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Truc Bach Lake Filed under:
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Oct
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Truc Bach Lake is one of the many lakes in the city of Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. It is known outside Vietnam as the site where the US politician John McCain landed as a navy pilot during the Vietnam War after being shot down. Truc Bach Lake is located northwest of Hanoi's Old Quarter, immediately ...
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Ethnology Museum helps to preserve cultural heritage Filed under:
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Apr
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The Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology was established in Ha Noi in 1987 to preserve the cultural heritage of the nation's 54 ethnic groups. The facility is both a research centre and a public museum with a mission to collect, document, perserve and exhibit the cultural heritage of these different groups. The museum has both indoor ...
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Foreign tourists increase in February Filed under:
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Mar
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Viet Nam welcome nearly 543,000 foreign tourists in February, a year-on-year increase of 21.6 per cent, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO). The number pushed up the total number of foreign tourists in the first two months of the year to more than 1 million, up by 19.5 per cent in comparison with the same period ...
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Hanoi nightlife Filed under:
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Feb
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Hanoi does not have the high-energy nightlife of Ho Chi Minh City. However, the unique blend of modern and traditional, eastern and European, and the colorful local culture can make for a number of exciting evenings. Water Puppetry is a unique performance art. Thang Long Theater on Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi’s Old Quarter is the ...
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Sightseeing in Hanoi Filed under:
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Jan
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Located in the northern part of Vietnam, Hanoi boasts of a population of 3,058,000 people. Hanoi was the center of politics of Vietnam from 1010 to 1802. It was the capital of French Indo-China from 1887 to 1945. It was the capital of North Vietnam from 1945 to 1976. Located on the banks of the Red ...