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General Information
Attractions
Museums
Festivals
Handicraft villages
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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 and
office from May 1958 until his death. The
perfume of jasmine flowers and roses is
omnipresent.
(Detail)
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Quan Thanh Temple
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Location: Quan Thanh Temple is
situated in Quan Thanh Ward, Ba Dinh District,
Hanoi.
Characteristic:
Quan Thanh Temple is one of the Four Guards of
Old Thang Long. Quan Thanh Temple is an
important historical and cultural relic, on a
large and beautiful area by West Lake near the
northern gate of old Thang Long Capital.
(Detail)
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President Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum
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Location: In Ba Dinh Square, Ba Dinh
District, Hanoi.
Characteristic: The
construction of the Mausoleum started in
September 1973, on the foundations of the old
rostrum in Ba Dinh Square where president Ho Chi
Minh used to chair national meetings. Ho Chi
Minh's Mausoleum was completed nearly two years
later on August 29, 1975.
(Detail)
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Hoan Kiem Lake
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Location: Hoan Kiem Lake is located
in the center of Hanoi.
Characteristic:
Hoan Kiem Lake also called Lake of the Restored
Sword. The name Lake of the Restored Sword is
derived from a legend.
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Temple of Literature (Van Mieu)
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Location: Temple of Literature is
located on Van Mieu Street, 2km west of Hoan
Kiem Lake.
Characteristic: Van
Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam is a famous historical and
cultural relic consisting of the Temple of
Literature and Vietnam first university. The
Temple of Literature was built in 1070 in honour
of Confucius, his followers and Chu Van An, a
moral figure in Vietnamese education.
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Quan Su Pagoda
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Location: Quan Su Pagoda (or the
Ambassadors' Pagoda) is at 73 Quan Su Street,
Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi.
Characteristic:
Formerly,it was a small Buddhist Pagoda, which
had been constructed during the Le Dynasty in
the 15th century to receive foreign
envoys and ambassadors.
(Detail)
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Tran Quoc Pagoda
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Location: Tran Quoc Pagoda is located on
an islet of West Lake in Hanoi.
Characteristic:
Tran Quoc Pagoda is one of the oldest pagodas in
Vietnam and a cultural symbol of Vietnamese
Buddhism.
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One Pillar Pagoda
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Location: One Pillar Pagoda is on Chua
Mot Cot Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi.
Characteristic: The
One Pillar Pagoda is a cultural and historic
relic, unique for its architectural features.
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Hanoi Cathedral
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Location: Hanoi Cathedral is at 40 Nha
Chung Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi.
Characteristic:
Hanoi Cathedral was built on the site of the
former Bao Thien Tower, which was famous in the
ancient capital of Thang Long under the Ly
Dynasty (the 11th and 12th
centuries).
(Detail)
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Co Loa Historical Site
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Location: This relic of an ancient urban
area and military citadel is located in Co Loa
Village, Dong Anh District, Hanoi.
Characteristic:
Throughout history, Co Loa was nominated twice
as the capital of Vietnam: the first time during
the An Duong Vuong era in the late 3rd
and early 2nd century BC, and the
second time during the Ngo Vuong Quyen reign in
the middle of the 10th century.
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Ngoc Son Temple
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Location:
Ngoc Son Temple is on Hoan Kiem Lake, Hoan Kiem
District, Hanoi.
Characteristic:
Hoan Kiem Lake was already
considered the most beautiful lake in Hanoi when
Ngoc Son Temple was built on an island in the 19th
century. Initially, the temple was called Ngoc
Son Pagoda and was later renamed Ngoc Son
Temple, since temples are dedicated to saints.
(Detail)
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Hanoi Flag Tower
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Location: Flag Tower is on Dien Bien Phu
Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi; near Ba Dinh
Square.
Characteristic:
Hanoi Flag Tower, also
called Cot Co, is one of the rare architectural
works in Hanoi that was fortunate enough to not
be destroyed by the French administration
between 1894 and 1897.
(Detail)
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