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15/04/2016 08:56

St. Joseph’s Cathedral (Nha Tho Lon)

                                        Address: 40 Nha Chung, Hanoi Tel:  +84 4 3828 5967 Mass Hours: -       From Monday to Friday: 05:30 and 18:15 -       Saturday: 18:00 -       On Sunday: Vietnamese: 05:00, 07:00, 09:00, 16:00, 18:00, 20:00 and French: 11:00   St. Joseph's Cathedral, which anchors one of Hanoi's most touristy streets, offers a glimpse into a bygone era. Speckles of light still dance through stained glass work, leaving a kaleidoscope of color on the towers, which stretch toward the sky. Its doors first swung open in 1886, during the earliest days of colonial rule, and the cathedral still holds mass twice daily. During other hours, visitors can enter through a door on the side of the cathedral.

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15/04/2016 08:55

Cua Bac Church

                                                                           Address: 56 Phan Dinh Phung, Hanoi Tel: +84 4 3733 5450 Mass hours: -          Tuesday, Thursday: 05:30 -          Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 19:00 -          Saturday: 05:30 and 18:30 -          Sunday: 06:00 (11:00 English) and 18:30   Today, Cua Bac Church is one of the three major churches of Hanoi, together with Ham Long Church and Saint Joseph Cathedral. In November 2006, Cua Bac Church was chosen the venue of a joint congregation of the Vietnamese Catholics and Protestants with participation of the United...

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14/04/2016 08:56

Sunset Bar

                                                                                                                               Address: 1A Nghi Tam, Hanoi Tel: (04) 6270 8888 Opening hours: 1600 - 2300 Dramatically positioned on its own island in West Lake and reached in the evenings by a stroll along a torch-lit bridge, it is an unique bar to escape the bustle of downtown Hanoi. 

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