Provided is a vacuum cleaner including a cleaner body having a motor generating a suction force; a dust container provided at a front end of the cleaner body and configured to collect dust sucked through a suction port; a cover member rotatably installed at an upper end of the cleaner body and opened and closed to selectively accommodate an upper portion of the dust container; a suction hose of which one side is connected to a suction portion suctioning the dust and the other side is connected to the cover member; a link assembly configured to connect between the cover member and the cleaner body; and a link assembly accommodating portion formed at one side of the cleaner body so that at least a part of the link assembly is inserted and configured to restrict the link assembly when the cover member is opened and thus to allow the cover member to be maintained in an opened state.