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Cities in Vietnam are identified by the government as settlements with considerable area and population that play important roles vis-a-vis politics, economy and culture. Status of cities falls into four categories: special, first class ( I ), second class ( II ), and third class ( III ).
Landstraße District is located in the southeastern city center of Vienna. It has an area of 7.42 km 2, or 1.8% of the city of Vienna. This district is in the middle of Vienna's municipal districts. For one of the "interior districts" the district has a comparatively high proportion of greenery.
The Shopping City Süd (SCS) is a shopping centre located in Vösendorf and Wiener Neudorf, south of Vienna, Austria. With a leasable area of 235,000 m 2 (2,530,000 sq ft), [1] it is the biggest shopping mall in Austria. It contains over 330 shops and has around 5,000 employees (2016).
Vienna (Viên in Vietnamese) is the only city whose name in Vietnamese is borrowed from French [citation needed]. Hong Kong and Macau names are borrowed from English by direct transliteration into Hồng Kông and Ma Cao instead of Hương Cảng and Áo Môn in Sino-Vietnamese pronunciation.
After the old city walls were demolished to be replaced by the Vienna Ring Road, the Kärntner Straße was lengthened, now leading south to Karlsplatz (which had been oustside the city walls) instead of stopping at the city gate. [3] Representative department stores and an arcaded shopping gallery (later demolished) were built on the street.
The city's largest conference center, the Austria Center Vienna (ACV) has a total capacity for around 22,800 people and is situated next to the United Nations Office at Vienna. [92] Other centers are the Messe Wien Exhibition & Congress Center (up to 3,000 people) and the Hofburg Palace (up to 4,900 people).
Graben near the Pestsäule, Vienna. The Graben is one of the most famous squares in Vienna's first district, the city center. It begins at Stock-im-Eisen-Platz next to the Palais Equitable, and ends at the junction of Kohlmarkt and Tuchlauben. Another street in the first district is called Tiefer Graben (deep ditch).
In 1976, the Republic of South Vietnam and North Vietnam merged to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The end of the Second World War saw anti- Japanese Việt Minh guerrilla forces, led by communist fighter Ho Chi Minh , proclaiming the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in Hanoi in September 1945. [ 4 ]