EPISODE · Sep 23, 2024 · 58 MIN
What About Vietnam – S5_E18 – Hanoi Below the Surface
from What about Vietnam - Traveller Insights · host Kerry Newsome
In this episode we delve into the vibrant yet often misunderstood city of Hanoi. While it is the capital, it often serves more as a transit point for travellers to visit other places like Halong Bay, Ninh Binh and Sapa. This is an opportunity to see Hanoi in a whole new light.I hope you enjoy this insightful conversation with my close associate, Ha (Hannah), a proud Hanoian with deep roots in the city.Spoiler Alert: In the show we don’t walk the well-trodden tourist paths of Hanoi. We go below the surface to uncover its Christian background: Coffee culture, and the history behind the collective living quarters of Hanoi and how the Doi Moi period has shaped Hanoi and essentially the Vietnam you are visiting today.00:05:31 - Update on Typhoon Yagi 00:12:00 - Discovering Hanoi Below the Surface 00:18:19 - Catholic Heritage 00:22:15 - Coffee Culture 00:34:03 - Collective Living Quarters in Hanoi 00:36:26 - The Doi Moi Period Tours Churches tour, Please email me [email protected] – AppealsLinks UNICEF - Blue Dragon Link - The Collective living quarters Half a million coffee shopshttps://en.vietnamplus.vn/vietnam-home-to-half-a-million-coffee-shops-post292030.vnpVietnam rises from deep povertyBook -The Bridge Generation of Việt Nam (Spanning Wartime to Boomtime)Dau Thuy Ha & Nancy K Napier Other Hanoi Episodes - S3-E9, S4-E9, S4-E10,Thank you to Jack Soloman Photography for his contribution. Follow on your favourite pod channel, email directly to [email protected] Keep abreast of news on our social pages on FB, IG,LinkedIn and TikTokLet me design your #customised #private tour of Vietnam - See our Travel ServicesDo you need a #Dental Procedure? Why not find out what’s possible through our Dental and #Cosmetic Medical partner Worldwide Beauty Hospital. Mention #whataboutvietnam to receive 5% discount at Worldwide Beauty Hospital
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In this episode we delve into the vibrant yet often misunderstood city of Hanoi. While it is the capital, it often serves more as a transit point for travellers to visit other places like Halong Bay, Ninh Binh and Sapa. This is an opportunity to see Hanoi in a whole new light. I hope you enjoy this insightful conversation with my close associate, Ha (Hannah), a proud Hanoian with deep roots in the city. Spoiler Alert: In the show we don’t walk the well-trodden tourist paths of Hanoi. We go ...
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