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Hang Be Market - Old Quarter - Hanoi - Vietnam Old QuarterAs the oldest continuously developed area of Vietnam, Hanoi's Old Quarter has a history that spans 2,000 years and represents the eternal soul of the city. Located between the Lake of the Restored Sword, the Long Bien Bridge, a former city rampart, and a citadel wall, the Old Quarter started as a snake and alligator-infested swamp. It later evolved into a cluster of villages made up of houses on stilts, and was unified by Chinese administrators who built ramparts around their headquarters. The area was named ""Dominated Annam"" or ""Protected South"" by the Chinese. http://www.famouslandmarks.net (Added: Wed Dec 00 0 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)   Rate It   Review It  View Details Hang Be Market - Old Quarter - Hanoi - Vietnam Old QuarterAs the oldest continuously developed area of Vietnam, Hanoi's Old Quarter has a history that spans 2,000 years and represents the eternal soul of the city. Located between the Lake of the Restored Sword, the Long Bien Bridge, a former city rampart, and a citadel wall, the Old Quarter started as a snake and alligator-infested swamp. It later evolved into a cluster of villages made up of houses on stilts, and was unified by Chinese administrators who built ramparts around their headquarters. The area was named ""Dominated Annam"" or ""Protected South"" by the Chinese. http://www.famouslandmarks.net (Added: Wed Dec 00 0 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)   Rate It   Review It  View Details Hang Ma - Decoration St. - Old Quarter - Hanoi - Vietnam Old QuarterAs the oldest continuously developed area of Vietnam, Hanoi's Old Quarter has a history that spans 2,000 years and represents the eternal soul of the city. Located between the Lake of the Restored Sword, the Long Bien Bridge, a former city rampart, and a citadel wall, the Old Quarter started as a snake and alligator-infested swamp. It later evolved into a cluster of villages made up of houses on stilts, and was unified by Chinese administrators who built ramparts around their headquarters. The area was named ""Dominated Annam"" or ""Protected South"" by the Chinese. http://www.famouslandmarks.net (Added: Wed Dec 00 0 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)   Rate It   Review It  View Details Hanoi Cathedral - Hanoi - Vietnam Hanoi CathedralHanoi 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 (11th and 12th centuries). Hanoi Cathedral, also known as Saint Joseph's Cathedral, was inaugurated on Christmas Day 1886, two years after its construction. Its design is similar to the architecture of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. http://www.famouslandmarks.net (Added: Wed Dec 00 0 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)   Rate It   Review It  View Details History Museum - Hanoi - Vietnam History MuseumVietnam History Museum is located near the Municipal Theater and Hoan Kiem Lake in downtown Hanoi. The museum preserves a large number of valuable artifacts from various historical periods. The history of the period of independence and feudalism, which lasted from the 10th to the 19th centuries with the Dinh, Tien Le, Ly, Tran, Ho, Le, Mac, Tay Son, and Nguyen dynasties, are represented by many valuable collections. These exhibits help visitors to get a better understanding of the Vietnamese culture. The last part of the exhibit relates the victory of the August 1945 Revolution. http://www.famouslandmarks.net (Added: Wed Dec 00 0 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)   Rate It   Review It  View Details Ho Chi Minh House On Stilts - Hanoi - Vietnam Ho Chi Minh House on StiltsLocated 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. At the back is a garden of fruit trees, where the luxuriant milk fruit tree donated to Uncle Ho by his southern compatriots in 1954 stands between two lines of Hai Hung orange trees. Other valuable trees belonging to more than 30 species supplied by the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Forestry, and several provinces represent the wide variety of trees growing in Vietnam. There are also trees imported from foreign countries, such as Ngan Hoa trees, miniature rose bushes, areca trees from the Caribbean, Buddhist bamboo trees, etc. Dozens of varieties of orchid beautifully hang from the trees which blossom all year round. http://www.famouslandmarks.net (Added: Wed Dec 00 0 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)   Rate It   Review It  View Details Ho Chi Minh House On Stilts - Hanoi - Vietnam Ho Chi Minh House on StiltsLocated 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. At the back is a garden of fruit trees, where the luxuriant milk fruit tree donated to Uncle Ho by his southern compatriots in 1954 stands between two lines of Hai Hung orange trees. Other valuable trees belonging to more than 30 species supplied by the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Forestry, and several provinces represent the wide variety of trees growing in Vietnam. There are also trees imported from foreign countries, such as Ngan Hoa trees, miniature rose bushes, areca trees from the Caribbean, Buddhist bamboo trees, etc. Dozens of varieties of orchid beautifully hang from the trees which blossom all year round. http://www.famouslandmarks.net (Added: Wed Dec 00 0 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)   Rate It   Review It  View Details Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum - Hanoi - Vietnam Ho Chi Minh MausoleumThe 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. Engraved on the front of the Mausoleum is Chu Tich Ho Chi Minh, meaning ""President Ho Chi Minh."" Uncle Ho's dead body dressed in faded khaki clothes and plain rubber shoes was put in a glass coffin. The Mausoleum is the everlasting rest house of the greatest leader of Vietnam. http://www.famouslandmarks.net (Added: Wed Dec 00 0 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)   Rate It   Review It  View Details Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum - Hanoi - Vietnam Ho Chi Minh MausoleumThe 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. Engraved on the front of the Mausoleum is Chu Tich Ho Chi Minh, meaning ""President Ho Chi Minh."" Uncle Ho's dead body dressed in faded khaki clothes and plain rubber shoes was put in a glass coffin. The Mausoleum is the everlasting rest house of the greatest leader of Vietnam. http://www.famouslandmarks.net (Added: Wed Dec 00 0 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)   Rate It   Review It  View Details Hoan Kiem Lake - Hanoi - Vietnam Hoan Kiem LakeHoan Kiem Lake, also called Lake of the Restored Sword, is located in the center of Hanoi. The name Lake of the Restored Sword is derived from a legend in which King Le Thai To, as he was on a boat cruise on the lake, saw a giant turtle coming towards him. The turtle took his sword that had secured the victory against the Minh aggressors. King Le Thai To named the lake after this episode. http://www.famouslandmarks.net (Added: Wed Dec 00 0 Hits: 0 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)   Rate It   Review It  View Details

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