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Lake parks and Tay Ho's expat cafes have quietly built a friendly dog-walking culture, crowned by the city's first fenced off-leash park.
6 places4 categories5 neighbourhoods1 with an off-leash area
6 places, each checked against the venue's own information
Neighbourhoods covered: Tu Lien, Long Bien, Hai Ba Trung, Hang Bong, Hoan Kiem, Tay Ho, Tong Duy Tan, Hoan Kiem.
No photo yetHanoi's dedicated fenced dog park on the Red River dike road, where dogs can run off-leash in a safe enclosed environment. It offers separate areas for small and large dogs, water, waste stations and shaded seating for owners.
No photo yetOne of Hanoi's largest green parks, surrounding Bay Mau Lake and known locally as Lenin Park, listed in Vietnam travel guides as a popular spot for walking dogs. Shaded paths circle the water past morning exercisers and lake cafes.
No photo yetA leafy French-Vietnamese bistro and cafe near the Old Quarter famous for its Xofa mille crepe, egg coffee and all-day breakfast under a big shady tree. Its relaxed outdoor seating welcomes well-behaved dogs.
No photo yetA women-owned, three-floor cafe-brunch spot in expat-friendly Tay Ho serving egg coffee, rice bowls and full breakfasts. It is explicitly dog-friendly, with dogs allowed both inside and outside.
No photo yetA lively New Zealand-style cafe and bar on Hanoi's late-night food street, with a big outdoor seating area flagged in Hanoi pet directories as dog-friendly. Burgers, brunch plates and craft beer run from day to night.
No photo yetA rooftop bar and restaurant on the West Lake side of Hanoi listed in the city's pet-friendly guide as welcoming dogs at its outdoor seating. Sunset hours deliver the lake-and-sky views Hanoi's rooftop scene is known for.
Leash rules, off-leash hours and whether dogs are allowed inside are set locally and change without notice. Each listing here says what the venue or the responsible authority publishes, and the listing page links to the page we checked, so you can confirm the current rule before you set out. Outside a signed off-leash area, keep the dog on a lead.
No venue can pay to be listed or to rank higher, and no listing carries an invented rating or a stock photograph standing in for the real place. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will re-check it.
City dog runs in Shibuya, soba with a dog menu on a covered terrace, and a hotel where the dog sleeps on the bed.
Riverside terraces in Nakanoshima, prefectural dog runs with a paw-wash, and a castle-side hotel with a 24-hour wash station.
Municipal off-leash playgrounds, a three-storey dog cafe by Seoul Forest, and Bark Rooms in Gangnam.
Air-conditioned cafes that take dogs indoors, NParks dog runs, and a Katong hotel with a published pet package.
A fenced dog zone inside Benjakitti, tree-shaded garden restaurants, and hotels that take pets at no extra charge.
A garden estate in the suburbs with a lake and a dedicated dog park, and an old-town cafe culture that has started opening its doors to dogs.
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