Where can I find a beautiful, close and inexpensive tourist attraction? Why not go to Hanoi, Hanoi is a famous tourist city in Southeast Asia, where the natural scenery is beautiful, the wind is beautiful, known as the “Oriental Hawaii”, and where the price is not high, let’s go into this full of exotic Vietnamese capital Hanoi to have a look.

1. Introduction

Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam, with convenient land and sea transportation in all directions, so it is favored by many domestic and foreign tourists and attracts a large number of tourists to visit here. At the same time, Hanoi has a long history and was once one of the spheres of influence under French colonial rule in modern times. Vietnam was founded independently in 1945, and gradually shining its light on the world stage. After many years of development, Hanoi has developed into a city with strong ethnic and local characteristics, with numerous scenic spots and historic sites and unique folk customs. Now Hanoi is also a famous tourist city with the most advanced entertainment facilities in Asia, shopping malls and international airport.

2. History of Hanoi

In ancient times, Hanoi was once a large city, where the Late Li Dynasty was founded in the 2nd century BC. The country was occupied by Germany in the 12th century AD. In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, a new urban center was built in Hanoi, which is now Hanoi City. At that time, the population was only about 1,000, but in the 17th century, people found the environment so habitable that they developed it into a world-famous city, making Hanoi an important commercial and cultural center.

Hanoi was contested by Western powers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when it was the site of the fiercest rivalry between France and Vietnam before the Great Depression and destruction that followed World War I. After the liberation of Vietnam in 1945, the government made it the capital of Vietnam and began to expand the city on a large scale. In September 1954, after the French occupied Hanoi, they began to retaliate and carry out large-scale offensive campaigns in the Vietnam War, and almost all the French troops, who had taken a large proportion in the Vietnam War, were wiped out in Vietnam.

3. Hanoi’s cultural landscape

Hanoi has a rich cultural landscape, such as Ho Chi Minh Memorial, Tan Quang Nam Memorial and many buildings with Vietnamese characteristics. For example, Ho Chi Minh Memorial Hall, which displays many historical relics, is like a large museum, and Nguyen Dynasty Museum, famous for its rich collection, known as “Museum of Oriental Art” and “treasure of Vietnamese culture”, is the largest and well-preserved monument found in Vietnam at present. In addition, there are French architecture left over from the French concession and some buildings with Vietnamese characteristics. Hanoi also has a unique cultural atmosphere, such as Vietnamese people dancing in the street, women wearing national costumes playing Musical Instruments in the street.

4. Tourist Attractions in Hanoi

There are many famous tourist attractions in Hanoi. For example, Saigon, a small city northwest of Hanoi, which was founded in 1628 as the first capital of Vietnam, has developed into a satellite city of Hanoi. It is now a bustling city with modern buildings, There are complete urban facilities and high-grade department stores, etc.;

Among them, the Old Street is a place where many tourists will go. It is a very old street, which preserves the French colonial architecture style in the early 18th century and many small European architectural style blocks. There are many representative shops and craft shops. It is also home to thousands of Chinese and Vietnamese in the Mekong Delta, where the language is not lost, and the most famous revolutionary historical site, Ho Chi Minh City, which is also a shopping paradise for tourists. It is home to the largest shopping mall in Vietnam, the downtown Batting Street, and the largest theater in Hanoi, the Phu Choon, built in the 1810s. Friendship pass, etc.

5. Hanoi’s culinary specialties

Hanoi cuisine is based on pho, coffee, beer, fish, shrimp and seafood, among which there are many famous dishes, such as curry crab, Vietnamese shrimp cakes… In Hanoi, there are many food courts, such as Vietnamese Food Street, where you can taste a variety of Vietnamese cuisine. Hanoi is known as the home of beer, and there are many places that produce their own beer. There are many restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City that sell beer at very cheap prices.

Local specialty products are: blue and white fish, fragrant shrimp, etc. Vietnamese food mainly sour and spicy, heavy taste; The most famous local food is “shrimp cake”, shrimp dumplings, fried shrimp balls, etc., are the characteristics of Vietnamese snacks. Hanoi’s famous snack, rice noodles, is one of the most common dishes in Hanoi, and there are many fresh seafood sold in Hanoi, Hanoi fruit such as papaya is unique to Vietnam, in addition, there are some local Chinese products, in addition to seafood in Vietnam, there are a variety of tea, such as Long Jing tea, oolong tea and so on are also very popular.

Vietnamese traditional dim sum: such as sheng Jian bao and shrimp cake, etc. Vietnamese local snacks, such as: spring roll (similar to Chinese spring roll), spring roll wrapper (similar to Guangdong spring roll wrapper) and other different types. Besides these snacks, there are many delicacies such as Sheng Jian (one of the most famous and delicious dishes in Hanoi!). Coconut candy and other things that are very popular in Vietnam, if you go to Ho Chi Minh City, you must try these delicacies.

6. Travel precautions

Since Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi are the main places where Vietnamese people live and Vietnamese is the main language, there is no problem in using Vietnamese to communicate between the two cities. Although Vietnam has many famous attractions, it is best not to go there if you are not familiar with the destination to avoid being cheated. Due to the severe depreciation of the dong in Vietnam, some stores can only transfer money through bank transfer or Alipay, and some Vietnamese stores can also use U.S. dollars. Hanoi is the religious center of Vietnamese people, so it is best not to participate in Buddhist activities or pilgrimages when you come to Hanoi. In Vietnam, you can buy all kinds of local souvenirs and handicrafts instead of various currencies. I believe that Hanoi, Vietnam, will certainly bring you a unique travel experience.