Cosa Fare in Vietnam

Xuan Son National Park

Xuân Sơn National Park (Vietnamese: Vườn quốc gia Xuân Sơn) is a national park of Tân Sơn District, Phú Thọ Province, Vietnam.

Tam Dao National Park

Tam Dao National Park (Vietnamese: Vườn quốc gia Tam Đảo) is a protected area zone in northern Vietnam. It was established in 1996, succeeding from the Conservation Forest Tam Dao which was formed in 1977.

Hoa Binh Dam

The Hòa Bình Dam on the Black River (Vietnamese: Sông Đà) is the largest hydroelectric dam in Vietnam from 1994 to 2012 (this record was broken by Sơn La Dam), and one of the largest in Southeast Asia, with a generating capacity of 1,920 MW.

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Ba Vi National Park

Ba Vì National Park (Vietnamese: Vườn quốc gia Ba Vì) is a national park located 48 km (30 mi) west of Hanoi, Vietnam. The park is 10,815 ha (26,720 acres) in area, and is located in the Ba Vì mountain range.

Thien Tru Pagoda

The Perfume Pagoda (Vietnamese: Chùa Hương, Hán Nôm:香寺) is a vast complex of Buddhist temples and shrines built into the limestone Huong Tich mountains. It is the site of a religious festival which draws large numbers of pilgrims from across Vietnam.

Entrance of Ethnology museum

The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (Vietnamese: Bảo tàng Dân tộc học Việt Nam) is a museum in Hanoi, Vietnam, which focuses on the 54 officially recognised ethnic groups in Vietnam.

Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum

The President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum (Vietnamese: Lăng Chủ tịch Hồ Chí Minh) is a mausoleum which serves as the resting place of Vietnamese Revolutionary leader & President Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Battle of Bach Dang River

At the Battle of Bạch Đằng River in 938 near Hạ Long Bay in northern Vietnam the military force of the Vietnamese Principality of Jinghai, led by Ngô Quyền, a Vietnamese lord, defeated the invading forces of the Chinese state of Southern Han and put an end to centuries of Chinese imperial…

Temple of Literature of Hung Yen

Văn miếu Xích Đằng is a Confucian temple located in Hưng Yên City. It is also known as Văn Miếu Hưng Yên. The Văn miếu Xích Đằng was built in 1832, and belongs to the province now located in Hưng Yên City, province of Hưng Yên.The Văn miếu Xích Đằng received its name…

Operation Ivory Coast

Operation Ivory Coast was a mission conducted by United States Special Operations Forces and other American military elements to rescue U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War.

Temple of Literature, Mao Điền

Văn Miếu Mao Điền is a Confucian temple located in Mậu Tài Village, Cẩm Điền Commune, Cẩm Giàng District, Hải Dương Province, Vietnam. The site was badly damaged and effectively laid waste by French military action in 1948.

Ly Bat De Temple

The Lý Bát Đế Temple or Đô Temple (Vietnamese: Đền Lý Bát Đế or Đền Đô), formal Buddhist name Cổ Pháp Điện, is a temple near Hanoi of which the central section was built in 1028 on the death of Lý Thái Tổ (李太祖), and the complex enlarged as seven of his descendant…

Đình Bảng communal house

Đình Bảng communal hall is one of the largest and finest village communal houses in Vietnam. It is located in Đình Bảng village, Từ Sơn district, in Bắc Ninh Province of the Red River Delta, 17 km from the nation's capital, Hanoi.The construction started in 1700 and was completed 36 yea…

Vĩnh Tuy Bridge

The Vĩnh Tuy Bridge (Vietnamese: Cầu Vĩnh Tuy) is a bridge over the Red River (Vietnamese: Sông Hồng) in Hanoi which was completed 2008.

Vietnam People's Air Force Museum, Hanoi

The Vietnam People's Air Force Museum, Hanoi or Bảo Tàng Phòng Không - Không Quân is located on Truong Chinh Street in the Bach Mai District of Hanoi. The museum is on the edge of the disused Bach Mai Airfield.

Lotte Center Hanoi

Lotte Center Hanoi is a skyscraper in Ba Đình, Hanoi, Vietnam. Completed on 2 September 2014, the tower has 65 floors. The center features a modern architectural style designed by Callison, an American company.

Đống Đa Mound

Đống Đa Mound (Vietnamese: Gò Đống Đa) or Đống Đa Hill is a historic tumulus-like mound in the Đống Đa Park (Công viên Đống Đa), in the Đống Đa District, Hanoi, Vietnam.Đống Đa Mound is said to be the place where the Battle of Ngọc Hồi-Đống Đa between Tây-Sơn…

B-52 Victory Museum

The B-52 Victory Museum, Hanoi or Bảo Tàng Chiến Thắng B.52 is located at 157 Đội Cấn, Ba Đình district, Hanoi.The museum comprises one main building with displays on the history of the Vietnamese revolution, the First Indochina War, the Vietnam War, Operations Rolling Thunder, Linebac…

Tran Quoc Pagoda

Trấn Quốc Pagoda (Vietnamese: Chùa Trấn Quốc, chữ Hán: 寺鎭國), the oldest Buddhist temple in Hanoi, is located on a small island near the southeastern shore of Hanoi's West Lake, Vietnam.

chua Cat Linh

Cát Linh Station (Vietnamese: Ga Cát Linh) is a metro station in Hanoi, located in Đống Đa, Hanoi. It is an interchange station of the Cát Linh Line ( C ) and the Văn Miếu Line ( V ).Cát Linh Station

Hai Bà Trưng Temple

The Hai Bà Trưng Temple is a place of worship in Hanoi near Hoàn Kiếm Lake. It is one of several temples to the two Trưng Sisters in Vietnam.According to tradition it was founded by Lý Anh Tông around 1160 after he visited a shrine to the Trưng Sisters, who then appeared to him as rain spir…

Cua Bac Church

Cửa Bắc Church ("Church at Northern gate", Vietnamese: Nhà thờ Cửa Bắc) is a Roman Catholic church in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Temple of Literature Entrance

Văn Miếu (Vietnamese: Văn Miếu, Hán tự: 文廟) is a temple dedicated to Confucius in Hanoi, northern Vietnam. The temple also hosts the Imperial Academy (Quốc Tử Giám, 國子監), Vietnam's first national university.

Ba Dinh Hall

The old National Assembly Building (Nhà Quốc hội), also Ba Đình Hall (Hội trường Ba Đình), was a public large building, located on Ba Đình Square across the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Chương Dương Bridge

The Chương Dương Bridge (Cầu Chương Dương, completed 1985) is a major river road bridge in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is 1,213 meters long and has 2 lanes in each direction for vehicles up to 80 tons.

Vietnam Fine Arts Museum

The Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts (Vietnamese: Viện Bảo tàng Mỹ thuật Việt Nam; Hán tự: 院寶藏美術越南) is located in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is a museum showcasing Vietnam's fine arts from a range of historical periods.

Ham Long Church

Ham Long Church (Vietnamese: Nhà thờ Hàm Long), officially Church of St. Anthony of Padua, is a Roman Catholic church in the center district Hoan Kiem of Hanoi, Vietnam. The church was built at the end of the 19th century near an old street named Hàm Long from which Ham Long Church was called.

Hanoi Citadel

The Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long (Vietnamese: Hoàng thành Thăng Long; Hán-Nôm: 皇城昇龍) is a complex of historic imperial buildings located in the centre of Hanoi, Vietnam.

National History Museum

The Vietnam National Museum of History (Vietnamese: Viện Bảo tàng Lịch sử Việt Nam) is located in the Hoan Kiem district of Hanoi, Vietnam.

Vietnamese Women's Museum

Established and operated by the Vietnam Women’s Union, the Vietnamese Women’s Museum officially opened its doors to public in 1995. The four-storey building is in Hanoi, Ly Thuong Kiet Street, situated along the central Hoan Kiem Lake and old quarter.

State Guest House

The State Guest House (Vietnamese: Nhà khách Chính phủ) is a historical monument in Hoàn Kiếm District, Hanoi, Vietnam. It is presently used as a state guest house.The building is representative of French Colonial architecture in French Indochina.

Quan Su Park

Quán Sứ Pagoda or Ambassadors' Pagoda (Vietnamese: Chùa Quán Sứ, Chinese: 舘使寺) is a Buddhist temple located at 73 Quan Su Street, Hanoi, Vietnam. The temple is the headquarters of the Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam.

Hoa Lo Prison (Hanoi Hilton)

Hỏa Lò Prison (Vietnamese: [hwa᷉ː lɔ̂]) was a prison used by the French colonists in French Indochina for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War (which in Vietnam is called the American War).

Battle of Hanoi

On December 19, 1946, Viet Minh soldiers detonated explosives in Hanoi, and the ensuing battle, known as the Battle of Hanoi marked the opening salvo of the First Indochina War.On September 14, 1946, France and the DRV had signed a modus vivendi, promising reciprocal rights and negotiations to end a…

Turtle Tower

Turtle Tower (Vietnamese: Tháp Rùa / 塔𪛇), also called Tortoise Tower is a small tower in the middle of Hoan Kiem Lake (Sword Lake) in central Hanoi, Vietnam.The island was first used as a fishing site.

Ngoc Son Temple

The Temple of the Jade Mountain (Vietnamese: Đền Ngọc Sơn) is located on the Jade Islet in Hoàn Kiếm Lake, central Hanoi, Vietnam.Being built on the Jade Islet and dedicated to Confucian and Taoist philosophers and the national hero, Trần Hưng Đạo, the small temple was expanded in 186…

Friendship Pass

Friendship Pass (traditional Chinese: 友誼關; simplified Chinese: 友谊关; Vietnamese: Hữu Nghị Quan), also commonly known by its older name Ải Nam Quan (traditional Chinese: 隘南關; simplified Chinese: 隘南关), is a pass near the China-Vietnam border, between China's Guangxi and Vi…

Cat Ba Island

Cát Bà Island is the largest of the 367 islands spanning 260 km2 (100 sq mi) that comprise the Cat Ba Archipelago, which makes up the southeastern edge of Lan Ha Bay in Northern Vietnam.

Xuan Thuy National Park

Xuân Thủy National Park (Vietnamese: Vườn quốc gia Xuân Thủy ) is a national park in Hong River Biosphere Reserve in Nam Định Province, Vietnam.

Citadel of the Ho Dynasty

Citadel of the Hồ Dynasty (Vietnamese: Thành nhà Hồ, Hán Nôm: 城家胡; also called Tây Đô castle or Tây Giai castle) is a 15th century stone fortress in Thanh Hóa, Vietnam.

Tràng An

Tràng An is a scenic area near Ninh Bình, Vietnam renowned for its boat cave tours. On 23 June 2014, at the 38th session of the World Heritage Committee in Doha, the Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.The Trang An Scenic Landscape Complex includes Hoa L…

Archeological site of Thang Long Imperial Citadel

The Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long (Vietnamese: Hoàng thành Thăng Long; Hán-Nôm: 皇城昇龍) is a complex of historic imperial buildings located in the centre of Hanoi, Vietnam.

Gulf of Tonkin incident

The Gulf of Tonkin incident (Vietnamese: Sự kiện Vịnh Bắc Bộ), also known as the USS Maddox incident, was an international confrontation that led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War.

Hải Hòa Beach

Hải Hòa Beach is a well-known beach in Vietnam. It is at Hai Hoa Commune, Tinh Gia District, Thanh Hoa Province, around 200 km from Hanoi.The untouched Hải Hòa Beach is a beautiful, wide and smooth white sandy beach overlooking the Gulf of Tonkin, far away is the island of Hòn Mê.

Cat Ba National Park

Cát Bà National Park is a World Heritage Site designated as a biosphere reserve in northern Vietnam. The park is part of Cát Bà Island in Hạ Long Bay and is administered by the city of Haiphong.

Ben En National Park

Ben En National Park (Vietnamese: Vườn quốc gia Bến En) is a national park in Thanh Hóa Province, Vietnam. The national park was founded by the decision 33 dated 27 January 1992 of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Vietnam.The national park is situated in districts of Như Thanh an…

Mount Mau Son

Mount Mẫu Sơn is a mountain in Lộc Bình District, Lạng Sơn Province, in northeastern Vietnam. It is located about 170 km northeast of the Hanoi and about 30 km east of Lạng Sơn City close to the international border between Vietnam and China.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Bac Ninh

The diocese of Bac Ninh (Latin: Dioecesis Bacninhensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese of Vietnam. The bishop position is vacant since June 2006.The creation of the diocese in present form was declared November 24, 1960.The diocese covers an area of 12,227 km², and is a suffragan diocese of the Archdi…

Thầy Temple

Thầy Pagoda (Vietnamese: Chùa Thầy) is a Buddhist temple in Quốc Oai District (formerly Hà Tây Province, now part of Hanoi), Vietnam. The temple is also known as Thiên Phúc Tự ("Temple of Heavenly Blessings").

Bút Tháp Temple

Bút Tháp Temple (Vietnamese: Chùa Bút Tháp, hán tự: 寧福寺, Ninh Phúc tự) is a Buddhist temple located near the dyke of the Đuống River, Thuận Thành District, Bắc Ninh Province, Vietnam. The temple is also popularly called Nhan Thap Temple.

Vietnam Museum of Revolution

The Vietnam Museum of Revolution (Vietnamese: Viện Bảo tàng Cách mạng Việt Nam; Hán tự: 院寶藏革命越南) was a museum in Hanoi, Vietnam.Located in the Tong Dan area of the city, it was established in August 1959 in a two-story building, formerly used by the Trade Department of Vie…

Vietnam Military History Museum

The Vietnam Military History Museum, set up on 17 July 1956, is one of seven national museums in Vietnam. It covers 12,800 m2. It is situated in central Hanoi, opposite the Lenin Park and near the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum.

Opera House

The Hanoi Opera House (French: Opéra de Hanoï), or the Grand Opera House (Vietnamese: Nhà hát lớn Hà Nội, French: Grand Opéra) is an opera house in central Hanoi, Vietnam. It was erected by the French colonial administration between 1901 and 1911.

Tiandong-Debao(Tiandong-Longbang) Railway

The Tiandong–Debao railway (Chinese: 田德铁路) is a railway line in Baise, Guangxi, China. The single-track line is 72.6 kilometres (45.1 mi) long. At its northern end, the line connects with the Nanning–Kunming railway. At its southern end, it connects with the Debao–Jingxi railway.

Bà Triệu Temple

The Bà Triệu Temple (Đền Bà Triệu) is a temple at thôn Phú Điền, xã Triệu Lộc, huyện Hậu Lộc, Thanh Hóa province, Vietnam dedicated to the semi-legendary national heroine Bà Triệu (248AD). The Bà Triệu Temple Festival takes place on April 3.