Ha Tay

Country: Vietnam

Province: Ha Tay

Ha Dong Holiday Weather today

Date/time of update: February 21, 2025, 12:28 am, Timezone: GMT+7
Overcast Clouds

Temperature: 19.01°C
Temperature feels like: 19.32°C
Minimum Temperature: 19.01°C
Maximum Temperature: 19.01°C
Atmospheric pressure: 1019hPa
Humidity:90%
Visibility: 10000m
Wind speed: 2.11m/sec
Wind Direction: 145 degrees
Cloudiness: 100%
Sunrise: 2025-02-20 11:23:32
Sunset: 2025-02-21 10:57:53

From August 2008, Ha Tay has been integrated into Ha Noi, so there's no province officially called Ha Tay in Vietnam now. Paradissa still retains this travel guide section to make it less confusing for our travellers.

Rice field in Ha Tay

Overview

Ha Tay is one of the biggest provinces of Vietnam with its area virtually surrounding Ha Noi. The capital town of Ha Tay Province is Ha Dong Town which from the 11th century has been famous for the fine silk. Visit Van Phuc Village in Ha Dong now you can still sample of the fine silk of this area.

Besides Ha Tay offers many handicraft villages such as woodcarving, embroidery, conical hat making, birdcage-making, lacquerware-making...Ha Tay is also home to the best preserved old villages in Vietnam.

Ha Tay is also known for its many old pagodas which dated back from the 12-17th centuries of which the Perfume Pagoda is known as the most popular pilgrimage place for the Vietnamese Buddhists.

Ha Tay (Hanoi) Travel Guide, What to See, Tourist Attractions in Ha Tay (Hanoi)

1/ The Perfume Pagoda:

please refer to our Perfume Pagoda for more details.

Waterway to the Perfume Pagoda, former Ha Tay, Vietnam

2/ Tay Phuong Pagoda

The pagoda was built from the 17th century representing the Buddhist Philosophy. Visiting the pagoda, you'll have to climb steps to the top of the hill where the main pagodas are located. Tay Phuong Pagoda is famous for the set of 18 Arhart Statues.

Tay Phuong Pagoda

A statute at Tay Phuong Pagoda

3/ Tram Gian Pagoda

The pagoda is amid trees and supposedly it had 100 rooms when it was built in the 17th century. Visiting the pagoda you'll get relaxed amid the trees and tranquil settings.

Tram Gian Pagoda

4/ Duyen Thai Lacquerware Village

The villagers specialize in making lacquerwares such as lacquered furniture, lacquer paintings, lacquer housewares... Visiting the village you'll learn a lot about the proccess of making lacquerwares, you can also purchase lacquer gifts for your beloved ones.

5/ Thay Pagoda

A water puppet theatre at the Thay Pagoda

6/ Ba Vi National Park

A great view from the top of the Ba Vi National Park

7/ Chuong Conical Hat Village

The Chuong Conical Hat Village in the former Ha Tay Province

8/ Duong Lam Ancient Village

9/ Mia Pagoda

The Mia Pagoda in the former Ha Tay Province

10/ Son Tay Ancient Citadel

11/ Former Battlefields: Che Mountain, Da Chong, Ba Vi National Park High Point of 600

Che Mountain, a former battlefield during the Franco-Viet Minh War

Things to Do, Travel and Tours in Ha Tay (Hanoi)

From Ha Noi you can start with the tour of Van Phuc Silk Village with the fine silk of the region. Then we continue the tour onto Duyen Thai lacque rware village where a lot of Vietnamese traditional lacquerwares are made and exported. The tour continues onto Tram Gian Pagoda where we'll get into the tranquility of the Buddhist World and have mid day break.

A festival at the Chuong Village in the former Ha Tay Province

In the afternoon, we'll visit the Thay Pagoda and the Tay Phuong Pagoda which are 02 of the best pagodas in Vietnam.

Paradissa Travel offers tours to Ha Tay using motorbike or bicycle or by car upon the guest' requests. While by motorbike we can explore more of the countryside; traveling by bicycle is very relaxing, and traveling by car offers comforts.

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