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The first performance of opera in Haiphong was held by a travelling troupe in the Hotel des Colonies in 1888. [2] [3] Later, in 1895–1897, a touring French opera company in Indochina, featuring Alexandra David-Néel as prima donna toured Haiphong with La Traviata and Carmen. [4]
The provinces of Vietnam are subdivided into second-level administrative units, namely districts (Vietnamese: huyện), provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh), and district-level towns (thị xã).
District 1 and the other seven districts of Ho Chi Minh City were founded on May 27, 1959. Before 1975, the first district only had four small subsets (wards) which were Bến Nghé, Hòa Bình, Trần Quang Khải and Tự Đức (named after major historical characters), and the second district had seven different wards which were Bến Thành, Bùi Viện, Cầu Kho, Cầu Ông Lãnh ...
It is abbreviated as TP.HCM, and translated in English as Ho Chi Minh City, abbreviated as HCMC, and in French as Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville (the circumflex is sometimes omitted), abbreviated as HCMV. The name commemorates Ho Chi Minh, the first leader of North Vietnam. This name, though not his given name, was one he favored throughout his later years.
Traffic on Le Hong Phong Street (in Hai An District) showcases the district's role as a significant transportation hub in Hai Phong. Hai An hosts key transport connections across roads, waterways, rail, and air, with Lach Tray and Cam rivers surrounding the area and flowing into the Gulf of Tonkin via the Nam Trieu estuary.
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