The traditional flower market on Hang Luoc Street, Hoan Kiem District, officially opened on January 19 as part of the activities in celebration of Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival in Hanoi’s Old Quarter.
Architects and culture researchers have suggested recognising Hanoi’s Old Quarter as a special national site in order to better protect the area, in which many old houses are in derelict condition and high population density is undermining the standard of living.
Regulars swear by a street-side sticky rice eatery in Ha Noi’s Old Quarter that opens unusually late at 7 p.m.
A programme will be held from November 17 to 26 in the Ha Noi Old Quarter to honour the capital city’s cultural heritages.
Built in the 1780s, Ha Noi Cathedral is considered a witness to great changes of the capital of Viet Nam for three centuries. Today, it is not only the centre for catholic activities, but also a popular tourist site in the land of a thousand-year-old culture.
The Dong Lac Communal House has been recognised by the Ha Noi Tourism Department as a new tourist destination in the Old Quarter.
Hoi An officials have announced the Old Quarter will offer free admission on December 4 in honour of the 17th anniversary of the ancient town’s recognition as a World Cultural Heritage Site.
Ha Noi authorities plan to open nine more pedestrian areas in the Old Quarter in October this year.
Popular photographer Le Bich will display his 10 collections featuring artisans making traditional toys and food for the Mid-Autumn Festival starting September 9 in downtown Ha Noi.
The 2016 Mid-Autumn Festival in Ha Noi’s Old Quarter will be held from September 2 to 15, 2016 (from the second day to the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month).
(TITC) - Aiming to develop specific tourism products of Ha Noi based on thousand-year cultural value, in the coming time, Ha Noi tourism sector will focus on utilizing the advantages of the West Lake and surroundings as well as investing in diversified services in the Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem Lake areas.
A photo exhibition on Viet Nam’s tourism before the country opened its door to the world opened on November 22 at the Viet Nam House in Paris, giving French viewers a rare bit of insight into the lives of Vietnamese people in the 1980s.