Hanoi is the capital, a city directly under the central government and a special urban area of Vietnam. Hanoi is located to the northwest of the center of the Red River Delta, with topography consisting of a central plain and mountainous areas to the north and west of the city. With an area of 3,358.6 km2 and a population of 8.25 million people (Statistical Yearbook 2020), Hanoi is the centrally-run city with the largest area in Vietnam, and also the second most populous city. and has the second highest population density of Vietnam's 63 provincial administrative units, but the population distribution is uneven. Hanoi has 30 district-level administrative units, including 12 districts, 17 districts and 1 town.
Vietnam is the homeland of diverse bloodlines. The community of 54 ethnic groups is divided into hundreds of smaller groups. Each ethnic minority maintains its own culture, with its own rituals, costumes, and language. The best way to learn about them is through practical experiences such as living with indigenous people, or learning how to weave fabric with unique patterns. National culture is always an attractive highlight of Vietnamese tourism.
According to the ups and downs of the nation's history, Vietnamese customs and practices are constantly being innovated according to social trends. One of the oldest and most influential customs in history is the custom of chewing betel. This is a custom that dates back to the Hung King period and originates from the legend of Trau Areca and this custom has become a typical image of the brotherhood and love between husband and wife of Vietnamese people. Not only the custom of chewing betel, Vietnam also has another custom that was born in ancient times, which is the custom of welcoming the new year, also known as Tet - traditional Tet.
Officially Vietnamese (the language of the Vietnamese (Kinh) people). This is the mother tongue of about 85% of the Vietnamese population, along with nearly three million overseas Vietnamese, most of whom are Vietnamese Americans. Vietnamese is also the second language of ethnic minorities in Vietnam. Although Vietnamese has vocabulary borrowed from Chinese and previously used Chinese characters (Confucian script) to write, then converted to Nom script, today Vietnamese uses the Latin alphabet, called Quoc Ngu. , with diacritics to write...
Hang Market (Hai Phong) was formerly the market of an ancient village called Du Hang (17th-18th centuries). The Du Hang village area was formerly agricultural land and a traffic hub, so Hang market became a place to meet, exchange, and buy and sell plants, animals, and farming utensils. The urbanization process spread to the suburbs, so today Hang Market is located entirely in the inner city, in Du Hang Kenh ward, Le Chan district, Hai Phong city. Even though many years have passed, the customs of exchanging agricultural goods of c