Vacuum cleaner

A vacuum cleaner comprising:

• a main body;
• a dust collection unit arranged in the main body to collect dusts from air that flows into the main body along an intake passage;
• and
• a suction unit arranged at a downstream that is lower than a location of the dust collection unit on the intake passage to provide a suction force,
• wherein the suction unit includes a suction force generator and a housing configured to accommodate the suction force generator therein and to discharge the air that is sucked from the suction force generator to an outside,
• the housing includes a first exhaust passage, a second exhaust passage configured to connect with the first exhaust passage and to switch a direction from the first exhaust passage, and first and second sound-absorbing members arranged on the first and second exhaust passages, respectively, and
• the first and second exhaust passages are arranged to form a layer along an outer surface of the housing.