Hanoi

135 photos

A vendor cart and cooking utensils overturned in the street, with corn and sweet potatoes scattered on the wet road. A traffic officer directs traffic while cars and motorbikes wait around under headlights at night.

Corn and sweet potatoes

Two women at a roadworks site: one operates a jackhammer to break concrete, the other stands watching beside piles of rubble and bamboo poles.

Drilling and Breaking

A woman riding a bicycle overloaded with stacked foam mattresses, speaking on a mobile phone; a conical hat hangs at the front of the bike, photographed on an urban road.

Making a phone call

A flower seller wearing a conical hat arranges bouquets of yellow chrysanthemums and other flowers on a bicycle; beside her a person in a red jacket sits on a motorbike looking at the flowers. Street market setting with parked bikes near a canal.

Selling chrysanthemums

A vendor sits on the pavement beside a motorbike, holding a blossoming peach tree. Several other peach trees are leaned against the wall behind them; the scene shows a street setting with a concrete wall and closed doors.

Selling peach blossoms

Concrete utility pole on a street with attached meter boxes and a cluster of tangled wires; a vertical red flag with text and a symbol hangs beside it, against a background of black construction tarp and a blue street sign.

Utility pole with electrical wires and red flag

An elderly man sits against a brick wall wearing a hat and scarf; red calligraphy scrolls hang nearby and various market items — plastic baskets, thermoses and small stools — are arranged around him.

Selling calligraphy

Street scene: a person in a coat and knit hat seen from behind standing near a calligraphy and painted-fans stall displayed against a wall with graffiti; the vendor sits on a chair and artworks are arranged on the ground.

Selling calligraphy

A woman sits on a plastic stool holding a microphone and singing karaoke in an apartment lobby; a child in camouflage jacket stands nearby and a person wearing a helmet stands behind them. Elevator doors are open and other people carry bags into the building. On the right is a decorated potted tree with small orange fruits and tinsel, suggesting New Year preparations.

Karaoke

A family sits on a stone bench by the lake; the father hugs and kisses the younger daughter on the right, the mother rummages in a backpack, and two girls in pink tops sit on either side.

Family

A couple sits on a bench facing the sparkling lake, photographed as a silhouette.

A Pair

Silhouettes of people sitting on park benches by a lake, tree branches in the foreground, sparkling water and blurred buildings in the background.

Silhouette

A woman yawning and leaning against a shop wall on a street. Red New Year banners and stacked soda boxes are nearby, with a motorbike parked in front.

Yawning

A woman digging soil in a small vegetable bed in front of an apartment block; bamboo trellis, a red wooden crate and the apartment building are visible in the background.

Planting vegetables

An elderly man wearing a light-colored jacket and hat rides a bicycle with a front basket on a city street. Motorbikes, cars and buildings line the road in the background.

Old man riding a bicycle

Partially demolished row of houses along a newly paved road with construction machinery and workers on site. A cyclist carrying goods rides through the intersection; a high-voltage transmission tower and strings of colorful flags are visible on the right.

The New Road

A group of adults and children sitting on steps by a sidewalk at night. Several people are eating ice cream while discarded wrappers and litter lie on the ground. Children stand and play or interact in the foreground on the paved walkway.

Eating ice cream

A security guard stands behind a red flag with a yellow star, beside gilded decorative columns carved with cloud motifs. The framing is cropped, focusing on the flag and the guard's torso.

Behind the Flag

Night street scene on Nguyen Trai with sidewalk dining tables, multiple red flags with yellow stars hanging along shops, parked motorbikes at the curb, trees overhead and a bus driving on the road in the background.

Nguyen Trai Street

Urban panorama showing two factory chimneys emitting dark smoke above residential rooftops and a nearby construction site under a cloudy sky.

Factory smoke

Urban riverbank with a stone embankment, corrugated metal shops and houses; the water surface clearly reflects buildings and power lines.

Tô Lịch River

View of the start of Hang Dao Street with a red banner across the road, Vietnamese national flags, rows of street-front shops and pedestrians and motorbikes in traffic.

Entrance to Hang Dao Street

A person sleeping amid belongings and a pile of wood inside a parked vehicle; the window glass reflects the street and passing vehicles outside.

Daytime nap

A finger points to a line of poetry printed on a dark blue glazed ceramic vase; the vase's glossy surface reflects the face of a man.

Sad roof hears XẤU fall