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The Vietnamese name Chợ Lớn literally means "big" (lớn) "market" (chợ). The Chinese (and original) name is 堤 岸 (In Cantonese, tai4 ngon6 , which is occasionally rendered in Vietnamese orthography as Thầy Ngòn or Thì Ngòn , [ 4 ] and in Mandarin, Dī'àn ), [ 1 ] [ 2 ] which means "embankment" (French: quais ).
Đồng Xuân Market (Vietnamese: Chợ Đồng Xuân; chữ Nôm: 𢄂 同 春) is a market in the center district Hoàn Kiếm of Hanoi, Vietnam.Originally built by the French administration in 1889, Đồng Xuân Market has been renovated several times with the latest being in 1994 after a fire that almost destroyed the market.
Chợ Lớn Chợ Lớn. Binh Tay Market (Vietnamese: Chợ Bình Tây) is the Central Market of Cho Lon in District 6, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.Local Vietnamese refer to it as Chợ Lớn mới, while local Vietnamese-Chinese refer it as 堤岸 - 新街市 "The New Market of Chợ Lớn", and the Chinese other than those living in Vietnam known it only as 堤岸 (Dī'àn, or literally ...
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE, Vietnamese: Bộ Tài nguyên và Môi trường) is a government ministry in Vietnam responsible for: land, water resources; mineral resources, geology; environment; hydrometeorology; climate change; surveying and mapping; management of the islands and the sea.
Central Vietnam (Vietnamese: Trung Bộ or miền Trung), also known as Middle Vietnam or The Middle, formerly known as Trung Việt by the State of Vietnam, Trung Phần by the Republic of Vietnam, [1] Trung Kỳ or Annam under French colonial rule, is one of the three geographical regions within Vietnam. The name Trung Bộ was used by the ...
Vessels in a Floating Market in Can Tho. Due to Vietnam's frequent interaction with cultures and technologies from afar, a variety of vessels could be seen in Vietnam's floating markets. In current times, both modern boats, as well as traditional boats, are found, with wooden plank-keel boats being one of the more commonly used. [7]
Vietnam receives high rates of precipitation in the form of rainfall with an average amount from 1,500 to 2,000 mm (60 to 80 in) during the monsoon seasons; this often causes flooding, especially in the cities with poor drainage systems. [201] The country is also affected by tropical depressions, tropical storms and typhoons. [201]
Vietnam also lags behind China in terms of property rights, the efficient regulation of markets, and labor and financial market reforms. State-owned banks that are poorly managed and suffer from non-performing loans still dominate the financial sector. [3] Vietnam had an average growth in GDP of 7.1% per year from 2000 to 2004.