The ban is part of the government's sweeping new effort to tackle air and water pollution in the capital. Read more at ...

Authorities will ban petrol-driven motorbikes and mopeds in Vietnam's capital from 2026 in a bid to cut air pollution.

By dawn, the city isn’t roaring, it’s a furious, unholy symphony. Motorbikes swarm like agitated hornets, a metallic tide.

Head to The Note Coffee in the heart of Hanoi and you will find the walls papered in Post-its in every colour. You can actually barely see the walls.

Hanoi is choking on traffic and smog. A simple, low-cost fix could save billions: two work-from-home days each week.

It’s the ultimate in nostalgia dining. 37 Nam Trang (State-Run Food Shop #37), located about 15 minutes by car from Hanoi’s Old Quarter, is modeled after a government-run food shop, right down ...

KOTO, which stands for Know One, Teach One, is a restaurant in Hanoi where at-risk young people train for careers in Vietnam’s the tourism industry. Find out how it got started and the ...

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Hanoi, long a city of storytellers, has been devastated and reborn time and time again. Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai guides readers through the literature that has played a part in that renewal.

This winter, Hanoi topped global air pollution charts, not once, but repeatedly, exposing the environmental cost of Vietnam ’s explosive growth, and briefly earning it the title of the world’s ...

Being in Hanoi is at the very least a duty, for me an important act of personal and political affirmation. What I’m not yet reconciled to is that it’s also a piece of political theatre.

"They would listen very carefully," he adds, "you know, break out the beers and listen to Hanoi Hannah." North says that Trinh's broadcasts had a "minimal" effect on her listeners.