Having appeared in the history of the country for near 1000 years, called Thang Long - "flying up dragon" it is not surprising that Hanoi capital is one of the most attractive destinations for international and local visitors.

Once stepping at Hanoi, visitors shall be attracted by the harmonious, romantic, old and profound beauty of Hanoi. With a unique beauty created for nearly thousand years of history, Hanoi is impressive for every visitor. In Hanoi, visitors can find a sacred temple, a pagoda with hundred of years in many places for incense-burning and praying, temporarily forgetting daily tired feeling of earning. The typical ones can be named with Tran Quoc pagoda built up under Ly Nam De rule (6th century), One-pillar pagoda with a unique lotus flower-shape or the old Ngoc Son temple in the center of city, etc.

But perhaps, the most attractive thing is the beauty in the old quarter with small nice houses, narrow streets with various products and is always lighted at night. Visiting Hanoi, it is a missing for failure to visit Ba Dinh square, political center of Viet Nam with national assembly house, presidential palace or Ho Chi Minh mausoleum. Additionally, visitors shall be interested in Temple of Literature - the first university of Viet Nam and a place worshiping Confucian and located with doctors' stele, relics of the old citadel of Hanoi, etc.

And, Hanoi culinary, with a number of delicious dishes crystallized and preserved from generation to generation, will help visitor further feel profoundly about the sophistication of Hanoi people via the taste of the food. Almost in every stop, at any time of the trip, visitor can find the delicious food such as Pho (noodle soup), La vong fried fish, Ho Tay (West Lake) crisp shrimp pastry, green rice cake, Thanh Tri steamed rolled rice pancake, etc.

Those visitors who are interested in the unique and old cultural features can come to see such traditional handicraft streets as Hang Bac with silver and gold, Bat Trang with ceramics, Ngu Xa with copper-casting, Phu Do with bun (noodle soup), Vong village in Cau Giay district with grilled rice, etc.

Especially, coming to Hanoi, visitors are free to choose a luxury, famous and central hotel located near the landscape of Hanoi, namely Sofitel Metropole, Hilton Hanoi Opera, Hanoi Horizon, Daewoo, Sofitel Plaza, Melia, etc. The legend has it that, when king Ly Thai To came to red river wharf, a yellow dragon suddenly appeared in the river and flied up the sky. The king considered it as good signal and named the capital Thang Long (flying-up dragon) with hope of prosperous capital.