Hanoi

135 photos

Crowd gathered around an outdoor gambling table at a village festival; a young boy holding cash stands beside the table while adults watch and place bets.

Gambling

Three workers on a motorboat working on the water; they wear orange life vests, with the boat and embankment reflected on the water surface.

Environmental sanitation workers

A person walks on a narrow wooden plank bridge across a channel, facing a rooster walking on the same plank; the background shows a boat, muddy riverbank and reflections on the water.

Person and a chicken on a plank bridge at Bãi Giữa

A couple sitting embraced on a picnic mat on the grass in front of a hedge. The woman is laughing, pink canvas shoes sit nearby, and a blurred pedestrian appears in the background.

Couple sitting on a mat in a park

Three women on a sidewalk: an elderly woman crouched eating bánh giò from a plate while two female students lean in to watch. A conical hat lies overturned and a bag sits beside the older woman.

Three women

Two young people stand on top of a concrete structure at a construction site, embracing against an evening sky. In the foreground a pedestrian walks along the roadside; trees and urban buildings are visible in the background.

Dating

Two girls jumping rope on the sidewalk in front of a shop displaying red flags with a yellow star and hammer-and-sickle symbols; an older man sits at the shop entrance watching.

Jump rope

A person leans down to touch the head of a stone turtle supporting a stele in a covered corridor at Văn Miếu - Quốc Tử Giám; a row of stone turtles and wooden columns line the walkway, with other visitors visible in the background.

Touching the turtle head

A man wearing a conical hat stands by a hole in the road holding a long pole; large concrete pipes and construction equipment are nearby and a motorbike passes in the background, scene at a roadside construction area.

Fishing

Flooded Hanoi street: a yellow bus pushes through high, churning water creating large splashes; a motorcyclist wearing a white helmet and red shirt rides beside it while people and storefronts line the background.

Hanoi flood

A man stands in floodwater at the entrance of a building, lifting a young boy who sits in a blue plastic tub. Floodwater rushes through the street as motorcycles and other vehicles pass by in the background.

Hanoi flood

Sidewalk crowded with parked scooters and several delivery riders in teal uniforms; a person stands in a doorway peering outside. A row of teal motorbikes is parked along the curb, with a group of riders gathered near a shuttered storefront in the background.

Peeking at the sidewalk

Two people at a sidewalk stall in front of an aged wall, multiple baskets and plastic bags of dried goods (nuts, beans, dried snacks); one person bags items while the other crouches to select products.

Ngô Sĩ Liên Alley

A street vendor wearing a conical hat and a face mask stands beside a bicycle fitted with two baskets of fruit, including bananas, apples and citrus, on a city street. The background shows a pale corrugated wall and the road.

Street vendor

Two people on a scooter riding along a street: the rider wears a green helmet and green top, the passenger wears a red áo dài, green pants and a conical hat. Shopfronts and pedestrians appear blurred in the background.

Attending the 20/10 ceremony