Visitors to the Thay Pagoda Festival, which will take place from April 12 to 16, can join holy rituals and lively traditional folk games.

Hanoi sees culture as an infinite resource to create tourism products and attract more tourists.

The tranquil beauty of Chau Long Street in downtown Hanoi is rendered vividly in sketch paintings.

An exhibition featuring handicraft products from Hanoi capital which is being organised in Ly Thai To flower park from December 9-12, is expected to help enterprises and trade villages to improve their capacity and competitiveness in producing and trading their products on the domestic and exports markets.

An exhibition themed “One village one product” (OVOP) which is organised by Hanoi People`s Committee is scheduled to take place in Ly Thai To Park from December 9-12.

After implementing two projects to preserve the city’s intangible and intangible cultural heritages, Hanoi has identified 5,922 tangible cultural heritages (monuments) and 1,793 intangible cultural heritages, Director of the municipal Department of Culture and Information To Van Dong stated said at a ceremony to mark the Vietnam cultural heritage Day on November 22 at Hanoi Museum.

The "Great National Unity – Vietnamese Cultural Heritage" Week will be organised at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Son Tay town, Hanoi city from November 18-23.

A festival showcasing traditional ca tru (ceremonial singing) artists will kick off at Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature) on November 11.

Hanoi Department of Tourism held a press conference on October 6 to reveal the Hanoi Ao dai Festival 2016 with the aims to honour the capital’s cultural values and promote tourism products based on fashion.

The Hanoi traditional craft village tourism festival 2016 was officially opened at Hanoi`s Imperial Citadel of Thang Long on September 29. This event is considered as a "leverage" to develop traditional craft village tourism.

Hanoi People`s Committee opened the exhibition on cooperation between the capital and France’s Toulouse city in preserving and promoting values of the city`s Old Quarter over the past 20 years last weekend.

The 2016 handicraft fair - exhibition opened at the Thang Long Royal Citadel in Hanoi on August 26 with the aims to honour great craftsmen who have made significant contributions to building and preserving traditional craft villages.

Chairman of Hanoi People`s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung met with Anna Lange - Head of government representatives of the French-speaking Belgian Community and the Belgium`s Wallonie-Bruxelles area in Hanoi on June 24.

People’s Committee of Long Bien district in Hanoi city held a ceremony on April 9 to receive the certificate recognising the Huyen Thien Tran Vu statue in the Tran Vu Temple in Thach Ban ward as a precious national object.

It is difficult to identify the architectural structures of palaces built under the Dynasties of Ly (1010-1225) and Tran (1225-1400) due to the lack of data, heard an international workshop on February 22.

Hanoi is the only city in Vietnam where ancient streets can be found. The capital city has an old quarter of 36 streets with thousands of roofed houses that have existed since its initial establishment, creating a unique beauty.

Hanoi Tourism Department opened the "Memories of Hanoi" programme at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel on December 30 to bring back the congenial atmosphere of old Hanoi to the dwellers of all ages and international visitors.

Archeologists have found traces of large-scale architectures dating back from the Tran dynasty (1225-1400) at the Thang Long Royal Citadel.

The Thang Long Royal Citadel was recognized as a World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO five years ago. Many archaeological research activities have been carried out to evaluate, preserve, and promote this heritage.

Hanoi will spend 12.939 billion VND to repair 10 antique houses dating back 100 to 400 years in Duong Lam village on the outskirts of the city.

“Preserving and promoting world heritage values from the angle of the Thang Long Imperial Citadel” was the main focus of an international workshop in Hanoi on November 23.

Hanoi Department of Culture and Information held a ceremony on November 19 to mark the Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day (November 23) and present the Outstanding Artisan award to 39 artists of various folk art performances in the area of the capital.

The Vietnam Cultural Heritage Week 2015 aims to show the strength of national solidarity and honours the cultural identity of 54 ethnic groups.