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.

Transport Ministry held a ceremony to put Hoang Minh Giam-Nguyen Chanh flyover into traffic in Hanoi on May 21.

Hanoi Department of Culture and Sport opened a photo exhibition themed "Festival of all people" at the Ly Thai To Monument Flower Garden on May 17.

There are a lot of specialities in Hanoi but the most favourite dish is a simple broth of rice noodle called Pho. It is a dish that defines Hanoi special foods.

A ceremony to present the World Records Union’s (Worldkings) certificate for the World’s Unique Epic to “Hoa Lu Thi Tap” poetry book was organised at the Thang Long Citadel Complex in Hanoi on May 5.

Hanoi People`s Committee has been deploying the work to restore the Morocco Gate in Tan Linh commune, Ba Vi district with the aim to boosting Vietnam-Morocco friendship relationship.

The Hanoi Transport Corporation (Transerco) put into operation a new bus route, the No 86 route, connecting downtown Hanoi with Noi Bai international airport on April 30.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will organise a festival to feature ethnic cultural colours from April 30 to May 3 at the Culture Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups in Hanoi on the occasion of celebrating the 41st anniversary of the liberation of South Vietnam and national reunification (April 30).

The 2016 Earth Day was marked in Hanoi on April 23 with the message of “clean water resource – a strong economy”, attracting the participation of nearly 1,000 volunteers from enterprises, unions, youth groups and universities.

Hanoi People`s Committee recently instructed all the city`s levels, branches, agencies, People`s Committees of districts, towns to use energy saving in public lighting system.

The Hanoi 18h/6h Hue 18h/6h photos of French photographer Sebastien Laval are being introduced at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi until April 23, showing Hanoi in a different way with quiet alleys, lonely railways and shops with fluorescent lights.

With the efforts to meet increasing demand of passengers during the upcoming holiday, many transport businesses have set up plans to put more coaches into service.

At a press conference chaired by the Hanoi Party Committee’s Commission for Information and Education on April 12, the Hanoi Fire Fighting and Prevention Police Department said the department will increase the maintenance of fire safety systems at apartment buildings from one to four times annually.

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.

Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) Hanoi 2016, which will be organised in Hanoi from April 14-17, will introduce to tourists thousands of the country’s tourism products, especially sea and island tourism.

EVN Hanoi commits to limiting power cuts during hot days, Vice Director of Electricity of Vietnam in Hanoi (EVN Hanoi) Vu Quang Hung said at the regular press conference of Hanoi Party Committee on April 5.

According to Vietnam General Department of Tourism, the Japan Sakura Festival 2016 will be held at Imperial Citadel of Thang Long in Hanoi on April 16-17.

A ceremony to sign a contract that Renault Vietnam provides 100 electric cars for the Mai Linh Taxi Company, will be held at the French Embassy in Vietnam, 57 Tran Hung Dao street, on April 8.

The number of foreign arrivals to Hanoi in March hit 256,000, bringing the total number of foreign tourists to the city in the first quarter to 761,000, up 17.1% and 28.7% respectively over the same periods last year, according to the Hanoi Statistics Office (HSO).

Hanoi People’s Committee on April 1 urged municipal departments, sectors and relevant offices to accelerate the construction of key transport projects to reduce traffic congestion in the city.

Hanoi Union of Friendship Organisations (HAUFO), the Vietnam-Russia Friendship Organisation and the Russia-Vietnam Friendship Organisation opened a children’s paintings exhibition themed "I draw Vietnam – I draw Russia" at Hanoi`s Hoan Kiem Cultural Centre on March 30.