![[Photos] A Hanoi in Transition, Over a Century Ago](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2020/07/31/oh/oh1l.jpg)
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[Photos] A Hanoi in Transition, Over a Century Ago
Today, Hoan Kiem Lake has no lantern-lifting Statue of Liberty that people fish beside, Russian naval ships don't moor in the Red River, and nón lá hardly cover every head in the capital.
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![[Photos] A Hanoi in Transition, Over a Century Ago](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2020/07/31/oh/oh1l.jpg)
Hanoi
Today, Hoan Kiem Lake has no lantern-lifting Statue of Liberty that people fish beside, Russian naval ships don't moor in the Red River, and nón lá hardly cover every head in the capital.
![[Photos] 1994 Hanoi in the Eyes of a Former Japan Ambassador to Vietnam](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2020/07/24/1994_UH1l.jpg)
Hanoi
On a day like any other in November 1994, some Hanoians might have been curious about the fact that their shop front and daily routine were being photographed by a wandering Japanese man.
![[Photos] 18 Rare Black-and-White Photos of Northern Vietnam in the 1970s](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2020/07/07/abbas/abbas-10l.jpg)
Hanoi
What draws us towards the spectacle that is old photos?
![[Photos] Rare Black-and-White Shots Reflect Hanoi Street Life in 1950](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2020/06/24/hanoi/Hanoi1950-0l.jpg)
Hanoi
No skim milk and saltine parties here.
![[Photos] Hanoi's Colonial Architecture in Postcards From 1916](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2020/06/15/old/top1l.jpg)
Hanoi
The French aimed to remake Hanoi in Paris' image via elaborate architecture and infrastructure projects.
![[Video] Tanita Tikaram's Music Video Offers a Peek Into Vietnam in 1995](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/saigoneer/article-images/2020/03/05/tanita_SGNR1l.jpg)
Music & Arts
Tanita Tikaram is a British singer-songwriter who had commercial success in Europe with her debut album Ancient Heart and singles such as 'Twist in My Sobriety' and Good Tradition' in 1988.
![[Video] Travel Back in Time to Late 1970s Hanoi When Bicycles Ruled the Streets](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/urbanisthanoi/article-images/2019/08/news/OLdvid1l.jpg)
Hanoi
The following footage of Hanoi from 1975 to 1980 reminds us that, less than 50 years ago, the capital was tranquil, slow-moving and unpolluted.
![[Photos] On Hanoi’s Streets in 1979: Trams, Bicycles, Buffaloes and Peace](https://media.urbanistnetwork.com/urbanisthanoi/article-images/2019/05/1979Hanoi/1970sgr-2l.jpg)
Hanoi
Postwar-era Vietnam was a time of moving forward, regeneration and establishing a new normalcy.

Hanoi Ngõ Nooks
“Where is home?” is a question that at some point has probably nagged everyone who feels caught between worlds. To the owner of a retro cafe in Hanoi’s southern Dong Da District, it’s Cu Xa .