Hà Nội's self-introduction

Two Trưng sisters
01/26/2010 | 8:14 AM
VGP - Along the centuries Vietnamese patriotic traditions have crystallized in great figures, the most moving and most popular of them being the Trưng Sisters
The street of traditional medicine
01/26/2010 | 8:12 AM
I was taking a friend from France out on a tour of Hà Nội’s ancient quarter the other day. As we went down Lãn Ông Street, the Frenchman sniffed the air noisily and observed “Spices? Smell nice!”
The royal edict on the transfer of the capital of Thăng Long in the year 1010
01/15/2010 | 10:12 AM
In the 10th year of the 21st century, Hà Nội will celebrate its millennium. It was in the year 1010 that King Lý Thái Tổ, the founder of the first lasting national dynasty (Lý), decided to transfer the old capital at Hoa Lư to Thăng Long, the present capital. Before the transfer he took the advice of his courtiers in an edict:
Hà Nội – Capital of Việt Nam
01/14/2010 | 4:07 PM
VGP - Hà Nội is the capital of the Socialist Republic of Việt Nam, the center of culture, politics, economy and trade of the whole country.
Sweet memories of Hà Nội
08/16/2009 | 3:00 PM
VGP – Photographer Nguyễn Hữu Cấy’s 150 photos on Hà Nội are displayed at 45 Tràng Tiền Street, Hà Nội, providing the audience with a panorama of the capital city’s development over the last half of the century.

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