And like all former French colonies, the city was given a French ‘make-over’ when the colonisers built a modern administrative city south of Old Hanoi, creating broad, perpendicular tree-lined avenues ...

Fireworks will light up the skies at 30 locations in Hanoi and 15 in Ho Chi Minh City on Lunar New Year’s Eve. The 15-minute displays will begin at midnight on Wednesday, marking the first day of the ...