Many streets in Hanoi have been brilliantly decorated with national flags, banners and flowers to mark the 70th anniversary of the capital city’s liberation (October 10).
Hanoi is accelerating the construction of Ngoc Khanh Lake Pedestrian Street for the inauguration on the 70th anniversary of the capital city's Liberation Day on October 10 this year.
The Hanoi Days in Ho Chi Minh City programme was held in HCM City from April 23 to 25 to mark the 70th anniversary of the capital city's liberation on October 10, 1954.
Hanoi, one of the famous lotus growing areas in the country, has taken steps to turn lotus into a unique tourism brand and lure more tourists in lotus blooming season.
Hanoi will hold the first Lotus Festival in Tay Ho District on July 12-16 to promote and honour the capital city's lotus-scented tea industry and the role of the lotus in Vietnamese people's lives.
Hanoi, home to a large number of cultural and historical sites and craft villages, is taking measures to develop experiential tourism to attract more visitors to the over-1,000-year-old capital.