To make Quoc Oai District a magnet for visitors, the local government planned to improve service quality and work with travel agencies to include its destinations in tour itineraries.

From sunrise workouts in bustling parks to cleaner meals on family tables, Vietnam is quietly embracing a lifestyle centred on health and wellness.

Locals look forward to the holiday season, and Hanoi's Old Quarter is a hive of activity as Christmas preparations get underway.

Co Loa was chosen to be the capital of the state of Au Lac. Thuc Phan An Duong Vuong was remembered for building the Co Loa citadel and for ruling Au Lac for 50 years, 3rd century B.C.

Hanoi will have at least one cultural event at the national and international scale every year. In the beginning of March, 2017, the London Symphony Orchestra will show free performance at walking street of Sword Lake...

The capital of Hanoi has been the most renowned destination across the country to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine. Visitors can fully explore the culinary of the three regions in the city. The Economic and Urban Newspaper introduces about 10 best restaurants in the city:

Visiting pagodas at the beginning of Lunar New Year has become an age-old tradition of Vietnamese people. Following is the 10 spiritual destinations in Hanoi capital that most visitors should visit when arriving the city during the spring travel schedule.

The Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre in Hanoi will leave Vietnam on February 16 to participate for the first time in Materia Prima–International Festival of the Form Theatre in Cracow, Poland.

The Department of Culture and Sport has recently hosted a meeting to announce the Japanese Cultural Exchange and the Japanese Cherry Blossom Exhibition and Vietnam Airline Classic – Hanoi Concert 2017.

Located along the Red River, Ninh So commune in Thuong Tin district, is known as one of the famous traditional village of rattan and bamboo. The products of the village are sold widely in domestic market and exported to many countries.

The Capital city of Hanoi has continued affirming itself as a leading tourism hub in the North as well as the country with the reception of over four million international tourists with the revenue from the tourism reached 1,182 billion VND, up 10% over the same period in 2016.

On January 30, (i.e the 3rd of Tet Festival), Spring Book Street - 2017 was officially opened in Le Thach Street and Ly Thai To Flower Garden, Hanoi, attracting numerous people.

Lively but not too noisy, Hanoi’s Pedestrian Street is crowded but retains the featured of Sword Lake - the quietness, serenity. Visiting the pedestrian street, young people are looking for the bustle, crowded, while older people still find quiet corners, quiet intervals for nostalgia.

Hanoi Tourism Department has officially announced Lan Huong Fashion House, located at 18 Au Co Street, Hanoi, is well-qualified to serve tourists and become a Space for Vietnamese Ao Dai.

A “Mam Ngu Qua” (five-fruit tray) on the ancestral altar during Tet holiday symbolizes the admiration and gratitude of the Vietnamese to their ancestors, also demonstrates their aspiration for prosperity.

In Hanoi, traditional flower markets such as Quang Ba and Hang Luoc attract most people to visit in Tet holidays. Many people go Nhat Tan peach garden to enjoy Tet atmosphere and buy flower for decorating their house during Tet.

The "Lunar New Year (Tet) festival 2017" programme, which is scheduled to take place on January 22 in Cong Hoa commune, Quoc Oai district, on the western outskirts of Hanoi, will feature various traditional customs of the Vietnamese Tet.

Hanoi People’s Committee issued Document 84/UBND-TKBT dated January 6 on implementing Directive 11-CT/TW of Secretariat of the Central Committee of Vietnamese Communist Party, and Directive 33/CT-TTg of the Prime Minister on ensuring good Lunar New Year holiday for the people.

National treasures such as Ngoc Lu and Hoang Ha bronze drums of the Dong Son culture and the Dao Thinh glazed terra-cotta jar are being displayed for the first time at the Vietnam National Museum of History in Hanoi from January 10 to May 2017.

Hanoians as well as tourists may soon get to enjoy free Wi-fi at various places in the capital, if a proposal put up by the local tourism department is approved.

The Dong Lac Communal House has been recognised by the Hanoi Tourism Department as a new tourist destination in the Old Quarter.

3,000 people participated in the event "Moon Greeting in the City 2016" at the Museum of Hanoi is not the record of the traditional Mid-Autumn playground. Arrivals who are children came to "Moon Greeting in the City 2016" on September 10 to September 11 is estimated half or even double than those of the previous year.

Controversy has been stirring since Hanoi’s first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route was proposed. And when the BRT was officially put into use on the last day of 2016, the public seemed even more outspoken.