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Ancient Hanoi recipe wins worldwide fame Filed under:
Culture & Tips on
25
Oct
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A simple fish recipe, created a century ago, is drawing people from all over the world to the Hanoi family home of the creator of the dish. Now a restaurant, Cha Ca La Vong (La Vong grilled fish) is run by the descendants of the dish’s creator. The fish dish and the restaurant are named for ...
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Hanoi cathedral Filed under:
Sightseeing on
24
Oct
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Hanoi Cathedral is at No.40 Nha Chung Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi. It 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). Hanoi Cathedral, also known as Saint Joseph's Cathedral, was inaugurated on Christmas Day ...
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Dong Xuan Market Filed under:
City Overview on
24
Oct
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Dong Xuan Market is a market in the center district Hoan Kiem of Hanoi, Vietnam. Originally built by the French administration in 1889, Dong Xuan Market has been renovated several times with the latest in 1994 after a fire which almost destroyed the market. Nowadays, Dong Xuan Market is the largest covered market of Hanoi ...
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Ba Kieu Temple Filed under:
Sightseeing on
22
Oct
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Ba Kieu temple is now located across from the Ngoc Son temple. When it was built the area belonging to this temple was quite large. Part of the original three-gated entrance is still there, but is now a kiosk selling Vietnamese souvenirs to tourists. The entrance and the temple were separated when the road around the ...
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Hanoi Opera House Filed under:
Sightseeing on
22
Oct
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Location The Hanoi Opera House is situated on Le Thanh Tong St., Hanoi; near the Red River and several hundreds meters east of Hoan Kiem Lake. Characteristics It is an old theatre with French architecture and typical Gothic and Mosaic characters reflected on the door domes and the glassed room respectively. For a long time, the Hanoi Opera House ...