magazine under the Hanoi Television and Radio Station will hold a programme about Tet in Hanoi in the past and 2012 to reflect a religious belief in cultural life of Vietnamese people.
The Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism announced that total nearly 1.9 million foreign visitors coming to Hanoi in 2011, in which the number of Chinese tourists, Japan and Australia account for nearly one-third.
The 35m long ceramic dragons, which were registered for the Vietnam Book of Records, were moved and set up on West Lake, Hanoi, on January 3 to celebrate the Lunar New Year Festival. The dragons, made by craftsmen from Bat [...]
ccording to statistical data of Hanoi Tourism Culture & Communication in 2011, the number of international clients is estimated at nearly 1.9 million (up 11% compared to 2010), in which in-house international client is estimated at 1, 4 million (up 15% compared to 2010).
This year’s Hanoi food festival themed Am thuc Ha Thanh-Chao xuan 2012 (Hanoi’s cuisine – Welcoming the Spring 2012) will be held at the West Lake Park from Friday to Monday by Hanoi Tourist Corporation. According to the organizer, the [...]
The Hanoi Department of Transport has submitted a pilot plan of organising some walking streets around Hoan Kiem District to the city People’s Committee for approval…
Celebrations of the seventh Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day officially started at a ceremony in Hano on the theme of “Cultural Heritage and Tourism Week of the Northern Central Region”.
Hanoi has many attractive places, with thousands of famous historical sites and unique craft villages. Hanoi is considered as one of the most attractive destinations in Vietnam. However, looking at the fact that tourism business in Hanoi is not commensurate with the potential.
On 12/10/2011, exhibition ” Seal of Nguyen Dynasty from 1802 to 1945″ was held in Hanoi to provide background seal system which used in administrative documents from central to local levels through the Nguyen Dynasty from Gia Long (1802 – 1819) to Bao Dai (1902-1945).
On September 15th, the online travel magazine Smart Travel Asia officially announced the voting results of the best tourism brand in Asia in 2011. Accordingly, in the top 10 destinations, Hanoi and Hoi An (Quang Nam) are the two best [...]
The Hanoi Flower Festival 2012 will open in the capital city of Hanoi from December 30, 2011 to January 2, 2012. According to Deputy Director of the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Khac Loi…
Le Mat village in Hanoi is famous for its traditional snake business of trapping, raising and making specialty snake dishes. Le-Mat villageLegend has it that during the reign of King Ly Nhan Tong of Vietnam…
Along with the night market on the Hang Dao to Dong Xuan pedestrian route, Hanoi will have a cultural cuisine ward in the Old Quarter with special provision for pedestrians. Dedicated walking paths will be expanded to Hang Buom, Ma [...]
Investment in tourism product development in the direction of exploiting the advantages of cultural, ecological, human of ancient capital to attract domestic and foreign tourists to visit is the main objective of the Hanoi tourism sector in the future…
The Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism plans to organise a wide range of cultural and arts activities to celebrate the 66th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19) and the National Day (September 2). About 60 arts programmes [...]
Since the beginning of the year, the scientific and cultural center Temple of Literature has welcomed over 700,000 tourists to visit, which accounts for 60% of international visitors. “Foreign tourists visited Temple of Literature mostly Chinese, South Korean, Japanese, Thai [...]
A movie and discussion night focusing on the revolutionary changes of the ceramic industry in Bat Trang village near Hanoi over the pastdecade will be held at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 14th 2011 at Idecaf in District 1. The [...]
1. Long Đỗ Legend has it that the Tang Dynasty Governor Gao Pian dreamed he saw a genie called Long Đỗ while building the Đại La Citadel on the current site of Hà Nội. Based on this story, Hà Nội [...]