Cultural entertainment is rather thin on the ground throughout the city, although improving, but there are a few outlets. You can find information on performances in the daily English-language newspaper the
Vietnam News and the monthly
The Guide, published by the
Vietnam Economic Times. An alternative source of information is
Time Out, a free supplement in the weekly
Vietnam Investment Review. Tickets should be purchased in person at the venue.
You can find traditional entertainment at the
Thang Long Water
Puppet Theater, 57B Dinh Tien Hoang (tel: (04) 824 9494; website:
www.thanglongwaterpuppet.org). Hanoi’s
Opera House, 1 Trang Tien (tel: (04) 933 0131), is a beautiful building showing orchestral, choral, ballet and theatrical works. Films in English or with English subtitles are shown at
Megastar Cineplex, Level 6 VinCom City Towers, 191 Ba Trieu, Ha Ba Trung district (tel: (04) 974 3333; website
www.megastarmedia.net), as well as at the
Goethe Institute, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc (tel: (04) 734 2251), and at
L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien (tel: (04) 936 2164).
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