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The Old Quarter (Vietnamese: Phố cổ Hà Nội) is the name commonly given to the historical civic urban core of Hanoi, Vietnam, located outside the Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long. This quarter used to be the residential, manufacturing and commercial center, where each street was specialized in one specific type of manufacturing or commerce.
The Hanoi Metropolitan People's Committee is located on Đinh Tiên Hoàng street, adjacent to the Hoàn Kiếm lake. The district has a north–south division among its wards. Its northern half houses the Old Quarter with small street blocks and alleys, and a traditional Vietnamese atmosphere. The southern half has distinctive French-style ...
The tourist destinations in Hanoi are generally grouped into two main areas: the Old Quarter and the French Quarter(s). The "Old Quarter" is in the northern half of Hoàn Kiếm District with small street blocks and alleys, and a traditional Vietnamese atmosphere. Many streets in the Old Quarter have names signifying the goods ("hàng") the ...
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.
The district was, and is, still considered to be a center of entertainment, tourism, and natural conservation of Hanoi. Since 1996, Tây Hồ has been home to the Quảng Bá flower market (chợ Hoa đêm Quảng Bá), one of the largest night flower markets in Vietnam and a popular tourist destination.
Old Quarter can refer to: Old Quarter of Colon, Panama; Old Quarter, Hanoi, Vietnam; Old City (Shanghai), China; Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe, Texas (formerly, Old Quarter)
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.
12 Ngô Quyền street, Tràng Tiền, Hoàn Kiếm District, Hanoi, Vietnam: Area: 15,000 m 2 (160,000 sq ft) (floor space) 117,000 m 2 (1,260,000 sq ft) (site) Built for: French Governor of Tonkin: Architect: Auguste Henri Vildieu: Architectural style(s) French Colonial: Website: Government Guesthouse