Hanoi should intensify its efforts to promote the value of its precious heritage and unlock its potential to drive economic growth and diversify local tourism offerings.

Artifacts and bronze sculptures are displayed at the Hanoi Old Quarter Cultural Exchange Center, offering visitors a glimpse of Vietnam's thousand-year-old tradition of casting bronze.

The week-long unique cultural event promises to delight locals and visitors to Hanoi

A well-known American dictionary, Merriam-Webster, has announced more than 150 new words and definitions for 2014, including the Vietnamese word “Pho”.

It is very likely that the first thing tourists do is traveling around Hanoi’s Old Quarter when they come to Vietnam. Hanoi’s Old Quarter has been well known for the history, the architecture and diversity of products.

Dong Xuan market, located at Hanoi`s Old Quarter, has been a busy trade centre and the largest market attracting a lot of buyers.

Most toursists visiting Hanoi would like to buy silk products as presents for their friends and relatives. Van Phuc village has been well known for various beautiful shirts, crafts, ties, dresses and many other things made of silk.

Bat Trang village has been well known for its ceramic and pottery products of high quality.

36 beautiful moments of four seasons in Hanoi were recorded through the lens of photographers, bringing the simplicity of social life to viewers.

Phu Dong Temple in the capital’s Gia Lam district received a certificate recognising it as a special national relic site at a ceremony.

Hang Than street has been well-known for providing wedding ceremonies with offering trays. The street sells Banh Com, an indispensable offering, is considered one of Hanoi`s specialties.

If you are going to visit the capital city of Vietnam, the first thing comes to your mind is residing somewhere near Ho Hoan Kiem which is considered the centre of Hanoi.

Tay Mo village, located in the South of Tu Liem district, Hanoi, has been named the village of Hollywood cinema for a long time.

Hanoi becomes much more quiet and peaceful over Reunification Day and International Labour Day as many residents make visits to their hometowns.

Thanh Am village, Thuong Thanh commune, Gia Lam district, Hanoi city is an ancient Vietnamese village near Duong river. Every year, on spring, villagers hold festival- a traditional cultural activity involving a number of people and it becomes a big demand in people’s spiritual life.

Martin Rama, Delhi-based chief economist for South Asia at worked here between 2002 and 2010. He talks with the English language daily Viet Nam News about the book.

Representatives of Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, India, and Sri Lankaparticipated in an artprogrammein Hanoi on April 8 to mark the traditional New Year festivals of these countries.

We gathered in a slight drizzle outside Bach Ma Temple at nine in the morning. Our walking tour of the Old Quarter was about to begin.

More than 200 librarians are joining their colleagues from India, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Singapore at a training course on preserving traditional and digital documents in Hanoi.

Located in Trang Thi street, National Library is the biggest synthetic library in Vietnam. Established in 1919 and named after Pierre Pasquier a Far East magnate in 1939. The library has 92,163 books including two tenths of Vietnamese books.

The first International Day of Happiness, themed “Love and Share” will be held at 9 pm on March 20 in the Ha Noi Opera House.

The special rotating palanquin ceremony has just been held by Hanoi residents to bring back water from the Red River.

The “Earth Hour” Campaign 2014 will officially take place at August Revolution Square from 8 pm to 9.30pm on March 29.