Hanoi We flew north from Hue to Hanoi, and quickly discovered how different Hanoi feels from many of the southern cities. I felt a lot of French influence here. There was also a bit less English spoken, and the temperatures were much cooler -- we usually wore light jackets in Hanoi, as opposed to the shorts and t-shirts we wore in HCMC. The kids of Vietnam, always smiling -- notice the hat the ...