The streets of Hanoi are lined with buildings that mark time, old structures stand, their weather and wear giving testimony to their age and history, right next to modern skyscrapers and other architecture. A hotel building can be seen directly behind a row of old homes, showing the great contrast between the old and new.

Quan Su Pagoda and a shop on Ly Thuong Kiet Street

High-rise and old house on Tran Nguyen Han

New house beside a slumpy house on Hang Be Street

Shops on Dinh Liet Street

Two houses on Hang Ga

Hang Bac Street

Intersection on Hang Duong 

New and old buildings on the same street

Small houses in the old quarter