Pollution in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi, home to almost 9 million people, reflects the environmental cost of the ...

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Close your eyes in the streets of Hanoi's Old Quarter and you'll experience two sensations. The first is the earsplitting cacophony of conversation, cars, clamor and chaos.

While Vietnam’s largest metropolis, Ho Chi Minh City, has gutted its historic port district, Hanoi has retained some of its old charm. Some 600 state-owned colonial villas and shophouses, a ...

When Gabriel García Márquez visited Hanoi to see how the capital of Vietnam was faring after the decades-long Vietnam War, he discovered a city that sank into a provincial peace around 6 p.m ...

Hanoi still has over 1,000 historical buildings standing, including some 579 communal houses, 676 pagodas, and 261 temples spread around the city, says historian Văn Ký Nguyễn.

In Hanoi's real-estate market, the average transaction price at Old Quarter properties is currently between $12,500 and $15,000 per square meter, according to Nguyen Son, a property agent in Hanoi.

A delicate pagoda perched atop a white column in the heart of the city is from the 11th century. But no era may have shaped Hanoi more than the years of French colonial occupation, 1883 to 1954.

Item 1 of 2 A view shows the city amid air pollution in Hanoi, Vietnam, January 3, 2025. REUTERS/Thinh Nguyen [1/2] A view shows the city amid air pollution in Hanoi, Vietnam, January 3, 2025.

MY FIRST LESSON in pho came during a jet-lagged breakfast the morning I arrived in Hanoi, the old-meets-new capital of Vietnam. "Eat it now," said my waitress, pointing to the bowl she had just ...

When Gabriel García Márquez visited Hanoi to see how the capital of Vietnam was faring after the decades-long Vietnam War, he discovered a city that sank into a provincial peace around 6 p.m ...