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Hanoi moviegoers have joined their Ho Chi Minh City counterparts for the first time in thronging cinemas during Tet. Platinum Cineplex, which used to screen movies until 9 p.m., has extended its show timings to 10:30 p.m. for the last three weeks. National Cinema Centre has regularly seen full houses for the Vietnamese blockbuster “Thien [...]
A classical music concert titled “Vocal Concert Night” featuring Vietnamese and Korean artists will be held at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House on September 19. Korean vocalists Park Seong Do and Cho Hae Ryong, together with artists of the HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera will present to music lovers masterpieces by Giuseppe [...]
Much has changed, but much has stayed the same as Hanoi’s famous old quarter weathers the storms of modernity A foreigner stops by a ceramic shop in Hang Be (raft) Street which dealt exclusively in rafts in the old days Hanoi’s old quarter doesn’t seem so old. Brand new motorbikes, SUVs and even busses zip [...]
Rates advertised by high grade hotels in Hanoi in the second quarter of 2010 were twelve percent below their rates a year earlier. The biggest drop is at the five star level. Demand is strong. The number of Vietnamese travelers to Hanoi in the April-June period reached 1.85 million, up 33 percent over 2Q09. Foreign [...]
In the eyes of Chris Anderson, a journalist of CNNGO, a CNN program on Asian tourism, Hanoi’s Old Quarter is hectic, noisy, chaotic and adjective. Anderson offered this view of the old streets: “Describing Hanoi’s oldest district is somewhat of a waste of breath. No need to ramble on about where exactly to go in the [...]