Hưng Yên sits on the route: 10 minutes from Hòa Mạc, 47km from Trang An Landscape Complex.
Hưng Yên is in Hưng Yên Province, Vietnam, with about 120,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Hòa Mạc, about 6 km away.
Hưng Yên () is a former city located in the Red River Delta of the Northern Vietnam. It was the capital of Hưng Yên Province and is a third-graded city according to Vietnam's urban classification table.
Hưng Yên ceased to exist as a municipal city on 1 July 2025, following the elimination of district level units inRead more Vietnam.
The plastic-stool bun cha shop where Barack Obama and Anthony Bourdain ate in 2016; the table they used is preserved under a glass case. Grilled pork patties come in a bowl of sweet-sour broth with cold noodles.
46 km · about 55 min drive
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Hoan Kiem Lake
A picturesque lake in the center of Hanoi with the iconic red Huc Bridge leading to the Turtle Tower temple island.
47 km · about 55 min drive
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Hanoi Train Street
A narrow residential street in Hanoi where a railway track runs just inches from houses, with trains passing through twice daily.
47 km · about 55 min drive
natural wonder
Trang An Landscape Complex
A UNESCO scenic area of limestone karst peaks, caves, and waterways explored by sampan boat through a lush river valley.
47 km · about 55 min drive
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Hanoi Old Quarter
A chaotic and charming maze of 36 ancient streets in Hanoi's historic heart, each named for the goods traditionally sold there.
48 km · about 55 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Hang Mua Viewpoint
Around 500 stone steps climb a limestone spur to a dragon-topped summit above Tam Coc, with the Ngo Dong River winding through paddy fields below. The staircase is modelled on a miniature Great Wall.
48 km · about 55 min drive
cafe
Cafe Giang
The Hanoi cafe where Nguyen Van Giang invented ca phe trung: egg coffee, in 1946 while working at the Metropole during a milk shortage. It is still run by his family down a narrow alley off Nguyen Huu Huan.
48 km · about 55 min drive
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Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
The final resting place of Vietnam's revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh, a grand granite mausoleum in the center of Ba Dinh Square, Hanoi.
49 km · about 55 min drive
Driving roads near Hưng Yên
48 kmHang Mua ViewpointAround 500 stone steps climb a limestone spur to a dragon-topped summit above Tam Coc, with the Ngo Dong River winding through paddy fields below. The staircase is modelled on a miniature Great Wall.
When to drive here
Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.