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Hanoi welcomes Lunar New Year with a series of fireworks displays.

At the present time, the kumquat gardeners in Tu Lien (Tay Ho district, Hanoi) are busy preparing bonsai products such as peaches, kumquat to serve the Lunar New Year celebration. A part from traditionally ornemental trees, the artisans have created many products with the shape of buffalo as the Year of Buffalo is coming. These new products have beautiful and unique shapes and forms to attract customers

Last days of the year, when people and families are busy preparing for the New Year celebration, all works run normally at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases (branch in Dong Anh District). The hospital staff will work during the new year holiday under a big pressure, especially when Covid-19 patients are still being treated, and people are worrying about the new strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. However, the hospital staff are ready for all plans and scenarios to ensure safety in all situations.

All well-known destinations in Hanoi sparkle when night falls.

This is one of Hanoi's key projects playing an important role in transport infrastructure.

The Imperial Citadel of Thang Long in the last days of 2020 has turned raging red when the leaves of almond trees grown in the citadel change color all together.

As the most impressive tourist attraction in the tours around Hanoi, the pagoda is one of the historic destinations that no one can ignore when experience the city’s cultural beauty.

Referring to Hanoi, people often think of the old narrow streets with mossy roofs. However, once you buy a plane ticket to Hanoi, you will admire a very new Hanoi seen from the plane window. Next to the old and small buildings are extremely modern high-rise buildings reaching to the sky. Currently, there are many skyscrapers being constructed and completed in Hanoi. If you come to Hanoi, you should visit these very attractive high-rise buildings.

Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Complex is one of the most historic tourist attractions in Vietnam. There visitors will be sure to have an interest in is Uncle Ho's car collection.

Trip to Thay pagoda offers visitors a great sense of local Buddhism belief and practices, a chance to enjoy the pagoda's ancient architecture as well as its surrounding landscapes of mountains and caves.

Try looking from above angles, you will see a capital city with extraordinary beauty which also changes day by day, even by weather or seasons in the year.

A day trip to Me Linh flower village is a chance to escape from hustle and bustle, filling one’s lungs with fresh air in flower fields after long days choking in Hanoi's polluted air.

Hanoi is gorgeous and charming with its East-West architecture. Today, the emergence of modern architectural constructions has contributed to forming a dreamy and dynamic Hanoi.

2020 is the year when the Covid-19 pandemic spills over 220 countries and territories, killing more than 1.7 million people. Vietnam can be proud when it successfully controlled Covid-19, produced the Covid-19 test kit very early with good quality, initially produced a vaccine at the end of the year, in the context of ensuring economic growth about 2.4%. The achievement was gained thanks to the efforts of the authorities and people of Hanoi in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

With a history of over a thousand years, Tran Quoc Pagoda used to be the capital of Buddhism and now considered as a symbol of Hanoi, both in the past and today.

Hanoi is the locality with the most heritage and festivals in the country. Most of the festivals take place at the beginning of the new year, creating a unique and attractive culture, attracting visitors from near and far.

The palace is surrounded by impressive grounds including an alley with mango trees that leads to a humble structure on stilts which used to be President Ho Chi Minh’s residence.

Cu Da village has been making soy sauce since its founding some 500 years ago.

Nowadays, in a modern world, many traditional crafts have disappeared but still remained artisans who are trying to keep the tradition in every corner of Hanoi's Old Quarter, helping ensure that the past is not forgotten but preserved as evidence of a city with history of thousands of years.

According to statistics, Hanoi currently has about 97,800 ha of rice fields. In order to improve the value of agricultural production, especially not to waste these areas, over the past time, the city government has focused on directing localities to boost the restructure of crops and livestock.