Over the past two months, roads along the banks of Red River, which is a trash area in Phuc Tan Ward, Hoan Kiem District in Hanoi, have been decorated with outdoor artworks made from recycled materials. The artworks were produced by a group of voluntary painters under a project launched by Hoan Kiem District People’s Committee to enliven the riverbank site under Long Bien Bridge.
A series of festivals organised by different ethnic minority groups from the country’s northwestern region are taking place at the Vietnam National Villages for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi.
A craft fair will be held in Hanoi on March 7, introducing new collections of various brands.
The Vietnam Grand Prix Corporation (VGPC) has completed the Hanoi Formula One circuit, which will play host to the first-ever race in the country in April.
The fifth National Young Fine Arts Festival will be held in Hanoi in June, for young Vietnamese artists aged between 18 and 35.
The capital city of Hanoi welcomed more than 1.3 million tourists in February, including roughly 362,000 foreigners, announced the municipal Department of Tourism on February 24.
The Hanoi Promotion Agency (HPA) is working with Japanese travel companies to welcome five groups of Japanese tourists via charter flights from February 19 to March 4.
The Hanoi Department of Tourism and the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group’s Hanoi branch (VNPT Hanoi) have worked together to carry out a smart tourism project with a view to promoting the capital city’s non-smoke industry.
According to statistics from the Hanoi Department of Tourism, the number of visitors to Hanoi has reached 50-70% of the time before the outbreak of Covid-19 with a sharp increase of tourists from Europe.
The Hanoi Tourism Department has reported an increase in the number of tourists visiting local destinations as compared to the beginning of February.
Low-cost carrier Vietjet Air has launched a series of five direct routes connecting Vietnam’s major cities of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Da Nang with India’s New Delhi and Mumbai.
Relic sites and landscapes in Hanoi reopened to serve visitors on February 6 after one day of being sprayed with disinfectants and creating conditions to prevent and control the disease caused by a new strain of corona virus.