Passengers on Vietnam Airlines domestic flights offered discount for Thang Long citadel night tour
Vietnam Airlines is coordinating with the Hanoi Travel Association and the Thang Long - Hanoi Heritage Conservation Centre in connecting its passengers with the night tour of the Thang Long Imperial Citadel.
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam Airlines is coordinating with the HanoiTravel Association and the Thang Long - Hanoi Heritage Conservation Centre inconnecting its passengers with the night tour of the Thang Long ImperialCitadel.
Specifically, passengers with boarding passes on VietnamAirlines flights from other localities to Hanoi in 2022 will be offered adiscount of 50,000 VND (2.15 USD) per person when buying the night tour"Decoding Thang Long Imperial Citadel". The usual price of the touris currently 300,000 VND.
The promotion programme is applied to the tour on everyFriday and Saturday evening.
Travellers will begin their 1.5-hour tour at Doan Mon (MainGate), the entrance to Cam Thanh (Forbidden Palace) - the king’s residence, andlearn about the site’s history, architecture, and functions there.
Dance on the glass (Photo: VNA)
They will later enjoy an old dance right on the glasscovering the archaeological excavation area and gain an insight into this dig,which contains vestiges of the Ly, Tran, and Le dynasties, via tour guides’introduction. They will also visit an exhibition hall of rare antiquities withsome dating back over 1,000 years.
At Kinh Thien Palace, travellers can offer incense to KingLy Thai To, who moved the country’s capital from Hoa Lu in Ninh Binh provinceto Dai La which he renamed Thang Long in 1010, as well as other kingscontributing to the capital’s development.
The last destination of this trip is the archaeological siteat No. 18 Hoang Dieu street, where visitors will experience a laser light showof outstanding antiquities of the Thang Long Imperial Citadel. Tourists cantake part in a game in which they have to identify typical objects of feudaldynasties in the past./.
The night tour to discover the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi will return during the coming National Reunification Day and May Day holidays after a year-long hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic’s impacts.
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Thang Long Imperial Citadel at night (Photo: VNA) 
Dance on the glass (Photo: VNA) 
