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Đại La (Chinese: 大羅城; pinyin: Dàluóchéng), means the Citadel of the Great Dike, or La Thành (羅城, means the Citadel of the Dike) was an ancient fortified city in present-day Hanoi during the third Chinese domination of the 7th and 8th centuries, [1] and again in the 11th-century under Lý dynasty.
Hanoi [b] (Vietnamese: Hà Nội ⓘ) is the capital and second-most populous city of Vietnam. The name "Hanoi" translates to "inside the river" [14] (Hanoi is bordered by the Red and Black Rivers). As a municipality, Hanoi consists of 12 urban districts, 17 rural districts, and one district-level town.
The Ngọc Sơn Temple (Vietnamese: Đền Ngọc Sơn, chữ Nôm: 𪽛玉山) is located on a islet in Hoàn Kiếm Lake, central Hanoi, Vietnam. History [ edit ]
The outermost sector is the primary defensive fortification of the citadel (called La thành or Kinh thành), the middle sector is the Imperial City (Vietnamese: Hoàng thành), between these two layers is a residential area, the innermost sector is the Forbidden City (or "Purple Forbidden City", from the Vietnamese Tử cấm thành; a term ...
Cầu Giấy (anglicized as Cau Giay) is an urban district of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam.It is located roughly to the west of urban Hanoi. Cầu Giấy has a unique urban landscape, with new urban developments interlacing old historical artisan villages.
In 2014, Hanoi, Hoi An and Ho Chi Minh City appeared in TripAdvisor's 2014 Traveller's Choice Awards for the top 25 destinations in Asia. Hanoi was ranked second, Hoi An tenth and Ho Chi Minh City eighteenth. [21] In 2017, Đà Lạt is in the list of Asia's overlooked places by the CNN.
The park retained this name even after the takeover of Hanoi by the Communist Party of Vietnam. [2] In 1982, the government decided to build a Lenin monument in the park. The 5.2-meter-tall bronze statue was created with the help of the Soviet Union. On August 20, 1985, the Lenin statue was officially erected. [2]
Hoàng Mai is an urban district (quận) of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. [3] The district currently has 14 wards , covering a total area of 40.32 square kilometres (15.57 sq mi). [ 1 ] As of 2019, [ 2 ] there were 506,347 people residing in the district, the highest of all districts in Hanoi.