8.00- 8.30: Get picked up by our friendly guide and start to explore Hanoi City 

08.45: Arrive at Tran Quoc Pagoda located in the West Lake It is the oldest pagoda in Ha Noi built in the 6th century 

09.30: Visit Ho Chi Minh complex, you have a chance to see the embalmed body of Ho Chi Minh then walk around the garden to see 2 houses where he lived & worked from 1954 to 1969. Then visit One Pillar Pagoda where worships the Goddess of Mercy – It is the most unique pagoda in the world 

• Should dress modestly by covering from shoulders to knees when visiting Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, temples, pagodas... 

• Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed on Mondays and Fridays.

 • Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum is closed for at least 2 months (15th June -15th August) for annual maintenance but still can take pictures outsside of Mausoleum and visit that area 

11.15: Visit Vietnam Ethnology Museum to learn about the culture of 54 ethnic groups living in the whole country of Vietnam Special Note: we will visit the Women's Museum instead of the Ethnology Museum closed on Mondays 

12.45: Have lunch at our restaurant. You will have an opportunity to enjoy Vietnamese cuisine with 8 delicious dishes 

14.00-14.15: Continue to visit the Temple of Literature – the first university of Vietnam, established in the 11th century. 

15.15: Leave for Hoa Lo Prison Museum which was originally used by the French colonists in Indochina for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. During this later period, it was known to American POWs as the ""Hanoi Hilton"" 

16.15 -16.30: Tour finishes. Back to the hotel.