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Nowadays, after many geographical changes to the city layout, Quán Thánh Temple is located on the corner of Quán Thánh Street and Thanh Niên Street, facing West Lake. It is a short walk from Trúc Bạch Lake where pilot (and future United States senator) John McCain was shot down in October 1967.
The National Convention Center [1] (NCC; Vietnamese: Trung tâm Hội nghị Quốc gia) is a major convention center located on Thăng Long Boulevard in Nam Từ Liêm district of Hanoi, Vietnam The convention center was designed by Meinhard von Gerkan and Nikolaus Goetze of Gerkan, Marg and Partners .
02:47, 6 August 2007: 24,789 × 3,273 (17.48 MB) Meteparozzi~commonswiki {{Information |Description=Panorama of Nha Trang, Vietnam made from the roof of a hotel in the center of the backpacker district. Covers the Southeast to Southwest part of the city. |Source=self-made |Date= July 28, 2007 |Author= [[User:Meteparozzi|Metepa
Bitexco Financial Tower (Vietnamese: Tháp Tài chính Bitexco) is a skyscraper in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.At its completion in 2010, it became the tallest building in Vietnam and kept this status until January 2011, when it was surpassed by Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower.
Hàm Nghi Boulevard (Vietnamese: Đường Hàm Nghi) is an east–west boulevard in District 1, downtown Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. [1] The boulevard stretches from Tôn Đức Thắng Boulevard ( Bạch Đằng Quay , Saigon River waterfront) to the Quách Thị Trang Square (in front of the Bến Thành Market ).
On either side of the rear building are square buildings which hold a drum and a bronze bell. The drum is 2.01 metres (6 ft 7 in) wide, 2.65 metres (8 ft 8 in) high, has a volume of 10 m 3 and weighs 700 kilograms (1,500 lb). The bell was cast in 2000, with dimensions of 2.1 by 0.99 metres (6 ft 11 in by 3 ft 3 in).
Ideas for a new national stadium in Vietnam were marked up in 1998 as the government conducted a prefeasibility study for a national sports complex. [7] In July 2000, Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Văn Khải approved a project of a stadium at the heart of Vietnam's National Sports Complex in preparation for hosting the 2003 Southeast Asian Games.
The Rex Hotel or Rex Hotel Saigon (Vietnamese: Khách Sạn Rex, French: Hôtel Rex de Saïgon) is a famous luxury and business hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.During the Vietnam War, the daily U.S. briefings at the hotel became known as "The Five O'Clock Follies".