Hanoi city's Immigration Office (Vietnam Immigration Department in Hanoi city). Travelers & foreigners living in Hanoi who want to extend or renew visa con see below 2 official address :
Address 1: 89 Trần Hưng Đạo Street, Hoàn Kiếm District, Hà Nội city
Address 2: Phùng Hưng Street, Hà Đông district, Hà Nội city
Any question about Vietnam visa extension, please email info@visa-vietnam.org
(VOV) - More than 80 percent of foreign tourists to Hanoi said they want to return to the capital city after their first visit, according to a municipal survey.
The Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism surveyed a total of 1,420 visitors at Noi Bai international airport and various cultural and historical relic sites in city.
HA NOI (VNS)— Ha Noi will restore 21 of its craft villages which are at risk of being lost from the impacts of socio-economic development, according to the municipal Department of Industry and Trade.
From now until 2020, the capital will preserve and restore 10 craft villages including Dong My (lacquerwear), Van Canh (poonah paper), Phu Son (pottery), Ngu Xa (bronze casting), and La Khe (silk weaving).
Eleven other craft villages will be restored in the following years.
A lot of streets in the center of Hanoi city and around the Sword Lake are full of colorful flowers and lamps welcoming the Vietnamese Lunar New Year 2013. These days, so many streets near Sword Lake suddenly become ablaze with colorful and fancy shapes of decoration. Along the Ba Trieu and Hang khay street, so many diamond lanterns are hung up.
Overview information: Dong Xuan market (Đồng Xuân market)
Address: Dong Xuan street, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi.
Opening time: 8:00 A.M to 6:00 P.M
Most traded items: Clothing, househoud goods.
Target customer: People in Hanoi and nearby provinces.
Origin of commodity: most items come from China.
Hanoi Flag Tower at the age of nearly 200 years is renowned as one of the symbols of Hanoi. The construction began in 1805 and completed in 1812, the 11th year of Gia Long time, Nguyen dynasty, five years after construction time of Flag Tower in Hue.
Hanoi Flag Tower is 33m height with three platforms and the eight-side tower, and 41m height consisting of the flag pole. With original construction purpose as an observatory; Hanoi Flag Tower offers a breathtaking view for the watchers standing on it. The top of the tower is an eight-side room with eight windows corresponding to eight directions, offering enough space for six people standing inside. “Ngenh huc” means “Welcome dawn’s sunlight”, “Hoi quang” means “Reflecting the light”, and “Huong minh” means “Direct to the light” are alternately inscribed on the eastern, western and southern door of the tower. At the northern door, there are two stairs in the left and the right hand side.
History revealed that Imperial Citadel of Thang Long changed a lot but its centre, especially Forbidden City, remained nearly unchanged. As architectural structures inside the Imperial Citadel were rebuilt and upgraded several times, this explained for the findings of layers of architectural vestiges and artefacts at archaeological site at 18 Hoang Dieu.
The main part of Imperial Citadel of Thang Long – Hanoi essentially covers a large area of 20 ha consisting archaeological area at 18 Hoang Dieu Street and relics in Hanoi Citadel such as: Bac Mon, Doan Mon, Hau Lau, stone dragons in Kinh Thien Palace, dragon house, house D67 and Ha Noi flag tower. These relics are surrounded by 4 streets: Phan Dinh Phung Street in the north, Dien Bien Phu Street in the south, Nguyen Tri Phuong Street in the east and Hoang Dieu Street in the west.
Chosen to be President Ho Chi Minh’s residence and office from May 1958 until his death, a stilt house is located in a large garden at the back of the Presidential Palace is a nice road covered with pebbles and bordered with mango tress accompanied with the omnipresent perfume of jasmine flowers and roses in its site.
Location: Co Loa is a name of a historical relic which exits throughout thousand years of history. Established from the ancient age, this citadel had enormously become an urban city which has a very important role in culture and military of the country at that time.