It is a kind of dictionary over marketplaces of old and newly enlarged Hanoi. The book provided a readership with literary notes & descriptions and other historic materials ( that written by many folk cultural researchers & historians ) regarding almost of all Hanoi marketplaces. A contents of the book - dictionary partly reflected material & spiritual life of Hanoians in the past & at present. Contents: Chapters: 1 - The central marketplaces of old Hanoi. 2 - The marketplaces of newly enlarged Hanoi. 3 - Hanoi's marketplaces through folk verse. 4 - Appendix: Illustrative photos of the French physician Hocquard and painter Ngo Xuan Khoi taken in the years of 1884 and 2010 respectively.