--- title: "Top 10 Things To Do in Hanoi, Vietnam | Wimup" description: "The 10 best things to do in Hanoi, ranked: Hoan Kiem Lake, the Old Quarter guild streets, the Temple of Literature and the Imperial Citadel." url: https://wimup.com/city/hanoi type: City guide updated: 2026-08-25 publisher: Wimup (https://wimup.com) --- # Top 10 Things To Do in Hanoi Hanoi, Vietnam · Asia · By Wimup Editorial, 16 min read Hanoi is a thousand-year-old capital that never cleared its old town to make room for the new one. The Old Quarter still trades by guild street, the French laid a grid of villas and boulevards alongside it, and the whole city runs on two wheels and a low plastic stool. Three days covers the sights. The eating takes longer. ## Quick answer Start at Hoan Kiem Lake and walk the Old Quarter by its guild streets, then take the Temple of Literature and the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long in one morning. Hoa Lo Prison and the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology carry the modern and the ethnographic halves of the story. Keep an evening for water puppetry and an egg coffee, and give a full day to Ninh Binh or Ha Long Bay. ## Quick facts - **Best months:** Oct · Nov · Mar - **Ideal length:** 3 days - **Budget per day:** ₫900,000–2,200,000 - **Language:** Vietnamese - **Getting around:** On foot in the Old Quarter, by ride-hailing car or bike elsewhere - **Tourism board:** [Official site](https://tourism.hanoi.gov.vn/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) ## The 10 best things to do in Hanoi ### 1. Walk Hoan Kiem Lake before the city wakes Landmark · Đinh Tiên Hoàng, Hoàn Kiếm, Hanoi The hinge between the Old Quarter and the French Quarter, and the city treats it as a shared front garden. By six the path is full of runners and tai chi groups; by eight it belongs to the traffic again. From Friday evening to Sunday midnight the streets around it close and the whole thing becomes a walking street. - **Time:** 1 hr - **Cost:** Free to walk, small ticket for Ngoc Son Temple - **Best at:** 6am, or Saturday night when the roads close - **Tip:** The temple ticket desk sits at the foot of the bridge, and covered shoulders and knees are the rule inside ### 2. Read the Old Quarter by its street names Neighborhood · Hàng Bạc, Hoàn Kiếm, Hanoi Thirty-six guild streets, each named for what it sold: hang means merchandise, so Hang Bac is silver and Hang Ma votive paper. Plenty still trade to type, which makes an aimless walk more legible than it looks. The shophouses are narrow and deep because frontage was taxed. - **Time:** 2 hrs - **Cost:** Free - **Best at:** Late afternoon, when the shophouses light up - **Tip:** Hang Ma changes with the calendar: red and gold before Tet, star lamps and lion masks before Mid-Autumn ### 3. Temple of Literature, and the first university in Vietnam Historic site · 58 Quốc Tử Giám, Hanoi Founded in 1070 and given an Imperial Academy six years later, this is where the country educated its mandarins for seven centuries. The third courtyard holds the reason to come: 82 stone stelae carried on tortoises, listing graduates of the royal examinations between 1442 and 1779. - **Time:** 1.5 hrs - **Cost:** Paid entry, tickets at the gate - **Best at:** Opening time, before the tour groups - **Tip:** The site runs a separate ticketed evening programme, so check its own site before planning that Links: [Website](https://www.vanmieu.gov.vn/en?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) ### 4. Imperial Citadel of Thang Long Historic site · 19C Hoàng Diệu, Hanoi Thirteen centuries of Vietnamese power on one piece of ground, from a seventh-century fort to the command post of the North Vietnamese army. Walk in through Doan Mon gate, climb the Kinh Thien steps with their fifteenth-century dragons, then go down into the D67 bunker. - **Time:** 2 hrs - **Cost:** Paid entry - **Best at:** Morning, while the courtyards still hold shade - **Tip:** The citadel runs its own night tour, booked in advance through the site rather than through an agency Links: [Website](https://hoangthanhthanglong.vn/en/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) ### 5. Ba Dinh Square and the Ho Chi Minh complex Landmark · Ba Đình Square, Hùng Vương, Hanoi Ho Chi Minh read the declaration of independence here in 1945, and the granite mausoleum faces the spot. The queue is silent, single file and quick. Behind it sit the Presidential Palace he declined to live in, the stilt house he used instead, and the One Pillar Pagoda. Mornings only, and closed Mondays and Fridays. - **Time:** 1.5 hrs - **Cost:** Free entry to the mausoleum - **Best at:** Early morning, Tuesday to Thursday or at the weekend - **Tip:** Bags and cameras go into the cloakroom, and shorts and sleeveless tops are turned away at the gate Links: [Website](https://en.bqllang.gov.vn/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) ### 6. Hoa Lo Prison, the Maison Centrale Museum · 1 Hỏa Lò, Hanoi The French built this in 1896 to hold Vietnamese political prisoners, and it later held American pilots who named it the Hanoi Hilton. The gatehouse is what survives: the shackled sleeping platforms, the isolation cells, a guillotine. The most affecting hour in central Hanoi. - **Time:** 1 hr - **Cost:** Paid entry - **Best at:** Late afternoon - **Tip:** The evening programme is a separate ticket and sells out, so book it on the relic’s own site Links: [Website](https://hoalo.vn/EN?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) ### 7. Vietnam Museum of Ethnology Museum · 1 Nguyễn Văn Huyên, Cầu Giấy, Hanoi The best-explained museum in the country, and the one that makes the rest of a trip legible. The garden behind is the part people remember: full-scale houses rebuilt on site by the communities they belong to, including an Ede longhouse you climb into on a notched log. - **Time:** 2.5 hrs - **Cost:** Paid entry - **Best at:** Morning, and not on a Monday - **Tip:** It sits about 8 km west of the Old Quarter, so budget a ride-hailing car each way Links: [Website](https://www.vme.org.vn/en?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) ### 8. A water puppet show at Thang Long Theatre · 57B Đinh Tiên Hoàng, Hanoi Water puppetry started in the flooded paddies of the Red River Delta, where a village would perform on the field itself. The theatre keeps the mechanics: puppeteers stand waist-deep behind a bamboo screen and work lacquered figures on submerged poles. About fifty minutes, several times a day. - **Time:** 50 min - **Cost:** Ticketed, several performances a day - **Best at:** Early evening, then dinner in the Old Quarter - **Tip:** Seats are sold by row and the front two catch the spray, so book a few rows back on the theatre’s own site Links: [Website](https://nhahatmuaroithanglong.vn/en/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) ### 9. West Lake at sunset, from Tran Quoc Pagoda Temple · 46 Thanh Niên, Tây Hồ, Hanoi A loop of about 17 km ringed with cafes and the villas of anyone who could afford the view. Tran Quoc is the oldest pagoda in Hanoi, founded in the sixth century on the river bank and moved here when the bank gave way. An eleven-storey stupa of lotus windows stands over the courtyard. - **Time:** 1.5 hrs - **Cost:** Free - **Best at:** The last hour of daylight, looking back down the causeway - **Tip:** Shoulders covered inside the pagoda, and shoes off at the threshold of the shrine hall ### 10. Vietnam Military History Museum Museum · Km 6+500 Đại lộ Thăng Long, Nam Từ Liêm, Hanoi The museum moved to a new campus on the western edge of the city in 2024, which turned a cramped colonial-era collection into one of the largest in the country. Outside, the hardware is arranged in an open park: MiG fighters, tanks, artillery and the wreckage of downed aircraft. Allow travel time. - **Time:** 2.5 hrs - **Cost:** Ticketed, check the museum’s own site - **Best at:** Morning, and give the outdoor park the better light - **Tip:** It is roughly 12 km west of the centre, so treat it as a half day including the drive Links: [Website](https://btlsqsvn.org.vn/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) ## Best restaurants in Hanoi (2026) Eight sit-down meals in a city that mostly eats on the pavement, from a fish house that has served one dish since the nineteenth century to the Michelin one-stars. 1. **Chả Cá Lã Vọng** (One dish only · Old Quarter): The family started grilling turmeric-marinated fish here in the nineteenth century and the street was renamed after the dish. One thing on the menu. 2. **Chả Cá Thăng Long** (Michelin Guide listed · Old Quarter): The other cha ca house, bigger and easier to get a table in. Same ritual, same pan of dill, and staff who will cook it for you. 3. **Bún Chả Hương Liên** (Grilled pork and noodles · Hai Bà Trưng): The bun cha shop where Bourdain and Obama ate in 2016. Ignore the shrine and order what they had, with a crab spring roll on the side. 4. **Tầm Vị** (One Michelin star · Ba Đình): Northern home cooking in a room dressed like an old tea house, with a Michelin star. The everyday register rather than the banquet one. [Website](https://nhahangtamvivn.com/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) 5. **Gia** (One Michelin star · Văn Miếu): A tasting menu that reads Vietnamese ingredients through a fine-dining grammar, and one of the first Vietnamese kitchens to take a Michelin star. [Website](https://www.gia-hanoi.com/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) 6. **Hibana by Koki** (One Michelin star, 14 seats · French Quarter): Fourteen seats around a teppanyaki counter in a hotel basement. The only Japanese kitchen on the city's starred list, and the most expensive meal here. 7. **Chim Sáo** (Northern and highland cooking · Hai Bà Trưng): Northern and highland dishes served upstairs on floor mats: grilled duck, banana flower salad, sticky rice steamed in a tube. [Website](https://chimsao.com/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) 8. **Quán Ăn Ngon** (Street dishes, one courtyard · Cửa Nam): A colonial villa courtyard with street-food stalls rebuilt around it, each cooking its own speciality. The fastest way to taste fifteen dishes at once. ## Best street food in Hanoi (2026) Six addresses that have each done one thing for decades, mostly on a stool low enough to be a footrest. 1. **Phở Gia Truyền Bát Đàn** (Beef pho, from the pot · Old Quarter): The pho queue everyone photographs: line up, pay, carry your own bowl. Broth simmered clear rather than sweet. Mornings only, until the pot goes. 2. **Phở Thìn Lò Đúc** (Seared beef pho, since 1979 · Hai Bà Trưng): Opened in 1979 and serving one variant: beef seared hard in fat with garlic before it goes in the bowl, under a raft of spring onion. 3. **Bún Chả Đắc Kim** (Bun cha and crab rolls · Old Quarter): Bun cha on Hang Manh, in business long enough that the street name is used as the address. Patties charred off the coals into the broth. 4. **Bánh Cuốn Bà Hoành** (Steamed rice rolls · Hai Bà Trưng): Rice batter steamed on cloth into sheets thin enough to see through, rolled around pork. Watching it made is half the visit: it takes forty seconds. 5. **Xôi Yến** (Sticky rice, most of the day · Old Quarter): Sticky rice as a full meal, which is how Hanoi eats breakfast when it is cold. Open long past when the pho shops have closed. 6. **Chợ Đồng Xuân food lane** (Market stalls, day and weekend nights · Old Quarter): The market opened in 1889 and the alley along its flank is where the traders eat: bun cha in bamboo clips, bun oc, che for afterwards. ## Best coffee shops in Hanoi (2026) Vietnam is the second largest coffee producer in the world and Hanoi drinks it thick, sweet and slow. Six rooms worth sitting in. 1. **Cà phê Giảng** (The original egg coffee, 1946 · Old Quarter): Egg coffee was invented here in 1946, when the bartender whipped egg yolk with condensed milk because fresh milk had run out. Still the same family. 2. **Cafe Đinh** (Lake balcony, egg coffee · Hoàn Kiếm): Up an unmarked staircase, with a balcony straight down the lake. Run by the daughter of the man who invented egg coffee, so the recipe is the same. 3. **Note Coffee** (Sticky notes, floor to ceiling · Old Quarter): Every surface is papered in sticky notes, which sounds unbearable and works because the coffee is competent and the staff are quick. 4. **Loading T Cafe** (French villa, first floor · Hàng Trống): On the first floor of a 1930s French villa, with the original tiles and tall shutters. Order the coconut coffee and let the morning go. 5. **The Hanoi Social Club** (All-day kitchen, live music · Hàng Bông): A three-storey house down a lane, with a leafy terrace and an all-day kitchen. The closest thing the Old Quarter has to a room you can work in. 6. **Cộng Cà Phê** (Founded in Hanoi, 2007 · Citywide): The chain started in Hanoi in 2007 and dresses every branch as a socialist-era living room. The reliable answer for coconut coffee. [Website](https://congcaphe.com/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) ## Best temples & pagodas in Hanoi (2026) Six working places of worship, four of them older than any building in the Old Quarter around them. 1. **Trấn Quốc Pagoda** (Sixth century, oldest in Hanoi · Tây Hồ): The oldest pagoda in the city, founded in the sixth century and moved onto its West Lake islet when the bank eroded. The stupa is the picture everyone takes. 2. **Quán Thánh Temple** (Bronze of Tran Vu, 1677 · Ba Đình): A Taoist temple at the end of the Thanh Nien causeway, holding a four-tonne bronze of Tran Vu cast in 1677, worn smooth on one foot. 3. **Bạch Mã Temple** (Eastern guardian temple · Old Quarter): The eastern guardian of Thang Long, and the oldest temple in the Old Quarter. Small, dark, still busy with offerings, and easy to walk past. 4. **One Pillar Pagoda** (First raised in 1049 · Ba Đình): A single wooden hall on one stone column, built to look like a lotus rising out of its pond. First raised in 1049, and rebuilt since. 5. **Quán Sứ Pagoda** (Seat of the Buddhist Sangha · Hoàn Kiếm): The seat of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha and the busiest working pagoda in the centre, especially on the first and fifteenth of the lunar month. 6. **Kim Liên Pagoda** (Eighteenth-century timber gate · Tây Hồ): Out on the Nghi Tam peninsula, and the one to walk to if the causeway pagodas are full. The finest old wooden architecture on the lake. ## Best museums in Hanoi (2026) Six collections beyond the ethnology museum and the prison, from lacquer painting to a fighter jet park. 1. **Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts** (Lacquer and silk painting · Ba Đình): Dong Son bronzes and pagoda statuary downstairs, then twentieth-century lacquer and silk painting upstairs, which is the part worth the ticket. [Website](https://vnfam.vn/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) 2. **Vietnam National Museum of History** (Hebrard building, 1932 · Hoàn Kiếm): In Ernest Hebrard's 1932 building, the best example of the Indochinese style the French experimented with here. The building is half the reason to go. [Website](https://baotanglichsu.vn/en?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) 3. **Vietnamese Women’s Museum** (Three themed floors · Hoàn Kiếm): Three floors on women in family life, history and belief, including the mother goddess religion most guides skip. The strongest single-subject museum here. [Website](https://baotangphunu.org.vn/en/home/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) 4. **Hồ Chí Minh Museum** (Beside the mausoleum · Ba Đình): The official life, told through documents and a set of large symbolic installations that are stranger than anything else in Hanoi. Beside the mausoleum. 5. **Hanoi Museum** (Inverted pyramid, built for 2010 · Nam Từ Liêm): An inverted concrete pyramid, wider at the top than at the base, built for the city's millennium in 2010. The building is the exhibit. 6. **Air Defence and Air Force Museum** (Aircraft park · Đống Đa): An outdoor park of MiG fighters, radar trucks and missile launchers. Rougher than the new military museum, and closer to the centre. ## Best neighborhoods in Hanoi (2026) Five areas beyond the Old Quarter, and what each one is actually for. 1. **French Quarter** (Opera House and boulevards · Hoàn Kiếm): South and east of the lake: wide boulevards, plane trees, the 1911 Opera House and the Metropole. Where you can walk on a pavement that is not parked on. 2. **Tây Hồ** (Lakeside, long-stay · Tây Hồ): The West Lake shore, and the long-stay quarter: bakeries, lakeside bars and the biggest concentration of foreign residents in the city. 3. **Trúc Bạch** (Pho cuon and bronze casting · Ba Đình): The small lake cut off from West Lake by the causeway, with the old bronze-casting quarter on its peninsula. Come for pho cuon in the evening. 4. **Ba Đình** (Government quarter · Ba Đình): The political quarter: the mausoleum, the National Assembly, the citadel and most of the embassies, on wide streets that empty at night. 5. **Long Biên** (Across the river · Long Biên): Across the Red River on the 1902 bridge, with the mid-river sandbank below. The wholesale market runs through the small hours. ## Best day trips from Hanoi (2026) Five trips within two and a half hours of the city, two of them UNESCO World Heritage Sites. 1. **Ninh Bình and Tràng An** (100 km south, UNESCO listed · Ninh Bình): Limestone karst rising out of flooded rice fields, and a rowing boat through a chain of water caves. A UNESCO site since 2014, about two hours south. 2. **Hạ Long Bay** (165 km east, UNESCO listed · Quảng Ninh): Some 1,600 limestone islands in the Gulf of Tonkin, and the day trip most people build the trip around. The expressway has cut the drive to two and a half hours. 3. **Bát Tràng ceramic village** (15 km, reachable by city bus · Gia Lâm): A pottery village on the Red River firing since the fourteenth century, and still supplying most of the crockery in Hanoi. Workshops sell direct. 4. **Đường Lâm ancient village** (45 km west, laterite houses · Sơn Tây): A village of laterite-walled houses and lanes, some four hundred years old, with families still farming and making soy sauce in the courtyards. 5. **Chùa Hương, the Perfume Pagoda** (60 km, boat and cable car · Mỹ Đức): Temples up a limestone mountain, reached by rowing boat and then a climb or a cable car. Go outside the festival months if you want the walk to yourself. ## Festivals & annual events in Hanoi (2026) - **Tết Nguyên Đán** (Jan/Feb): Lunar New Year, and the one week the city stops. Hang Ma turns red and gold, and most family-run kitchens close for several days. - **Đống Đa Festival** (Feb): Held on the fifth day of Tet at Go Dong Da mound, marking the 1789 defeat of the Qing army. A procession, drums and a fire dragon. - **Cổ Loa Festival** (Feb): From the sixth to the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, at the temple of the king who built the spiral citadel of Co Loa. - **Giong Festival at Soc Temple** (Feb): Days six to eight of the first lunar month on Ve Linh mountain, for the boy who grew into a warrior. UNESCO-recognised since 2010. - **Perfume Pagoda Festival** (Feb–May): The longest pilgrimage in the north, from the first to the third lunar month. Boats queue down the Yen stream from dawn. - **Hai Bà Trưng Festival** (Mar): The sixth day of the second lunar month, for the two sisters who led the revolt against Han rule in AD 40. - **Mid-Autumn Festival** (Sep/Oct): The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month. Hang Ma sells star lamps and lion masks, and every bakery switches to moon cakes. - **Capital Liberation Day** (10 Oct): The anniversary of the day in 1954 when the Viet Minh marched back into Hanoi. Flags on every street and ceremonies at Ba Dinh. ## Must-try dishes in Hanoi, Vietnam - **Phở bò**: A clear beef broth simmered with charred ginger and onion, flat rice noodles, rare beef or brisket. - **Bún chả**: Charcoal-grilled pork in a bowl of sweetened fish-sauce broth, with cold rice noodles and herbs to dip. - **Chả cá**: Turmeric-marinated catfish finished at the table in a pan of dill and spring onion, over rice noodles. - **Bánh cuốn**: Rice batter steamed on cloth into translucent sheets, rolled around minced pork, dipped in warm fish sauce. - **Bún thang**: The most laborious bowl in the city: clear chicken and shrimp broth with shredded omelette and pickled radish. - **Nem cua bể**: The Haiphong-style crab spring roll Hanoi adopted, wrapped square and fried until the shell shatters. - **Xôi xéo**: Sticky rice steamed with mung bean, shaved over the top in a yellow curl, with crisp fried shallot. - **Cà phê trứng**: Egg coffee: yolk whipped with condensed milk into a warm custard and poured over strong Vietnamese coffee. ## Hanoi transport & airports - **Noi Bai International Airport** (HAN): The gateway for northern Vietnam, north of the city across the Red River, roughly 45 minutes from the Old Quarter. Express bus 86 links both terminals with the centre for a flat fare. [Website](https://noibaiairport.vn/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - **Hanoi railway station** (Ga Hà Nội): The northern end of the North to South line, with sleepers running the length of the country and night trains to Lao Cai for Sa Pa. Tickets are sold on the railway's own site. [Website](https://dsvn.vn/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - **Metro** (2 lines): Line 2A opened in 2021 and the first elevated section of line 3 in 2024. Neither reaches the Old Quarter yet, so the metro is useful for the western suburbs rather than for sightseeing. [Website](https://metrohanoi.vn/en/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - **Taxis, ride-hailing and bikes** (Grab): Ride-hailing is the default and the price is fixed in the app before you accept. A motorbike ride costs a fraction of a car and is faster in the Old Quarter lanes. [Website](https://www.grab.com/vn/en/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) ## Hanoi at a glance - **Country:** Vietnam - **Region:** Red River Delta, northern Vietnam - **Population:** About 8.8 million (2025) - **Founded:** Thang Long, 1010 - **Nickname:** The city inside the river bend - **Language:** Vietnamese - **Currency:** Vietnamese dong (₫, VND) - **Time zone:** ICT (UTC+7) - **Calling code:** +84 24 - **Airports:** Noi Bai (HAN) - **Power:** 220V, types A, C and F - **Emergency:** 113 police, 114 fire, 115 ambulance ## Interesting facts - The city turned a thousand in 2010. Ly Thai To moved his capital here in 1010 and named it Thang Long, the ascending dragon. - The Old Quarter street names are a shopping list: hang means merchandise, so Hang Bac is silver and Hang Ma votive paper. - Egg coffee dates from 1946 and a milk shortage: a bartender at the Metropole whipped egg yolk with condensed milk instead. - Long Bien Bridge was built between 1899 and 1902 by a Paris firm, not by Gustave Eiffel. Its mismatched spans are repairs to bomb damage. - The 82 stelae at the Temple of Literature record the graduates of royal examinations held between 1442 and 1779. ## Watch [Hanoi Travel Guide](https://wimup.com/watch/hanoi.md), 14:37 ## Hanoi travel FAQ ### How many days do you need in Hanoi? Three days covers the city itself: one for the Old Quarter and the lake, one for the Ba Dinh sights and a museum, and one loose day for West Lake, food and a show. Add a fourth if you want Ninh Binh or Ha Long Bay, because both are long days out. ### What is the best time of year to visit Hanoi? October and November are the reliable months: dry, mild and clear, which is why Hanoians write songs about autumn. March and early April are the next best. Summer from May to August is hot, humid and wet, with the typhoon season on the coast, and December to February is cool with a persistent drizzle. ### Is Hanoi walkable? The Old Quarter, the lake and the French Quarter are, and that is most of what visitors come for. Crossing the road is the skill: step out at a steady, predictable pace and let the bikes flow around you rather than waiting for a gap that will not come. Pavements are often parked on, so you will walk in the road. ### Do I need a visa for Vietnam? Most visitors apply for the government e-visa, which is issued for up to 90 days with single or multiple entry and is applied for online at the national immigration portal. Some nationalities hold a visa exemption for shorter stays. Check the official portal for your passport rather than a third-party agency. ### Does the metro reach the Old Quarter? Not yet. Line 2A runs from Cat Linh to Ha Dong and the first section of line 3 runs from Nhon to Cau Giay, both of them west of the centre, and the underground extension towards Hanoi station is still under construction. For the Old Quarter you walk or take a ride-hailing bike. ## Nearby guides - [Sa Pa](https://wimup.com/city/sapa.md): Vietnam · 10 picks - [Luang Prabang](https://wimup.com/city/luang-prabang.md): Laos · 10 picks - [Vientiane](https://wimup.com/city/vientiane.md): Laos · 10 picks - [All of Asia →](https://wimup.com/asia): 109 cities Part of the [Vietnam guide](https://wimup.com/country/vietnam.md) · [Asia](https://wimup.com/asia.md) ## Sources - [Hanoi tourism board](https://tourism.hanoi.gov.vn/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Temple of Literature, and the first university in Vietnam (official site)](https://www.vanmieu.gov.vn/en?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Imperial Citadel of Thang Long (official site)](https://hoangthanhthanglong.vn/en/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Ba Dinh Square and the Ho Chi Minh complex (official site)](https://en.bqllang.gov.vn/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Hoa Lo Prison, the Maison Centrale (official site)](https://hoalo.vn/EN?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (official site)](https://www.vme.org.vn/en?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [A water puppet show at Thang Long (official site)](https://nhahatmuaroithanglong.vn/en/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Vietnam Military History Museum (official site)](https://btlsqsvn.org.vn/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Tầm Vị (official site)](https://nhahangtamvivn.com/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Gia (official site)](https://www.gia-hanoi.com/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Chim Sáo (official site)](https://chimsao.com/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Cộng Cà Phê (official site)](https://congcaphe.com/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts (official site)](https://vnfam.vn/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Vietnam National Museum of History (official site)](https://baotanglichsu.vn/en?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Vietnamese Women’s Museum (official site)](https://baotangphunu.org.vn/en/home/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Noi Bai International Airport (official site)](https://noibaiairport.vn/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Hanoi railway station (official site)](https://dsvn.vn/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Metro (official site)](https://metrohanoi.vn/en/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - [Taxis, ride-hailing and bikes (official site)](https://www.grab.com/vn/en/?utm_source=wimup.com&utm_medium=referral) - Rankings are Wimup editorial picks. Prices, durations and budgets are editorial estimates, not live quotes; check the official site before you go.