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Hanoi: the world's cheapest city in 2014

Hanoi: the world's cheapest city in 2014

TripAdvisor, the largest travel website with more than 50 million viewers per month, has announced the travel costs of cities all over the world.

Hanoi plans to be a green and clean city by 2030

Hanoi plans to be a green and clean city by 2030

Hanoi aims to become a green and clean city by 2030, with environmental pollution in the inner-city area to be solved, according to a recent plan approved by the municipal People’s Committee.

Top Hanoi food specialties

Top Hanoi food specialties

The following is a list of the most popular dishes for visitors to enjoy while travelling around the capital city of Vietnam.

Various activities and services for lovers’ day

Various activities and services for lovers’ day

Vietnamese lovers, especially the younger generation, are flocking to department stores to buy Valentine’s Day confectionery and other special gifts for the valentine in their lives.

Pedal pushers are never out of fashion

Pedal pushers are never out of fashion

A stream of bicycles trickle around West Lake, some that look like they’re made of tin, and some worth thousands of dollars. It’s another day out for Hanoi Xua & Nay Bicycle Club.

Photo service blooms amid flowers

Photo service blooms amid flowers

Peach growers in Hanoi`s Nhat Tan village are earning large profits taking pictures of young people who want to be photographed in front of flowers.

Rock Storm heats up Hanoi

Rock Storm heats up Hanoi

Following hugely successful concerts in Haiphong, Hue, Danang, Bien Hoa, Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho, Rock Storm 2013 ended its epic tour “burn with aspiration” in the capital city on January 11.

The Hanoian bid tearful farewell to General Giap

The Hanoian bid tearful farewell to General Giap

Hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese lined the downtown streets of Hanoi in the early morning hours of October 13, to bid farewell as General Vo Nguyen Giap began his final journey to his motherland, central Quang Binh province.

“Cốm” - Autumn’s special gift

“Cốm” - Autumn’s special gift

"Cốm" (green sticky rice) is a delicacy that is made only in autumn and cherished by all Vietnamese. For Hanoians, nothing evokes autumn like the taste of young rice from Vong village, the grain so sweetly scented that they left a lasting impression...

Hanoi looks to draw tourists

Hanoi looks to draw tourists

The Hanoitmes - The capital has welcomed 5.7 million tourists during the first five months of 2011, according to the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Busy market for special Women’s Day

Busy market for special Women’s Day

The Hanoitimes - Different from Valentine’s Day, the market of presents for Women’s Day (March 8) features womanliness and focuses o­n flowers, teddy bears and cards.