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Panoramic view of the bridge The bridge, not long after completion Long Biên Bridge in 2010 The constructor panel of Daydé & Pillé, Paris. Long Biên Bridge (Vietnamese: Cầu Long Biên) is a historic cantilever bridge across the Red River that connects two districts, Hoàn Kiếm and Long Biên of the city of Hanoi, Vietnam.
This is a timeline of Vietnamese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Vietnam and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Vietnam. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Prehistory ...
Between 1872 and 1889, many bridges were designed by the Eiffel company, created in 1863 by Gustave Eiffel, when Vietnam was part of the French Indochina.However, some works are inadvertently attributed to the Eiffel company, the Truong Tien Bridge was designed by the company Schneider et Cie and Cie de Letellier while the Long Biên Bridge was designed by Daydé et Pillé [], the latter ...
Long Biên was the major Chinese entrepôt for foreign trade in antiquity and is one of major contenders for Ptolemy's Cattigara. The local products were bananas , areca nuts , sharkskin , python bile and kingfisher feathers, [ 2 ] although the district between it and Guangzhou was rich in silver , cinnabar and mercury . [ 11 ]
The Hồ dynasty was ruled by the Hồ family which migrated from present-day Zhejiang, China to Vietnam under the leadership of Hồ Hưng Dật during the 10th century CE. [20] The Hồ dynasty claimed descent from the Duke Hu of Chen , the founder of the ancient Chinese State of Chen .
Following is the family tree of Vietnamese monarchs from the autonomous period of the Khúc clan (905–923) to the reign of Bảo Đại (1926–1945), the last emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty. Emperors, kings and lords of each monarch are denoted by different colours with the period of their reigns.
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Wary about engaging in internal fighting that would only frustrate the people, Triệu Việt Vương negotiated a truce and peace. From Long Biên northward would be under Lý Phật Tử's rule and the land south of Long Biên would belong to Triệu Việt Vương. In 571, Lý Phật Tử broke the truce and attacked Triệu Quang Phục's ...