Ha Noi city tour

Hanoi means “the hinterland between the rivers” (Ha: river, Noi: interior). Hanoi’s territory is washed by the Red River (the portion of the Red River embracing Hanoi is approximately 40km long) and its tributaries, but there are some other

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• rivers flowing through
  
• the capital, including
• Nhue, Tich, To Lich and Kim
• Duong, Cau, Ca Lo, Day

Hanoi is a sacred land of Vietnam. In the 3rd century BC, Co Loa (actually belonging to Dong Anh District) was chosen as the capital of the Au Lac Nation of Thuc An DuongVuong (the King Thuc). Hanoi later became the core of the resistance movements against

Vietnam under the Northern domination.In the autumn of Canh Tuat lunar years (1010), Ly Thai To, the founder of the Ly Dynasty, decided to transfer the capital from

Hoa Lu to Dai La, and so he : rebaptized it Thang Long (Soaring Dragon). The year 1010 then became an historical date for Hanoi and for the

• whole country in general.For about a thousand years, the capital was called Thang Long, then changing to Dong Do,
• Dong Kinh, and finally to Hanoi, in 1831. This sacred continue

Hue city tour

Hanoi is situated in a tropical monsoon zone with two main seasons. During the dry season, which lasts from October to April, it is cold and there is very little rainfall, except from January to March, when the weather is still cold but there is some light rain. The wet season, from May to September, is hot with heavy rains and storms. The average annual temperature is

32.2ºC (73.7ºF) and the average annual rainfall is 1,800mm. The

• average temperature in winter is 17.2ºC (62.9ºF), but can go down to 8ºC (46.4ºF).

• The average temperature in summer is 29.2ºC (84.6ºF, but
• can reach up to 39ºC (102.2ºF)