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Where Hanoi lives: a property guide

Where people buy in Hanoi, from Tây Hồ and Ciputra to Ba Đình, the towers of the west and the new towns across the river, and what the law allows a foreign buyer. We never publish prices or yields.

Where people live

  1. The back story

    Buying in Hanoi: Tây Hồ, the lakes and the 50-year rule

    Hanoi·In depth

    Apartments by West Lake, villas in Ciputra, towers in the west and the new towns across the river: where people buy in Hanoi, and what the Housing Law allows a foreign buyer.

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  2. Where people live

    Tây Hồ

    Tây Hồ·Neighbourhood

    Villas and apartments by West Lake.

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  3. Where people live

    Ciputra

    Ciputra·Neighbourhood

    A gated township north-west of the lake.

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  4. Where people live

    Ba Đình and the French Quarter

    Ba Đình·Neighbourhood

    Old villas and central apartments.

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  5. Where people live

    Cầu Giấy and the west

    Cầu Giấy·Neighbourhood

    Towers in the new west.

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  6. Where people live

    Long Biên and Ecopark

    Long Biên·Neighbourhood

    New towns across the river.

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