Various cultural features of ethnic minority groups in the northern province of Hoa Binh were showcased in Hanoi’s pedestrian area around Hoan Kiem Lake over the weekend.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese people in big cities across the country like Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Hanoi capital gathered at key venues to ring in a new year with music, dancing and fireworks. 

The high-altitude fireworks will last for 15 minutes (from 12 a.m. to 12:15 a.m. on January 1, 2021) in three districts in Hanoi.

The first ever festival highlighting the cultures of ethnic people in the northwestern mountainous province of Lai Chau in the capital city has attracted attention of Hanoians.

VOV.VN - Hanoi City’s Department of Culture and Sports has launched plans to put on a wide range of cultural and arts activities throughout pedestrian streets around Hoan Kiem Lake in the heart of the capital.

VOV.VN - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga surprisingly spent time on October 20 morning walking along Hoan Kiem Lake, one of the landmarks in Vietnam’s capital city.

The Hanoi Art Photography Association on September 25 presented awards to the winners of its 50th art photo contest, themed “Hanoi - Belief and Hope”, and kicked off an exhibition displaying outstanding entries in the competition.

Hanoi is considering banning people from walking their pets on a leash or letting them free on walking streets near the Hoan Kiem Lake.

As the resurgence of COVID-19 in Vietnam has been basically brought under control, the tourism sector in the capital city of Hanoi has been swiftly making plans to attract visitors again and gradually return to previous levels of growth.

VOV.VN - Numerous residents of the capital could be spotted not wearing face masks in public areas around Hoan Kiem lake on the first day of the reopening of the pedestrian streets, despite the ongoing threat of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).