The Fall in Hanoi

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed people’s lives around the world.

Vietnam as a whole, and Hanoi in particular, has been struggling in the fight against the virus. Fall has arrived, weaving through each small alley, but Hanoi has now become different. Streets perfumed by milky flowers have been quiet down amid an extended “Stay home for ourselves and the community” social distancing.

Surely, all together we will defeat the virus to make way for colors of life to return. Hanoi will get back its old fall, with the long dresses waiving in the wind, with flower sellers cycling chrysanthemums, roses and heathers on the streets. Girls would gather around the woman selling young sticky rice on the roadside, scooping up the fragrant grains wrapped in old lotus leaves. At sunset, friends would guard coffee shops by the West Lake, watching the red sun gradually sink into the water until the last rays of sunlight fade away…

Now as movements are limited, everyone should have a dream, a post-pandemic plan. Be it a climb to conquer a precarious mountain peak, a picnic by bike with the family or a trip exploring the beauty along the country… Don’t forget to come to Hanoi and enjoy the charm of fall, as sunshine and winds whisper under the tree canopy in the passionate scent of milky flowers.

Lotusmiles members can make a plan for meaningful trips with their loved ones and redeem award tickets online, or buy tickets using cash and miles on Vietnam Airlines’ website. For a one-way Economy Class award ticket from Hue/Vinh/Da Nang to Hanoi, it is only 7,000 miles, or 11,000 miles for the flight from Da Lat/Nha Trang/Ho Chi Minh City/Phu Quoc to Hanoi.

Come and enjoy fall in Hanoi, the most beautiful season of the year. Seeing it may be late, but fall will definitely leave unforgettable memories.