Take an 1-hour tour of Hanoi's highlights by bicycle taxi. After your 1-hour cyclo journey, head to the famous Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre to see a 60-minute show featuring the Vietnamese art of water puppetry — begun over 1,000 years ago by farmers in the Red River Delta.

See a unique art form that originates over 1,000 years ago in the Red River Delta. In the past, water puppetry showed the daily life of villagers such as farming, fishing and romance. Now, watch plays about ancient Vietnamese legends, myths and history. The world-famous Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre in Hanoi has its roots in an art form that dates back to the 11th century. The tradition of water puppet theater stems from a time when rice paddy fields were flooded and villagers would create entertainment by standing in the waist-deep water with the puppets performing over the water. Using large rods to support the puppets it appeared as if they were moving across the water with the puppeteers hidden behind a screen.