Hanoi
Hanoi is the capital and second-most populous centrally-governed city of Vietnam.
Hanoi is the capital and second-most populous centrally-governed city of Vietnam. It covers an area of 3,358.6 km2 (1,296.8 mi2), and as of 2025 has a population of 8,807,523. Hanoi had the second-highest gross regional domestic product of all Vietnamese provinces and centrally-governed cities at US$48 billion in 2023, behind Ho Chi Minh City. It hosts 78 foreign embassies, the headquarters of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA), its Vietnam National University system, and other governmental organizations. Hanoi had 18.7 million domestic and international visitors in 2022. It hosts the Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Hoàn Kiếm Lake, West Lake, and Ba Vì National Park near the outskirts of the municipality. Hanoi's urban area has architectural styles, including pre-colonial Vietnamese architecture, French colonial architecture, brutalist apartments and disorganized alleys and tube houses stemming from the city's growth in the 20th century.
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Worth seeing in and around Hanoi
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Vietnam National University
Vietnam National University, Hanoi is a public research university system in Hanoi, Vietnam. It has 12 member universities and schools.
5.6 km · university in Hanoi, Vietnam · Wikipedia - 02AON Hanoi Landmark Tower
Landmark 72 or Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower is a mixed-use supertall skyscraper in Trung Hòa - Nhân Chính, Phạm Hùng road, Nam Từ Liêm district, Hanoi, Vietnam. The complex consists of one 72-story mixed-use tower with a height of 350 m and 48-story twin apartment towers.
7.1 km · Skyscraper in Hanoi, Vietnam · Wikipedia - 03My Dinh National Stadium
The Mỹ Đình National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Từ Liêm Ward, Hanoi, Vietnam. It has a capacity of 40,192 seats and is the centerpiece of Vietnam's National Sports Complex.
9.2 km · stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam · Wikipedia - 04Presidential Palace of Vietnam
The Presidential Palace of Vietnam, located in the city of Hanoi, currently is the official residence of the president of Vietnam and the seat of the presidential office. Before 1954, it was named the Palace of the Governor-General of Indochina.
4.7 km · Vietnamese palace · Wikipedia - 05Ba Ðình Square
Ba Đình Square is the name of a square in Hanoi where president Ho Chi Minh read the Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on September 2, 1945. It is named after the Ba Đình Uprising, an anti-French rebellion that occurred in Vietnam in 1886–1887 as part of the Cần Vương movement.
4.3 km · square in Hanoi, Vietnam · Wikipedia - 06Hàng Đẫy Stadium
Hàng Đẫy Stadium, also known as Hanoi Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is currently used mostly for football matches.
3.7 km · stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam · Wikipedia - 07Hanoi Opera House
The Hanoi Opera House, or the Grand Opera House is an opera house in central Hanoi, Vietnam. It is located at August Revolution Square, anchoring the head of Tràng Tiền street.
2.8 km · theatre in Hanoi, Vietnam · Wikipedia - 08One Pillar Pagoda
The One Pillar Pagoda, formally belongs to an architecture complex called Diên Hựu tự which means 'pagoda of extended blessings'. The pagoda is a historic Buddhist temple in the central Ba Đình district, Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.
4.3 km · Historic Buddhist temple in Hanoi, Vietnam, dedicated to the deity Guanyin · Wikipedia - 09Long Bien Bridge
Long Biên Bridge is a historic cantilever bridge across the Red River that connects two districts, Hoàn Kiếm and Long Biên of the city of Hanoi, Vietnam. It was originally called Paul Doumer Bridge.
4.9 km · bridge in Vietnam · Wikipedia - 10Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts
The Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts is located in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is a museum showcasing Vietnam's fine arts from a range of historical periods.
3.7 km · museum in Hanoi, Vietnam, showcasing Vietnam's fine arts from every historical period · Wikipedia
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Things to do
Flavors of Hanoi, 25 Hang Be, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, 09:00-21:00. A local foodie experiences provider, they offer personal street food tours to help visitors explore Hanoi’s Old Quarter and French Quarter through their taste buds. August Movie Theater (Rap Thang 8) (On Hang Bai St, 5 min away from Trang Tien Plaza and the commercial area, such as Pho Hue, Hai Ba Trung and Trang Tien St).
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Where to eat
Hanoi's most famous (and prevalent) dish is phở soup: "phở gà" (chicken noodle soup), "phở bò" (beef noodle soup), or "phở chay" (tofu noodle soup). Another local specialty is bún chả, grilled fatty pork over a plate of white rice noodles and herbs with dipping sauce. There are hundreds of street restaurants in small kiosks on the sidewalk, with plastic tables and chairs on the pavement.
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Getting to Hanoi
- Airports
- Noi Bai (HAN), 25 km · Cat Bi (HPH), 93 km · Nanning Wuxu (NNG), 299 km
- Stations
- Gia Lam Airport, 5.9 km · Hanoi railway station, 2.9 km · Long Biên railway station, 4.4 km · Bach Mai Airfield, 1.9 km · Ring Road 3 station, 4.8 km
- Haiphong (Hai An) → Hanoi109 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · ₫123,000–164,000
- Da Nang → Hanoi606 km · quickest by air, 4h 51m · ₫1,763,810–2,735,970
- Nanning (Jiangnan) → Hanoi318 km · quickest by road, 5h 59m · ¥145–195
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Hanoi
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Hanoi. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBy shuttle bus – (It is not clear if these are still running as of June 2022.) Hourly between the airport and the Tickets at the airport are sold in the building in front of which the minibuses park, or you can give the fare directly to the driver.
- Go nextThe Sapa mountain region close to the Chinese border, home to ethnic minorities, gorgeous mountain scenery, and trekking paths connecting many tiny mountain villages, is the second-most popular trip.
- Go next320 km northwest from the capital, Sapa is accessible by direct private bus services from Hanoi, which now only takes 5h30 thanks to excellent new highways; or by 8-hour train journey from Hanoi Station to Lao Cai, then onward by minibus or hired motorbike.
- Go nextTam Coc/Hoa Lu in Ninh Binh Province, is a day trip is combining heritage tourism and natural landscape tourism.
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Next door to Hanoi
Hanoi is 2 km from Hai Bà Trưng, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hoàn Kiếm LakeWater area in Hoàn Kiếm Ward3.2 km
- Hà Đông districtUrban District of Hanoi8.3 km
- Hoàn Kiếmurban district in Hanoi, Vietnam3.2 km
- Cầu Giấyurban district of Hanoi, Vietnam7.1 km
- Tây HồUrban District of Hanoi8.8 km
- Đống Đaurban district of Hanoi, Vietnam3.3 km