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Ticket and booking rules for Hanoi: timed entries, closing days and official links, checked September 2026.
Checked September 2026 against official sources
Hanoi
Bookings and opening rules
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Tickets and opening days
- The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum admits visitors in the morning only: 7:30–10:30 from 1 April to 31 October (until 11:00 at weekends and holidays) and 8:00–11:00 from 1 November to 31 March (until 11:30 at weekends). It is closed on Mondays and Fridays, and closed altogether from 4 September to 4 November each year for maintenance of the body.Source: Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Management Board · checked Sep 2026
- The Temple of Literature is open 8:00–17:00; adult tickets cost 70,000 VND.Source: Văn Miếu – Quốc Tử Giám · checked Sep 2026
- The Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long is open 8:00–17:00 and closed on Mondays.Source: Imperial Citadel of Thang Long · checked Sep 2026
- Hỏa Lò Prison is open 8:00–17:00 every day.Source: Hoa Lo Prison Relic · checked Sep 2026
- The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology is open 8:30–17:30 and closed on Mondays; adult admission is 40,000 VND.Source: Vietnam Museum of Ethnology · checked Sep 2026
- The Thăng Long Water Puppet Theatre at 57B Đinh Tiên Hoàng, on the north-east corner of Hoàn Kiếm Lake, gives shows daily at 15:30, 17:00, 18:30, 20:00 and 21:15 (plus 21:30 on Sundays); tickets cost 100,000 to 200,000 VND.Source: Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre · checked Sep 2026
Questions
Quick answers
Which days should I plan around?
The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum is open only in the morning, closed on Mondays and Fridays and closed altogether from about 4 September to 4 November for maintenance; the Imperial Citadel and the Museum of Ethnology are closed on Mondays. So day two should be a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or weekend day, and day three not a Monday.
The days these rules belong to
3 days in Hanoi
Hanoi's centre is compact and best on foot, so the plan walks two of the three days: day one circles Hoàn Kiếm Lake, crosses to the Ngọc Sơn temple, visits the cathedral and loses itself in the Old Quarter as far as the Đồng Xuân market and the Long Biên bridge, ending with the water puppets; day two covers the Ba Đình monuments in the morning, when the mausoleum is open, then the Imperial Citadel, the Temple of Literature and Hỏa Lò Prison, ending at the Opera House; day three takes a taxi out to the Museum of Ethnology and comes back to the Quán Thánh temple, the Trấn Quốc pagoda and sunset on West Lake. The mausoleum opens only in the morning, is closed on Mondays and Fridays and shuts for about two months every autumn, so check the dates.
