Ba Vi National Park (Vietnamese: Vườn quốc gia Ba Vì) is a national park located 48 km (29.78 miles) west of Hanoi, Vietnam. The park is 7,377 ha (28.4 square miles) in area, and is located in the Ba Vì…
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Hoa Lo Prison,Hanoi
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Hoa Lo Prison, later sarcastically known to American prisoners of war as the “Hanoi Hilton”, was a prison used by the French colonists in Vietnam for political prisoners and later by North Vietnam for prisoners of war during the Vietnam…
Hanoi Opera House
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The Hanoi Opera House is an opera house in central Hanoi, Vietnam. It was erected by the French colonial administration between 1901 and 1911. It was modeled on the Calais Garner, the older of Paris’s two opera houses, and is…
Presidential Palace, Hanoi
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The Presidential Palace of Vietnam, located in the city of Hanoi, was built between 1900 and 1906 to house the French Governor-General of Indochina. History It was constructed by Auguste Henri Tildie, the official French architect for Vietnam. Like most…
Ngu Xa bronze casting village
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The village of Ngu Xa is located to the west of Hanoi, near to the Truc Bach Lake and the West Lake. Around the shore of the West Lake, there have been many famous craft villages of Thang Long for…
Le Mat Village Festival
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Time: The 23rd day of the third lunar month. Place: Le Mat Village, Viet Hung Ward, Long Bien District, Hanoi. Objects of worship: The village’s tutelary god of Hoang Family. Characteristics: Snake dance. Le Mat Village opens the festival to…
Hang Trong painting
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Hang Trong painting (Vietnamese: Tranh Hàng Trống) is a genre of Vietnamese woodcut painting that originated from the area of Hàng Trống and Hàng Nón streets in the center district of Hanoi, Vietnam. In the past, Hang Trong painting was…
An old market with its special charm
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Despite the proliferation of modern shopping complexes and commercial centres in Hanoi, the old fashioned Chợ Hôm (Hom market) is still bustling with business every day of the week. No one knows exactly when Chợ Hôm first appeared. Unlike well…
Ngọc Sơn Temple and Hoàn Kiếm Lake
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Ngọc Sơn Temple is in the center of Hà Nội on a small island in the middle of Hoàn Kiếm Lake. The lake is also called Hồ Gươm (Sword Lake) and was previously named Lục Thuỷ (Green Water) because its…
President Ho Chi Minh’s Residence
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Location: In Ba Dinh District, Hanoi Characteristic: Located in a large garden at the back of the Presidential Palace is a nice road covered with pebbles and bordered with mango trees that lead to a stilt house, Uncle Ho’s residence…