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Properly harnessing the potential of rural areas can help Hanoi increase its competitive advantage in tourism.

The 2024 Ao Dai Tourism Festival wrapped up a meaningful cultural program honoring the Vietnamese traditional dress while promoting Hanoi's tourism in the last months of the year.

The program is part of the 2024 Hanoi Tourism Ao Dai Festival, which aims to foster appreciation for the traditional Vietnamese ao dai within the community.

This fall, Hanoi plans to hold cultural events to honor the ao dai, a traditional Vietnamese dress that symbolizes a strong sense of cultural identity, and to attract tourists.

The 2024 Hanoi Ao Dai Tourism Festival kicked off on the evening of October 4 with a stunning music and light show that vividly commemorated the heroic moments of the Capital Liberation Day 70 years ago.

The "Quintessence of Ao Dai" hop-on, hop-off bus tour, which explores the beauty of Hanoi from above, is a highlight of the 2024 Hanoi Tourism Ao Dai Festival and attracts a significant number of women from the capital.

The narrow streets of Hanoi's Old Quarter are filled with intriguing secrets that captivate residents and pique the curiosity of visitors alike.

The photographers’ profound love for Hanoi is beautifully conveyed through their images of the city’s most captivating moments.

With four thousand years of building and defending the country, the imperial citadel remains inspiring in telling the epic history of Thang Long-Hanoi.

Built in the 15th century and renovated multiple times, the Huong Son complex has preserved its historical and scenic value.

There would be a variety of tourism products thanks to Hanoi's unique and serene charm in autumn.

A series of art performances infused with Vietnamese cultural identity aims to satisfy international visitors' desires to enjoy folk music and explore Vietnamese culture.

Hanoi has experienced remarkable milestones in its development over the past 70 years since its liberation in 1954, which is interestingly reflected through a visual journey taken by local photopgraphers.

The photo exhibition was opened on September 23 at Vietnam's first university - the Temple of Literature.

Over 50,000 people attended the second Hanoi Autumn Festival 2024, which took place on the pedestrian streets around Hoan Kiem Lake from September 19 to 22.

The event aimed to promote the culture and beauty of Hanoi with different tours distinctively designed for autumn.

Autumn not only reveals romantic charm in Hanoi, but it also boasts beauty in Southeast Asian countries, which have many lesser-known but fascinating destinations for travelers.

Since the subsidy era, it has been a common Hanoi practice to enjoy draught beer from glass cups on the sidewalks while chatting with friends and eating boiled peanuts.

The annual Hanoi Autumn Festival attracts local and international visitors to downtown Hanoi.

Hanoi's crisp fall weather is perfect for outdoor strolls and sampling some of the local specialties.