Hanoi The capital city of Vietnam, Hanoi is also the second largest city in Vietnam with a total population of about 6.5 million. With more than 1000 years of cultural history, Hanoi has got a lot of cultural and historic monuments for visitors to view although some of it did not survived the wars. One of the most famous architectural preservations is the Old Quarters in Hanoi where the original street layouts and architecture of old Hanoi is still intact, with many visitors choosing to stay at the numerous budget hotels for backpackers that have sprung up in the old quarters. Consisting of about 36 streets in all, each street in the Old Quarters have merchants that specialized in a certain trade like jewelers, clothing, toys or silk traders. Hanoi is also known to be a city of lakes with the most famous one being Hoan Kiem Lake, which is just beside the Old Quarters. Other popular lakes where people like to spend their time lazing around or where you can find dating couples are the more popular lakes like the West Lake, Halais Lake and the Bay Mau Lake.     Hotels   Restaurants   Cafes   Pubs Bars   Spas   Massage   Souvenirs Doctors   Dentist   Coming Soon...   Coming Soon...