Some of my collections

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nice pics of a charming city. Cheers

Hanoi will foreer be changed in this decade since Vietnam Economic now growing incredibly fast....:)

..as i said with Saigon: "give it 10 more years" and it will be at the same standard as Bangkok, M.M, Jakarta or even K.L" ;) Go GO Viet Nam! :D

..as i said with Saigon: "give it 10 more years" and it will be at the same standard as Bangkok, M.M, Jakarta or even K.L" ;) Go GO Viet Nam! :D
well, Bangkok and KL will move to a new standard in 10 years.

Wow, i thought vietam will have no sky scrappers.

yeah Bangkok and KL is way ahead of saigon or any other south east asian city and is in a totally different league.

Nice pictures especially the first one with the flowers. Charming place.

well, Bangkok and KL will move to a new standard in 10 years.LOL haha! dont get me wrong MM wont remain as it is today, it'll definately move up standards too!.. i mean that in 10 years time, Hanoi will resemble the how these cities are today.. in about 15 years, MM will be like how Singapore is today ^^

but NEways: GO GO HANOI! :D

Currently Hanoi has about more than 200 completed buildings and under const. projects with 9 or more storeys.

it's nice to know that a lot of Asian cities are gradually improving. Go! Go! Go!

So beautiful city. :eek: :eek:

So beautiful city. :eek: :eek:
...really? :|

...really? :|

Sure..Hanoi has many old french style buildings and beautiful lake...

Its beautiful..But...I prefer Ho chi min city to Hanoi :D :D

boring!!!

...really? :|

Stop the idiotic condescending attitude. A nice city is not all about glittering skyscrapers and shining malls. :sleepy:

Really of changing a lot since seal up from int'l world for more than decade :)

Tranquil and nice city :cheers:

Vietnam government confirms Hanoi will set up the Stock Exchange next year on March

What I like about Hanoi and Saigon is the atmosphere of the citylife and its people. Very classic.I hope it won`t be spoiled by skyscrapers in the future.Hanoi looks like a collection of villages with a few skyscrapers to me with dramatic greeneries.Hopefully it stays that way.

..as i said with Saigon: "give it 10 more years" and it will be at the same standard as Bangkok, M.M, Jakarta or even K.L" ;) Go GO Viet Nam! :D


Um not quite. Maybe 20yrs.

yeah Bangkok and KL is way ahead of saigon or any other south east asian city and is in a totally different league.


Um not really. Singapore is also in SEA and they are the most advance.

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Hanoi is more developed than I thought.

Vietnam is one of the fastest growing country in Asia.
I like its architecture... very romantic...

Vietnam is one of the fastest growing country in Asia.
I like its architecture... very romantic...
"ONE" of the fastest growing countries in Asia?

What number does Vietnam rank?

How is the rank determined?

"ONE" of the fastest growing countries in Asia?

What number does Vietnam rank?

How is the rank determined?

GDP growth of vietnam is often at the top rank of asia. just a bit behind china.

GDP growth of vietnam is often at the top rank of asia. just a bit behind china.
Thanks but exactly what number does Vietnam rank? Also how is the rank determined?, simply by GDP growth?

Thanks but exactly what number does Vietnam rank? Also how is the rank determined?, simply by GDP growth?

When we talk about fast growing country, don't you use GDP growth to evaluate?
I think GDP growth is the most common tool we use to say how fast one economy grow.

What percent is Vietnam's GDP growth?
What rank vietnam is?
You can find it easily from internet.
I won't take my time to search the data for you. But I am sure it is higher than 7%.
But when most of asian countries suffered from economic crisis,
Vietnam was the one that maintained its growth rate pretty well.

Vietnam is also rank 2 by the most fast growing telecommunication after china.
then...aviation, tourism, economy, construction,... .

Vietnam ! '' new Dragon of Asia '' rate of WB (World Bank) ! Vietnam Go on ! :D

the GDP in Vietnam is 7.2% last year .. just a bit behind China

7.6% last year, not 7.2%.

The future of S. Asia will be at the hands of India, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines. All these countries are developing veeeeeeeerry fast.

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need some skyline by that lake, but not too close so that it won't destroy the natural scene

No, I think it´s enough, because the Hoan Kiem Lake it´s an ancient area.
Hanoi should make a second "downtown" just for skyscrapers with 50st. and above, to show the (new) other powerful side of Hanoi.

The government even planned 5 years ago to make the downtown (Hoan Kiem Lake) to a next Hong Kong/New York with a lot of Skyscraper around the lake.

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So contrast!!! our little Hanoi is growing taller...the city of lakes,so beautiful :) ...but there's something which doesnt seem very well,showed in the 4th picture: Melia and Hanoi towers and the mid-lake temple...i dont know if it's just this angle's view...but i think its better to build dozens of 6 or 7 storeys buildings than just 2 or 3 high rises there,in the Guom lake area...u know what i mean.

:eek2:
I miss Hanoi! The city is so beautiful!

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I like Hanoi so much.

hannoi is not bad at all, thanks for sharing.

i enjoy those old and new architecture.

really impressive. if theres one country i wanna visit in asia, it would be vietnam (after seeing vietnam in this forum).

Hanoi is such a beautiful city... hope they won't destroy all the old relics like they do in Saigon...

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Really like the constrast of old and new in this pic. Heh i didnt note this before, but does anyone know the name of that temple? I dont think it is the temple of literature right?

Doesn't look like the Temple of Literature to me.

Nice picture and this angle seems to reflect the changes of Hanoi in 10 year-period but I still think the high buildings dont really fit into the old part of this beautiful city.

This temple is not the Temple of Literature . It is called Quan Su Pagoda (or the Ambassadors' Pagoda). It s located at Quan Su Street in which is near the location of Hanoi Tower ( U could see in the image )

Formerly, it was a small Buddhist Pagoda, which had been constructed during the Le Dynasty in the 15th century to receive foreign envoys and ambassadors.Since 1942, the pagoda has been restored and expanded many times with a larger and better architectural structure.

i alsi like this pic... and i agree with Lupo, those kind of building don't suit with this part of the city... but anyway, they're quiet alright as the don't look like the Sheraton at west lake, which is probably the ugliest building on Hanoi. Wo agree?

Just curious.....eur....are u Vietnamese lupo? :)

Xin cha`o ta^'t ca? thanh` vie^n trong forum ( Just wanna say HI in vietnamese to everyone ;) )

yeah, I m Vietnamese.This s a first time I ve been to this forum. I really wanna to find somewhere to share my passion, my love about Vietnam in general and Hanoi in particular. Hopefully this is the one. Once more time, I wanna send my BIG HELLLO to everybody in this forum and nice to meet u guys :)

Lupo :D

OH ! Hanoi is very beautiful. This city combines modern towers and natural.
Hanoi is going to look better than i think. Excellent Hanoi !
THANKS FOR AWESOME PICTUIRES !

i alsi like this pic... and i agree with Lupo, those kind of building don't suit with this part of the city... but anyway, they're quiet alright as the don't look like the Sheraton at west lake, which is probably the ugliest building on Hanoi. Wo agree?


Wait, which one is the Sheraton one? the Stripe one or the one in brown?

Wait, which one is the Sheraton one? the Stripe one or the one in brown?
None of them.
the stripe one: Hanoi Melia
brown one: Hanoi Towers
That´s the Sheraton Hanoi.
http://www.meetingsvietnam.com/hotels/hanoi/sheratonHN/pix2.jpg
source:meetingsvietnam.com

Its not really beautiful at all but the Sheraton Saigon, I think is ugly, too.

This is the Sheraton? Man that is one ugly big box.

Man if u had chance, go to the top floor of this building and then look down. U would say to yourself this building shouldnt ve been built at this stunningly beautiful spot

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this is my favorite spot of all Hanoi.... I love this tranquil lake.... I spent a month in Hanoi in 2003, a few months before the ASEAN games and it was a great experience.. :D the French architecture left is also nice...

we hanged out at the Press Club, where a colleague of mine is friends in an inhouse Singaporean manager... also in Melia Hanoi where there are Filipino entertainers at their lobby...

well... its sort of a culture shock for me to see dozens of motorcycles and bicycles plying the main thoroughfares....

very nice

no

We have a guy from Hanoi! Someone will keep the capital's projects up to date!

Im assuming saigon_monsooner is refering to lupo right?

Wat up lupo, WELCOME. Are u currently live in Hanoi now?

Do we only have him as the only one from Hanoi?

I´m just indirect but this summer direct........so glad about it.... ;-).

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wow,hanoi is more and more bigger

Strange....in fact Hanoi is more crowded than Saigon (i mean ppl per sqr. mile) but not that hustle-bustle feeling that u can see in those pics,even when i walked along Hanoi streets....

Heh check out this website http://www.jorgetutor.com/inicio.asp . There are a lot of good pics taken by Jorge Tutor. Here are some good pictures from the site.
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yeah u're right Bang, all the Sheraton all over the world look ugly... so typically americain, they just can't design something that suits to the local architecture... the one in Nice (south of France) is also an ugly box...

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Does anyone from Hanoi...know any details about this project underconstruction? Sêem to be a major project.

oh...found this thread again. We can keep on use it for topics, news, ... about Hanoi and serious discussion.

Định hướng quy hoạch và phát triển thủ đô đến năm 2020

Theo quy hoạch đã được Thủ tướng Chính phủ phê duyệt đến năm 2020, về định hướng chung, các khu vực thuộc Hà Nội hiện nay sẽ phát triển theo hướng về phía nam và phía bắc sông Hồng, trong đó có việc mở rộng phát triển và liên kết với một số tỉnh phía bắc.

Hướng phát triển về phía nam sông Hồng: Khu vực Nam Thăng Long và 5 phường quận Tây Hồ, đến năm 2020 diện tích đất xây dựng đô thị khoảng 3.280ha để tạo điều kiện liên kết với tỉnh Hà Tây. Các dự án trong khu vực gồm có: Khu công nghiệp Nam Thăng Long; Ciputra - Tây hồ Tây; các khu xây dựng tập trung; khu trung tâm mới Xuân La. Khu vực quận Cầu Giấy và khu phát triển mới tới sông Nhuệ đến năm 2020, nhu cầu xây dựng đô thị khoảng 2.586ha. Các dự án trong khu vực gồm có: Công viên Mễ Trì; Trung tâm Thể dục Thể thao Mỹ Đình; khu đô thị mới Trung Yên, Yên Hoà và Saparof. Khu vực quận Thanh Xuân và khu phát triển mới, đến năm 2020 diện tích đất đô thị khoảng 1.663ha. Các dự án trong khu vực là: Khu công nghiệp Pháp Vân - Cầu Bươu; Trung tâm dịch vụ Linh Đàm. Khu vực phía nam đường Minh Khai, nhu cầu xây dựng đất đô thị khoảng 1.990ha. Các dự án trong khu vực là: Khu công nghiệp Minh Khai, Vĩnh Tuy, Thanh Trì; công viên Yên Sở, khu dân cư Mai Động.

Hướng phát triển về phía bắc sông Hồng: Tạo điều kiện cho việc mở rộng phát triển và liên kết với các tỉnh Bắc Giang, Hưng Yên, Hải Dương và Hải Phòng trong vùng kinh tế trọng điểm phía bắc. Khu vực phía bắc cầu Thăng Long, đến năm 2020 đất xây dựng đô thị khoảng 3.850ha. Đây sẽ là khu đô thị mới phát triển tổng hợp nhiều chức năng: Khu công nghiệp tập trung, khu vui chơi giải trí, công viên cây xanh - khu thể dục thể thao; khu dân cư; Trung tâm Tài chính quốc tế Phương Trạch. Các dự án khu vực: Sân gôn Daeha, Khu công nghiệp Sumitomo, khu đô thị mới NorthBridge. Khu vực Cổ Loa, xây dựng đất đô thị khoảng 3.245ha. Khu vực Đông Anh, xây dựng đất đô thị khoảng 1.430ha. Khu vực nam và bắc sông Đuống, gồm thị trấn Gia Lâm - Sài Đồng - Đức Giang - Yên Viên. Dự kiến, đến năm 2020 diện tích đất xây dựng đô thị khoảng 4.296ha. Chỉ tiêu nhà ở bình quân là 18-20m2/người.

Các khu công nghiệp được khai thác theo 2 hướng để tạo khả năng phát triển kinh tế, liên kết với các khu vực lân cận. Cải tạo lại các khu công nghiệp hiện có, sắp xếp cho phù hợp với quy hoạch thành phố. Xây dựng một số khu công nghiệp tập trung như: Khu công nghiệp Sài Đồng A và B; Nam và Bắc Thăng Long; Đông Anh; Sóc Sơn. Cải tạo các khu Đức Giang, Cầu Bươu, Pháp Vân, Cầu Diễn. Dự kiến, đất dành cho công nghiệp là 3.000ha.

Hệ thống trung tâm công cộng, bao gồm các trung tâm hiện có và phát triển các trung tâm mới như: Trung tâm Thương mại - Tài chính Tây Hồ; tây Nam Thăng Long, Phương Trạch, Vân Trì, Gia Lâm; tây nam Cổ Loa và Xuân Trạch.

Hệ thống giao thông đường bộ: Hoàn thành tuyến đường vành đai 3 từ ga Bắc Hồng qua cầu Thăng Long, qua Thanh Xuân, qua cầu Thanh Trì, qua sông Đuống tại trạm bơm Bốt Vàng sang cầu Phù Đổng, nối với Yên Viên lên đường 18 (dự kiến). Trong tương lai, khi đường vành đai 3 trở thành đô thị sẽ phải mở thêm đường vành đai 4 qua cầu Thượng Cát theo đường 70, qua ga Việt Hưng và nhập vào đường vành đai 3. Ngoài ra, sẽ xây dựng trục bắc sông Hồng, ngã ba Cầu Chui - cầu Đông Trù - Cổ Loa - Bắc Thăng Long. Ngoài 3 cầu hiện có là: Chương Dương, Thăng Long và Long Biên, để giao lưu giữa 2 đô thị bên bờ sông Hồng, lần lượt xây dựng thêm 5 cầu mới: Thanh Trì, Vĩnh Tuy, Nhật Tân, Tứ Liên, Thượng Cát.

(ashui)

@ versalvin: the u/c building in ur last post calls the Skyline Building...:colgate:...

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Very nice pics,
I' ve been there last year
and I liked it very much,
same as Saigon.


Greetzzzz XeloS

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Great pics of Hanoi TQ,
keep on going on.

Greetzzz XeloS

source: http://www.hanoimoi.com.vn/vn/14/77747/

Quy hoạch Thủ đô Hà Nội đến năm 2020
28/02/2006 18:58
Quy hoạch Thủ đô Hà Nội đến năm 2020 mở rộng cả hai hướng Nam và Bắc sông Hồng vừa được Chính phủ phê duyệt, trong đó có việc mở rộng liên kết với một số tỉnh phía Bắc...

Định hướng quy hoạch thủ đô Hà Nội đến năm 2020, cho thấy: Hướng phát triển về phía Nam sông Hồng, tại khu vực Nam Thăng Long và 5 phường quận Tây Hồ, đến năm 2020 diện tích đất xây dựng đô thị ở đây sẽ khoảng 3.280ha, đủ để tạo điều kiện liên kết với các dự án phát triển đô thị tỉnh Hà Tây. Các dự án trong khu vực gồm có: Khu Công nghiệp Nam Thăng Long; Ciputra - Tây Hồ Tây; các khu xây dựng tập trung, khu trung tâm mới Xuân La.

Khu vực quận Cầu Giấy và khu phát triển mới tới sông Nhuệ đến năm 2020, nhu cầu xây dựng đô thị khoảng 2.586ha. Các dự án trong khu vực này gồm có: Công viên Mễ Trì, Trung tâm thể dục thể thao Mỹ Đình, Khu đô thị mới Trung Yên, Yên Hoà và Saporof.


Khu vực quận Thanh Xuân và khu phát triển mới, đến năm 2020 diện tích đất đô thị khoảng 1.663ha. Các dự án trong khu vực là: Khu công nghiệp Pháp Vân - Cầu Bươu, Trung tâm dịch vụ Linh Đàm.

Khu vực phía Nam đường Minh Khai, nhu cầu đất xây dựng đô thị khoảng gần 2.000ha. Các dự án trong khu vực này bao gồm: Khu công nghiệp Minh Khai, Vĩnh Tuy, Thanh Trì, công viên Yên Sở, khu dân cư Mai Động…

Còn hướng phát triển về phía Bắc sông Hồng theo quy hoạch nhằm tạo điều kiện cho việc mở rộng và liên kết với các tỉnh Bắc Giang, Bắc Ninh, Hưng Yên, Hải Dương và Hải Phòng, là những tỉnh nằm trong vùng kinh tế trọng điểm phía Bắc. Như vậy, tương lai khu đô thị Bắc sông Hồng sẽ trở thành một trung tâm Công nghiệp - Thương mại - Dịch vụ đồng bộ và hiện đại của thủ đô Hà Nội.

Khu đô thị Bắc sông Hồng được xây dựng theo 3 giai đoạn. Giai đoạn từ 2005 - 2010, tập trung đầu tư các công trình hạ tầng kỹ thuật trọng điểm; từ 2010 đến 2015, mở rộng phát triển khu đô thị theo hướng sân bay Nội Bài và bám theo 3 trục khu vực Đông Bắc cầu Thăng Long - Nội Bài, tuyến đường 5 kéo dài, trục đường cầu Nhật Tân - quốc lộ 3; giai đạn 2015 - 2020, hoàn thiện cơ cấu không gian toàn bộ khu đô thị.

Tại khu vực phía Bắc cầu Thăng Long, đến năm 2020 đất xây dựng đô thị khoảng 3.850ha. Đây sẽ là khu đô thị mới phát triển tổng hợp nhiều chức năng: Khu công nghiệp tập trung, khu vui chơi giải trí, công viên cây xanh - khu thể dục thể thao, khu dân cư; Trung tâm Tài chính Quốc tế Phương Trạch. Các dự án khu vực, có sân gôn Daeha, Khu công nghiệp Sumitomo, Khu đô thị mới NorBridge. Khu Cổ loa sẽ xây dựng đô thị khoảng 3.246ha. Khu vực Đông Anh, đất xây dựng đô thị khoảng 1.430ha. Chỉ tiêu nhà ở bình quân là 18-20m2/người.

Các khu công nghiệp được khai thác theo 2 hướng với mục tiêu tạo khả năng phát triển kinh tế, liên kết với các khu vực lân cận; cải tạo lại các khu công nghiệp hiện có, sắp xếp cho phù hợp với quy hoạch thành phố. Xây dựng một số khu công nghiệp tập trung như: Khu công nghiệp Sài Đồng A và B, Khu công nghiệp Nam và Bắc Thăng Long, Đông Anh, Sóc Sơn. Cải tạo các khu Đức Giang, Cầu Bươu, Pháp Vân, Cầu Diễn. Dự kiến, đất dành cho công nghiệp khoảng 3.000ha.

Về hệ thống trung tâm công cộng, bao gồm các trung tâm hiện có và phát triển trung tâm mới, như: Trung tâm Thương mại - Tài chính Tây Hồ, Tây Nam Thăng Long, Phương Trạch, Vân Trì, Gia Lâm, Tây Nam Cổ Loa và Xuân Trạch.

Về hệ thống giao thông đường bộ, theo quy hoạch được duyệt, sẽ: Hoàn thành tuyến đường vành đai 3 từ ga Bắc sông Hồng qua cầu Thăng Long, qua Thanh Xuân, qua cầu Thanh Trì, qua sông Đuống tại Trạm Bơm Bốt Vàng, qua cầu Phù Đổng, nối với Yên Viên lên đường 18. Trong tương lai khi tuyến đường vành đai 3 trở thành đô thị sẽ phải mở rộng thêm tuyến đường vành đai 4 qua cầu Thượng Cát theo đường 70, qua ga Việt Hưng và nhập vào đường vành đai 3. Ngoài ra, sẽ xây dựng trục Bắc sông Hồng, ngã ba Cầu Chui - Cầu Đông Trù - Cổ Loa - Bắc Thăng Long. Ngoài 3 cầu hiện có là: Chương Dương, Thăng Long và Long Biên, để giao lưu giữa 2 đô thị bên bờ Bắc và Nam sông Hồng, lần lượt Hà Nội đã và sẽ xây dựng thêm 5 cầu mới, bao gồm: Thanh Trì, Vĩnh Tuy, Nhật Tân, Tứ Liên, Thượng Cát.

Như vậy là mươi, mười lăm năm tới, sẽ có một Hà Nội mới tráng lệ hai bên bờ sông Hồng./.

Ha Noi is so beautiful and perhaps Restored Sword Lake is the symbol of HN

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nice pics of hanoi!

i'm from singapore and i will be going there 2 weeks later. the weather there should be around 20 degrees right? may i know where is the best spot to photograph the city at night?

also, is it possible to hire a car and driver to mai chau or hoa binh? how much would it be?

thanks.

heh can u repost them? they arent shown up i htink the links are broken

nice pics of hanoi!

i'm from singapore and i will be going there 2 weeks later. the weather there should be around 20 degrees right? may i know where is the best spot to photograph the city at night?

also, is it possible to hire a car and driver to mai chau or hoa binh? how much would it be?

thanks.
yea the weather in hanoi right now should be nice and humid :)

nice pics of hanoi!

i'm from singapore and i will be going there 2 weeks later. the weather there should be around 20 degrees right? may i know where is the best spot to photograph the city at night?

also, is it possible to hire a car and driver to mai chau or hoa binh? how much would it be?

thanks.

The best spots for the old section are Hanoi Flag Tower and the upper-floor-seatings of the cafes around Hoan Kiem Lake. These cafes are also good for people watching.

It is possible to hire a car or van with driver/guide to Mai Chau, but, I think your better bet is to have over-night packaged tour with one of the tourist office. My dad took one two years ago. He really liked it. I'm not sure how much it cost. One thing I know for sure is that it won't cost you an arm or a leg!

Enjoy your time there and share us your pictures, Aloyteo. :)

thanks guys for your suggestions :)

i will definitely check out the cafes! but are there any tall office buildings that offer a panoramic view of the city?

will try to upload my pics here after i return to singapore on 27 march.

Hoa Binh Mai Chau one-way taxi is about ~50USD?

How about considering a tour to Lang Son, Ba Vi, Yen Tu or Ha Long?

Every site can be fully visited during one day.

Anyway, have a nice jiak hong staying in Vietnam! :)

hanoi always cool, poise and charming.......it's saigon that has the attitude, but somehow I love saigon.
Thanh pho ho chi minh muon nam, muon nam :)
muon nam i tell ya, muon nam hehehe

Mình nhớ cái lạnh của mùa Đông HàNội quá ! :gaah: :naughty:

oh ya i forgot to ask which is the power plug type that is used in hanoi? is it the 2 pin round type? or the 2 pin flat type?

http://kropla.com/images/plug_c.gif

or

http://kropla.com/images/plug_a.gif ??

Most face-place plugs are configured for both. If not, you can buy adaptors easily and cheaply.

just came back from hanoi! great place except for the traffic! i still haven't mastered the art of crossing roads with motorbikes charging straight at you haha ;) people there are quite friendly too. i saw quite a few high-rise construction projects too...

please go here http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=187272 to see some of the photos

for the rest, please visit the site in my signature, thanks! :)

Wow you are a photographer! Why didn't you say that b'fore, it would have been more thourough....j/k :D

Those are wonderful pictures, thanx for sharing, it would be nice if some stories are to b told, too :)

no lah i'm not a photographer, just a tourist haha :)

wish i had stayed longer there cos i didn't get to visit the minority villages such as mai chau. i ended up going to a region called hoa lu and tam coc but it was nice too as i visited the area they term it as "ha long bay on land". maybe i will go again in autumn to witness the harvesting season ;)

well .. even I m an Hanoi-an, I must admit these pics re very good. :P.
aloyteo: in fact, if you want to cross a road, just charge onwards until you reach the opposite pavement. Except for the relatively new ones, hanoi roads arent wide enough for motorbikes to run at more than 30 kms per hour :D

cross the streets eh
first time riase your hand make the cross: in the name of the father, son, holy spirit, amen.
then look around.... smile.....and step forward with confident.....and always....always assume if any car, bike, moto bike hits you, means the driver must think you're very attractive and they want to get to know U

COOL PIX :)
see u next time when you've got a new camera, and your great photos'll be better.

thanks guys :) new camera? maybe sometime in the far far future haha... right now just enjoy what i have.

source: wiki.d-addicts.com
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...just want to recommend a K-Drama, namely "Hanoi Bride"...

Hanoi Bride is a very special, two-part K-Drama, filmed to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam war. It tells the story of Eun Woo (Lee Dong Wook), a Korean doctor who meets and falls in love with Tib, a half-Korean, half-Vietnamese woman (played by Kim Ok Bin) whilst in Vietnam. However, Tib's sister is opposed to the match, as she was hurt by a Korean man in the past, and so persuades her Tib to break off the relationship.

Eun Woo returns to Korea broken hearted, only for his older brother Sok Woo (Lee Won Jong) to head off to Vietnam in search of a bride himself. But when he returns with a young woman on his arm, Eun Woo is horrified to discover that it is Tib!

Source: YesAsia.com



...the story is not really new, but its still interesting in my eyes...they have filmed Hanoi and Ha Long very beautiful...I was very impressed...it looks so romantic...the songs in the movie of a korean singer and Nhat Tinh Anh are great too...

watch it on youtube.com
"Hanoi Bride" -> Search

-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlFMGQxMeoM (this is my favourite part)

...search for more parts on it...

oh....no more Korean drama, at least in this forum...:)

Thanks for the short video clip. I think it's okay. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure the series is great but the shots doesn't accentuate the beauty of Ha Long bay. The shots emphasized too much on how they lost and found each other. So her name is Tib or Thi Vu? If you like this series, you must see "Friends". Similar story (but better IM uninformed O) but Kyoko Fukada is an angel.

source: wiki.d-addicts.com
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/static/images/2/21/HanoiBride.jpg
...just want to recommend a K-Drama, namely "Hanoi Bride"...



...the story is not really new, but its still interesting in my eyes...they have filmed Hanoi and Ha Long very beautiful...I was very impressed...it looks so romantic...the songs in the movie of a korean singer and Nhat Tinh Anh are great too...

watch it on youtube.com
"Hanoi Bride" -> Search

-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlFMGQxMeoM (this is my favourite part)

...search for more parts on it...


I've just watched the movie it's not so perfect but for me it is very impressive!

You can download the full DVD version (English sub) here:

http://www.phimhongkong.com/f/showthread.php?t=38759

wait...

how do i download the movie?

wait...

how do i download the movie?

E1:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9E4AOYBD
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JAW4SJHI
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=41H4CHC1

E2:
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http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S9IZ4QYE
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9QE0YZCW

source: Nhan Dan (http://www.nhandan.com.vn/english/culture/071006/culture_po.htm)

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Hoa Trang Nguyen (First Doctorate Candidate Flower) by Vu Dung, gold medal.

http://www.nhandan.com.vn/english/culture/071006/images/7-10anoidanghoanghon.jpg
'Hanoi Garden and More Beautiful' by Duy Tuong, silver medal.

http://www.nhandan.com.vn/english/culture/071006/images/7-10langdaophuthuong.jpg
'Phu Thuong Peach Blossom Village" by Pham Cong Thang, silver medal.


the second one is quite interesting...never saw Hanoi Skyline in this perspective...

Look like an amateur contest :)

Yea, the 2nd pic is stunning, Hanoi skyline is quite high!¬!!

source: bbc.co.uk

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interior of National Convention is so big!...awesome!!!

source: gettyimages.com Photos by Hoang Dinh Nam

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How about the portraits... nhin thay ghe wa :)

anyone here likes the convention center? I don't

I thought it was kind of nice, big and modern contemporary, but now that I put myself in the shoes of foreign tourists comming to Hanoi, I changed my mind.

IF you from somewhere else comming to Hanoi, would you like to take pictures outside of this building?

they say the structure represents the "sea wave", but unless they add more "waves" on top of that structure, I don't think the building is "sea wave".......I think it looks like a piece of lasagna noodle

the building leaves no lasting impression. I say the conical hat or the star will be more captivating and photogenic.

that building looks like a train station in some country you know.

should add more colours or glass or gold plated :)

very interesting article...
source: VietNamNet (http://english.vietnamnet.vn/lifestyle/2006/10/625228/)

VietNamNet Bridge - “Build me a house in the French style” – that’s the request architect Ho Thieu Tri, who recently returned from France, often gets from his clients. Famous for his work in Vietnam, especially the renovation of Hanoi’s City Theater, Tri , together with his designs proves that there is still a demand for the French-style residence.

Streets with villas

Travelling along the streets of Hanoi, visitors might find themselves in a quiet area, away from the traffic of thousands of cars and motorbikes.

Here the century-old lined trees cast shadows on the old closed gates and the sunlight spills through the vaults of green leaves and dances on the pavement. The crowded, noisy streets seem to be stopped before the yellow walls. All the street noise was absorbed by the ground and the leafy canopies. Unconsciously, drivers slow down to enjoy the cool air pervaded with dracontomelum and lichee flowers. The scene is soon chased away by the traffic. This is one of the rare streets, commonly known as "villa streets" or “French streets”.

Hanoi still has preserved most of the unique European architecture since the first houses with charming chimneys and beautiful dome windows were built around Sword Lake more than a hundred years ago.

Located in Ba Dinh are some of the most famous streets of French villas. Their names, like Phan Dinh Phung, Nguyen Canh Chan, Tran Phu, Le Hong Phong, Hoang Dieu and Dien Bien Phu streets, gives a feeling of peace and calm.

To the South of the Sword Lake are villas, along Hai Ba Trung, Ly Thuong Kiet, Tran Hung Dao and Nguyen Du streets. The two rare architectural communities joined by Hanoi's most luxurious commercial centers of Trang Thi, Hang Khai, Trang Tien. To the east of the lake are public buildings of Lakeside Post Office, Grand Theater, Indochina Bank, Museum of History, Pasteur Institute, Metropole Hotel, and the streets of Ly Thai To, Ngo Quyen, and Phan Chu Trinh.

The French wanted to make Hanoi a "miniature Paris in Indochina" soon after setting foot in Vietnam at the end of the 19th century to relieve their homesickness. Their construction continued until the 1940s.

Mr. Tri, who spent many years in France, describes it as “a detailed and systematic community divided logically and scientifically”. Ba Dinh District (to the south of West Lake) became the administrative center and many villas for high ranking officials were located a little down. What is now the Presidential Palace and headquarters of the Department of Foreign Affairs was once the residence of the indochina Governor-General.

North of Sword Lake were the 36 streets, which together formed the commercial center of Vietnam. Banks and post offices were located to the west of the lake and the villas of French officials were located to the south.

“Half of Hanoi”

Soạn: HA 931351 gửi đến 996 để nhận ảnh này
A villa in Le Hong Phong Street, Hanoi.

“Vietnam’s contemporary architecture coincidenced with the French colony. It was the most important transitional time for the Vietnamese architecture and urban,” says Professor Hoang Dao Kinh, “because, before the 19th century, the Vietnamese architecture was completely traditional wooden. Westerners, especially the French, brought a new European style of architecture to Vietnam, creating a transitional time bridging the traditional and the modern architecture.”

At this time, many urban areas sprang up and their structures were completely new to the Vietnamese and the other Asian peoples. They included hospitals, post offices, iron bridges (Long Bien Bridge, for example), museums, institutes, hotels, theaters, even houses for rent (, detached houses, a precursor of modern-day apartment buildings).

The villas coexisted with other Vietnamese constructions of the 36 streets, ancient quarter and the natural scenes like Truc Bach or Sword lakes, creating a traditional heritage, and a dominant appearance of Hanoi.

“Hanoi's unique architecture has not been replicated anywhere, even in Africa, in any other Indochina country or any other French colony,” says Mr. Tri.

Cultural expert Pham Hoang Hai explains, “As the French intended to stay in Vietnam permanently, they put up architectural masterpieces. The French colonial government, the high ranking officials and businessmen built their residence to look like their home in France.”

It is true that there are a few French villas in Ho Chi Minh City, Hue, Hai Phong, Da Lat, Sa Pa and Tam Dao but none of them can stand next to the ancient streets, complimenting each other like what is seen in Hanoi. Mr. Kinh says that the villas make up half of Hanoi.

There were some 2,000 ancient European, especially French, villas in Hanoi, half of which were considered to have architectural values. They are now used as offices (in Ba Dinh, or Phan Dinh Phung, Nguyen Canh Chan streets) and residence for government senior officials. Many to the south of Sword Lake are also private homes.

A villa dream

Soạn: HA 931353 gửi đến 996 để nhận ảnh này
A villa on Phan Dinh Phung Street.

“It is more difficult to build a modern house in Hanoi than in Ho Chi Minh City,” says Tri the architect. “This is because the French architecture left less influence in Ho Chi Minh City than in Hanoi”.

He and his colleagues sometimes get orders to build villas “like the ones in Ba Dinh” even though the owners did not have enough land to fit a flower garden. “It’s not easy to convince them to build a modern place. To them, a French villa is an standard or a dream,” he explained.

The influence that the French style has had on the Chinese and the Vietnamese architecture is so great that it can be hard to tell which is which in the case of villas.

“Some Vietnamese villas were designed more carefully and sophistically, and even larger those of the old French officials,” Mr. Phan Hoang Hai said. “The first Vietnamese architects were inspirated by old pagodas and created a unique Indochina architecture.”

Such villas can be seen on Nguyen Du and Phan Dinh Phung streets. Their curved roofs, roof edgings and windows decorated with swastikas like what are found in pagodas, distinguishing them from the French villas. The villa belonging to the patriotic entrepreneur Trinh Van Bo still stands on Hoang Dieu Street. With an area of more than 1,000 meter and a garden, it looks like a royal palace.

The Chinese villas are a mixture of the French and the Chinese architecture. The roofs, walls and gates are often Chinese in style but are decorated with Chinese characters and symbols. A good example of this style is the Chinese embassy on Hoang Dieu Street, once the home of province chief Hoang Cao Khai.

“To the Chinese their homes were symbols of their status and showed their success in business”, says Mr. Tri, who has just completed the restoration of one such place on Phan Boi Chau Street. It is now a business representative office. Like others, it is based on the French style of architecture and decorated with Chinese patterns.

that's why i tell ya hanoi people they have taste. It's not the matter of french or what's not.
it's the beauty, the round arch window, the extra plaster art work, just a delight to look at those building again and again.

ey
that government building underconstruction on Ngo Quyen -Hai Ba trung street, before it was a park right?.
I found a picture of that site, people sitting on the bench facing right into the "galaxy hotel" so they building on a park?

and I see big big changes of Hanoi view from the hanoi tower. they knocked down small French buildings to build big big French buildings, I think they;re all schools?
can someone take pictures of these areas? I think hai ba trung street.

ey I just noticed in Saigon we have the street name "le thanh ton" in hanoi "le thanh tong"

The same one! One of the greatest king of Vietnam, in his rule, Laos, Ava of Myanmar, Lanna, Ayuthaya, Melacca, Champa are all Vietnam vassal states

The same one! One of the greatest king of Vietnam, in his rule, Laos, Ava of Myanmar, Lanna, Ayuthaya, Melacca, Champa are all Vietnam vassal states

those places were once part of vietnam...?????because i recall i once saw a map in the history museum of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, drawn by the British in 1600's.
it had the whole indochina area with part of Myanmar and Thailand grouped together into one giant state named "Annamite Empire". it is a mystery since i never learn about such state in the history of vn.

yeah we were once strong and mighty, now we're just lazy you know

I think we should train more horses, elephants, make more swords, bows etc......to strengthen our military power.

They were client states, which means they paid annual tributes to Dai Viet. This does not mean that Dai Viet once ruled over those kingdoms. The Hong Duc (regency title of Emperor Le Thanh Tong) military expeditions, though, went as far as the Irrawady to punish the Burmese for their naughtiness and along the way it subjugated the Lao kingdoms and struck fear in the hearts of the Thais, Khmers, Javanese and Malays. Emperor Le Thanh Tong organised a naval expedition against the Malay sultanate but called it off after strong protestation from the Ming court.

Emperor Le Thanh Tong was no doubt one of the greatest law maker, land reformer, poet and military leaders in Vietnamese history.

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The national Convention Centre is really modern and amazingly beautiful. I really like it.

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Ngày 30-10: Bàn giao Trung tâm Hội nghị quốc gia
SGGP:: Cập nhật ngày 24/10/2006 lúc 23:51'(GMT+7)

TT Hội nghị Quốc gia

Tin từ Ủy ban Quốc gia về APEC ngày 24-10 cho biết, sau khi nghiệm thu và vận hành thử, dự kiến ngày 30-10 sẽ diễn ra lễ bàn giao Trung tâm Hội nghị quốc gia để phục vụ Hội nghị cấp cao APEC.

Vào ngày mai (26-10), tại Trung tâm Hội nghị quốc gia sẽ diễn ra lễ tổng duyệt tiệc chiêu đãi khoảng gần 1.000 quan khách đến từ các nền kinh tế thành viên dự hội nghị cấp cao APEC tại Việt Nam. Dự kiến, Chủ tịch nước Nguyễn Minh Triết sẽ chủ trì buổi tổng duyệt.

Được biết, trong dịp diễn ra Tuần lễ cấp cao APEC, sẽ có khoảng 10.000 đại biểu và nhà báo quốc tế đến Việt Nam tham dự (gấp 5 lần so với số đại biểu dự ASEM 5 tại Hà Nội cuối năm 2004). Vì vậy, ngoài hơn 3.000 phòng của các khách sạn 5 sao đã có sẵn ở Hà Nội, nhiều khách sạn thuộc loại 4 sao, 3 sao đã được khẩn trương nâng cấp để đón khách.

- Trong khuôn khổ chương trình nâng cao chất lượng thông tin về APEC do Chính phủ Canada tài trợ; hôm nay (25-10), Ban Thư ký APEC 2006 phối hợp với Phòng Thông tin – Tuyên truyền của Ban Thư ký APEC quốc tế (trụ sở tại Singapore) tổ chức buổi thông tin về công tác báo chí phục vụ Tuần lễ cấp cao APEC cho các cán bộ làm công tác báo chí, các biên tập viên và phóng viên các báo đài trong nước và quốc tế.

- Phó Thủ tướng Chính phủ Phạm Gia Khiêm, Chủ tịch Ủy ban Quốc gia về APEC, đã có ý kiến chỉ đạo Bộ Tài chính, Bộ Công an, Ban Thư ký APEC 2006 về việc tiếp nhận lô hàng viện trợ gồm 30 chiếc mô tô cảnh sát dẫn đường phục vụ Tuần lễ cấp cao APEC 2006 của Chính phủ Hàn Quốc viện trợ.

Theo đó, Bộ Công an tiếp nhận lô hàng viện trợ này và được miễn các loại thuế theo quy định của Luật thuế xuất khẩu, thuế nhập khẩu. Phó Thủ tướng giao Bộ Công an quản lý và sử dụng số xe này theo đúng quy định về quản lý tài sản công.

- Hôm qua, 24-10, tại Hà Nội, với việc ký hợp đồng tài trợ 3,2 tỷ đồng cho các sự kiện APEC, Ngân hàng Đầu tư – Phát triển Việt Nam (BIDV) đã trở thành nhà tài trợ chính cho Hội nghị cấp cao APEC 2006. Bên cạnh đó, BIDV còn tuyển chọn, hỗ trợ 200 cán bộ trẻ, năng động, có trình độ ngoại ngữ tốt tham gia phục vụ Tuần lễ cấp cao APEC tại Trung tâm hội nghị quốc gia Mỹ Đình.
Cùng ngày, Công ty cổ phần Du lịch và thương mại Vinpearl và Công ty cổ phần An Viên đã trao tặng một số xe ô tô chuyên dụng (trị giá 500 triệu đồng) để phục vụ Hội nghị APEC.

H.Y.- TH.N. - TR.B

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wow, thanks for the pics..but I would like to have more viet deco inside^^...let me say it like this...the basic idea and concept of NCC is very amazing but the conversion its not as expected...in my view the NCC should be a single-colored and more bright...we need the contrast to the surrounding area...nevertheless I still kinda love it^^

There's something that i don't like inside the building, i don't know what it is...however it's a nice one.

ps: 3rd pic looks like an airport terminal!

it looks kinda cold huh...my first impression: okayyyy this one is very communist-like...more plant, more colored something and fountain were be soo nice...or maybe we just ahve to wait...they're not finally done with preparation...

The ornamental is crap, look at the plants, like the same one they put outside an UBND xa~.....hmm

i dont like the interior work,it looks cheap.Even inside the Caravelle hotel or New World hotel look more world-class than this.

well I must say it's nice, big, clean and modern, beautiful too I won't trash it.
But somehow I always dream of a big building for VN that "represents" Vietnam
shall it be a church, temple, museum, government building, opera house whatever.
The interior must be covered in Vietnamese laquer and mother of pearl. KOrean and Japanese they have red Laquer from their pine trees, Vietnamese has Black Laquer (from some tree , I don't know)

but imagine a big big building covered every inch in black laquer and mother of pearl art works like European fresco paintings.
or

bamboo. Bamboo wall, bamboo art, bamboo curtain.
It's so cool when I went back to Vn visited this house in the country side, they had the bamboo curtain with the painting of Ho Hoan Kiem, when someone touched it , the curtain made this bambooie sound hehe.

plain plaster wall is ok, nothing interesting.

we'll save that structure for you to make, bang, you have the greatest vision.

bang, you have to work in one of those departments in Vietnam who is given such possible conversion...:) ...Ho Thieu Tri had been living in France and now he is a big boss in department of architecture or something like this...he is involved in so many important projects (e.g. Bitexco's)...also projects by the government as National Sport Area (My Dinh), Vision of New Old Quarter, National Cinema Theatre, Opera...we can say that he rules about what will be build and how it has to look like because he is in the jury who are deciding about new designs in competion...he's able to approve about designs of new projects...

ncc need more interior decoration, too muh concrete, reminds me of the ghost city of pyongyang an the pyramid hotel.

It's sad to see they decorate the interior of the building this way. Hanoi praised about this project for years, it's modern and going to be a landmark of Hanoi city. They spent hundred of million dollars on the project but cann't even hire a professional interior design to do the work for them. We need to go to the government website, email them about this matter. They need to get rid of those plants inside and outside of the building before APEC starts.

It's sad to see they decorate the interior of the building this way. Hanoi praised about this project for years, it's modern and going to be a landmark of Hanoi city. They spent hundred of million dollars on the project but cann't even hire a professional interior design to do the work for them. We need to go to the government website, email them about this matter. They need to get rid of those plants inside and outside of the building before APEC starts.

send an article to vietnamnet and tuoitre. it's much more effective

indeed they have hire an interior designer ---> http://www.tttcompany.com/

thank you for believing in me.
someday, when I won the Canadian lottery, I will build vietnam something very big, very grand (with me living inside it)


but if you think about it, laquer art is very traditional, very tough, termites can not dig through laquer and bamboo.

even if they're not laquer or bamboo, atleast put the biggest painting of the Bach Dang battle or "hoi truong Dien Hong" ya know

I went inside the national house in Washington DC, they had this big 3 storeys painting of the Civil america war (?) so big so grand.

Vietnamese students get fed up with horrible history lessons, i guess.

hav u guys left them a message.. telling them about our opinion about the interoir of the convention center?

I do not have any intention to do it unless i'm Herzog de Meuron boss

oh u guys these portraits of the leaders are made from sand...

the colors are all natural colors of dfferent kinds of sand from all over vietnam

of the back is scenery from vietnam


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pretty cool

pretty nice, but i would not want my image to be on something like that. looks like the potraits for the "de^`n tho'`".

quite monochromy scenery of Vietnam on the back

those sand potrait..if put some candles & some fruits in front of them....maybe some incense too...amen.

READY FOR APEC

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i must say the ncc only look good from a height like that of a helicopter looking down on the top of the roof.

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ready for APEC

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colorful Hanoi :lock:

hmm thats are the latest pics of Apec's preperation?! I'm surprised their uniforms look better than I've expected...its manly...but I don't like our current green polic-uniform...kinda flabbierly and just ugly!

i like military stuff....thx for the pics....what is on top of that ford expedition?

i just realize...vn police still use ak47 of the russians...it's ironic that i used to play counterstrike and ak47 are used by the terrorists...

the sand pictures, I think all the asian guys will throw them away, but all the white guys will do exactly as chinatown said. trust me.

I visited my friend house and saw his mom (Irish) had this oriental shrine with all the asian things on it as you could imagine, even the imperial dragon robe, chinese wore them to sing opera, she hang it on the wall.
and the "am phu" money she framed them in the picture frames and hang them on the wall too.
and this gigantic statue of budha is standing right next to her bed.
and chinese lanterns and laquer chopsticks ,,,,,,,,,the woman hang them on the wall too
WOW. I'm so scared when I see her now

ey where is that French building located in Hanoi?

VN is so amateur eh? look at them holding the sticks......today we don't just use sticks, we use stone too, and cherry bombs

and the girls wearing Vnmese costumes so dark and gloomy.
My grandmom said when she was growing up in Hanoi, the girls wore bright colourful clothes in big festivals and holidays, those black and brown colours belong to the market.

skidlin ya think these guys can stop terrorists? hehe

I guess that one iss located in the new military area in Hanoi (don't know exactly where)...but near a big chinese gate...new and several other big government buildings are there...they just have opened a street through it..but you know what...they have really fat walls there...its impossible to take photos of a whole building...

stop terrorists?...lol not even if they can run and fart at the same time.

they have no discipline...look at how they present themselves in front of their commander. only one guy seems strictly inline and serious...all the others look like they are on a paint ball game. the images are interesting but only on a playful note.

Hà Nội: tàu hỏa “bay”

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Hanoi, 10/2006

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so many unknown buildingsto me...cai toa nha gi ma mau trang ben dua ben phai day...ma ben trai cua toa nha cu mau vang??? something to Hanoi Hotel...sometime it looks good and sometime really ugly...but I never though that it is a 4-Star Hotel?!!!

http://www.tienphongonline.com.vn/Tianyon/ImageView.aspx?ImageID=76327
I love this pic!!! :)

oh no....hanoi's high railway is not maglev?

oh no....hanoi's high railway is not maglev?
no... maglev is very expensive.. so far only shanghai has it.. most european cities don't even have them.

About the map that I mentioned before, here is the picture I took from the Malaysian History Museum in Kuala Lumpur. It is still a big question mark to me, I can not find any info. about such expansion of the empire.
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As you can see, the empire encompasses Part of Myanmar, Part of Thailand, Indochina, and the Melecca part of Malaysia.

no... maglev is very expensive.. so far only shanghai has it.. most european cities don't even have them.

I can't remember to have seen ever a "tau bay" in europe...shit...magelv, whats so good about it?

About the map that I mentioned before, here is the picture I took from the Malaysian History Museum in Kuala Lumpur. It is still a big question mark to me, I can not find any info. about such expansion of the empire.
As you can see, the empire encompasses Part of Myanmar, Part of Thailand, Indochina, and the Melecca part of Malaysia.

What does it say? not very clear... it says something like anamenhk empire?

A N A M E S E...i apologise for the blurry picture, my tour was late and the place was closing. i can assure you it is anamese empire, i read it very carefully before leave with the picture.

I can't remember to have seen ever a "tau bay" in europe...shit...magelv, whats so good about it?

acording to VanSOn in Shanghai: that kind of train runs by air, now only Shnaghai and japan have them. very quiet, very fast, saving energy

New York is a big city, Shanghai is 8 times new york so they need that kind of train to transport.
Hanoi is very small , if you use that kind of train, it willl go so fast that it will transfer you from Ho Hoan kiem to Halong bay instead of stopping somewhere in Hanoi.

it would be great if they use that magnetic levetation train for the north-south express.
now it's 35hrs to travel from saigon to Hanoi by train

acording to VanSOn in Shanghai: that kind of train runs by air, now only Shnaghai and japan have them. very quiet, very fast, saving energy

New York is a big city, Shanghai is 8 times new york so they need that kind of train to transport.
Hanoi is very small , if you use that kind of train, it willl go so fast that it will transfer you from Ho Hoan kiem to Halong bay instead of stopping somewhere in Hanoi.

it would be great if they use that magnetic levetation train for the north-south express.
now it's 35hrs to travel from saigon to Hanoi by train
we could get a shinkansen cuz germany can't even afford to build a usable maglev train.

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Hanoi’s luxury end retail market is getting more active with new space available for distributors of international brands.

CB Richard Ellis retail service director Richard Leech said the area around the Sofitel Metropole Hotel was the most sought-after in the previous quarter. Salvatore Ferragamo and Bally Shoes have taken stores at the Ngo Quyen street entrance into the hotel, complementing the Louis Vuitton shops, which has tripled space.
The Opera Business Centre on Ly Thai To street can boast a first for Vietnam with the opening of the first Burberry stores outside of an airport while Dunhill, Estee Lauder, Shiseido and My Way Café have also moved into the property that is due for completion soon opposite to the Hanoi Opera House.
CB Richard Ellis reveals that the high point of retail rentals for prime locations appears steady at around $90 per square metre per month, including service charges, excluding value added tax.
Pacific Place on Ly Thuong Kiet street is the next hotspot for retailers. The complex is due for completion next March consisting of 16,500sqm of grade A office space, 179 luxury apartments and 6,400sqm of prime retail, a food court and five underground parking levels.
Chesterton Petty Vietnam, the exclusive marketing agent for the complex, confirms the leasing of the retail component is proceeding at a rapid rate with the large majority of the space available having been secured by quality retailers.
Monthly rental levels for the Pacific Place’s ground floor is between $40 to $60 per square metre and Mark Farquhar, associate director of Chesterton Petty, said the retail space was oversubscribed.
Chesterton Petty has also been appointed as marketing agent for Ruby Plaza in Le Ngoc Han street. The 16-storey building will have six levels available for prime retailers in addition to a 680 square metre luxury day spa offering a full range of treatments and a rooftop bar restaurant with fantastic views across the city.
Farquhar said: “We see a unique opportunity for high-end retailers to locate themselves in what will be one of the most sophisticated retail environments in Vietnam.”
Developed by TTD Gems, Ruby Plaza has gross floor area of 11,000 square metre. Owner Do Minh Phu said the project would offer boutique, high-quality products for the discerning shoppers.


No. 785/October 30-November 5, 2006
By Kim Chi


I love to read such nice news...this area (Trang Tien, Ngo Quyen) will become the hanoi version of Dong Khoi Street^^...if you guys have pics of puplic cafés at Dong Khoi don't hestitate to post them!

VietnNamNet Bridge (http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2006/11/631805/)

VietNamNet Bridge – German technology will be used to clean the water of Hoan Kiem Lake, a symbol of Vietnam’s capital,
Hanoi .

First, the lake will be divided into sub-zones, which will be separated by iron nets. Then, small mud vacuums will be used to suck mud from the bottom of the lake for cleaning. Mud will be sucked gradually without affecting animals in the lake. Mud suction will be carried out in each sub-zone one by one, over three months, to avoid sudden shocks to the ecosystem. This task is scheduled to finish in two years. During this time, turtles will be especially cared for.
Scientists consider this technology the most appropriate solution, in both scientific and spiritual aspects.
The creator of this technology is German professor Peter Wener from Dresden University . He has come to Vietnam 20 times to take part in many projects to treat water.
Since he has first come to Vietnam , the professor has enjoyed running around Hoan Kiem Lake . Falling in love with the lake, he thought of using modern technology to clean its water. The idea has been developed into the project that has been highly praised by Vietnamese scientists as it is very suitable to preserving Hoan Kiem Lake and its turtles.
German and Vietnamese scientists have researched and surveyed the lake very carefully to prepare for the implementation of the project.
Le Anh Hung, Director of an environmental treatment company, said: “I’ve seen Germans using this technology to effectively clean up many lakes. This is the most modern water treatment technology in Germany at present”.


(Source: Tien Phong)

omg...GERMANY!!! DRESDEN!!! :banana: :cheers: I want to make a parteeeyyyy!!!

is french still spoken in vietnam?

Not really. Only very few old people still knows how to speak French. My grandma still remembers abit of French.

nope

now the second most widely used language is ENGLISH

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Hoa Phong Tower near Sword Lake in the mid 19th century.

VietNamNet Bridge - 50 3D pictures, films and photos which recreate Hanoi sceneries at different times with modern 3D technology are being exhibited from January 1-8, 2007 at 29 Hang Bai Street. This is an ambitious project of a group named 3DHN.


This interesting idea belongs to Dinh Viet Phuong, the young owner of 3D Align Café, which is familiar to many young people in Hanoi. Phuong said the project is his way of showing his love for his hometown. After planning and collecting necessary materials for 1 year, he gathered a group of friends and 3DHN was born with 10 members, all of whom are people in love with 3D technology and Hanoi.

With the title “Hanoi through the angles of time,” the project aims to introduce Hanoi in the past, at present and in the future. There are images of Hanoi’s ancient streets in three phases of history: in the mid 19th century before the French changed Hanoi’s landscapes; in the beginning of the 20th century when Hanoi was reshaped by the French, and in the winter of 1946 when Hanoi people courageously fought to protect their homeland.

There is also a website on the project, http://www.3dhanoi.com. The group members spent their own money to rent the gallery on Hang Bai street.

CHECK OUT THE PICS ON THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DAMN SO NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :banana:
check out some futuristic designs on this website too ---> du an ----> that la khung khiep!

everything what was demolished, should be rebuild...Hanoi in the past was indeed breathtaking!!!

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kinda old....but maybe still interesting to read


source: http://nippon.zaidan.info/seikabutsu/2002/00531/contents/009.htm#chapter_2_4_1

Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am from Ha Noi Architecture - Planning Department and in today seminar, I would like to speak about the orientation on the urban development planning and the transport system in Ha Noi city by the year 2020.
As you know, Ha Noi is the city with nearly 1,000 years history and has a special importance to the country, which has been identified by many Governmental documents "Ha Noi is the heart of the country, a political, administrative, cultural, educational, and economic and international relations center nationwide.
The latest general master plan for Ha Noi development has been approved by the Prime Minister in 1998. And to boost up Ha Noi's urban socio-economic development, the Government has also issue some legal document especially for Ha Noi, allowing specialized regimes and regulations which are applicable only in Ha Noi to speed up its development. Over the past 10 years, Ha Noi has experienced a stable and smooth growth with annual GDP growth rate of around 10%.
It's quite natural that during its development, Ha Noi did encounter many difficulties as it is a capital city of a country which is still at the initial stage of development and the difficulties are really urgent and many of them require thorough and careful study for optimal solutions.
About the directions for Ha Noi's development plan, first of all, I would like to speak briefly about Ha Noi's present situation. Within its administrative land area, by international standards, Ha Noi is not a very big city as its natural land acreage is 927.39 km2, including 7 inner city districts with acreage of 82.78 km2, accounting for about 9% of total area and about 844 km2 of suburban area. The city's population is around 2.8 million people and average population density is around 30 people/hectares. There is about 1.6 million people living in the inner city area with the registered population of over 1.4 million people and density of nearly 200 persons/ha.
Ha Noi, as the capital city of Vietnam and with the role identified by the government, is the core of the capital urban area. In this capital urban area, Ha Noi city, which is expanded from the present Ha Noi inner city area, is considered as the central city and surrounding this central city will be many other cities developing within the radius of 30-50 km. Some of the cities that should be taken into consideration in the new capital urban area are firstly the series of city in the west from Xuan Mai-Hoa Lac-Son Tay and even Mieu Mon in the future, about 30km west of Ha Noi. At present, this series of cities are entering their initial stage of development. It is estimated by 2020, population of the cities will reach 1 million people, residing in the western acreage of about 17,000 hectares. At present, the core of this series of cities is Hoa Lac, which is at developing stage. The Government has decided to implement some vital projects in Hoa Lac in the short term, including Ha Noi National University project, National High-tech Park project, Industrial Zones and Vietnam ethnic groups' cultural village zone, etc. these are very important projects which will lay the first foundation for the area's development.
The second series of city in the capital urban area is the one in the north of Ha Noi, including Soc Son, Xuan Hoa, Vinh Yen, etc. These are neighboring urban areas with close linkage with each other. It is expected that by 2020, population in the area is about 0.5 million and acreage is about 7,500 hectares. This series of city will be developed basing on some existing townships and urban areas such as Vinh Yen city, Xuan Hoa Township, Soc Son Township and Noi Bai international airport.
Apart from the above 2 important series of city, there will be some other surrounding Ha Noi as satellite cities such as Phu Ly, Hung Yen in the south, Hai Duong and later Pha Lai, Uong Bi in the east, Bac Giang in the northeast and Thai Nguyen in the north and Viet Tri in the farther west. Total population of the cities will be about 4.5-5 million by 2020. The formation of a capital urban area aims at the following objectives:
- To avoid excessively high concentration of population in central city through population attraction. Vietnam is an agricultural country with over 80% of its population works in agriculture and resides in rural areas, so in the future, urbanization and migration of people from rural areas to cities would be very pressing. So one of the measures to reduce such migration is development of a large urban area surrounding the central city to attract population. We have learnt this from the experience of many other countries.
- To fully exploit the potentials of the capital urban area. Ha Noi itself has advantages and strengths of its own. And surrounding urban areas also, with their natural, climate and population characteristics have their own advantages and strengths. The development of the capital urban area will facilitate complete exploitation of each area's potential and advantage to create a common socio-economic strength for the whole area.
- Appropriate distribution of economic, social and population development among different cities in the area. For example, in industrial development, there will be allocation among concentrated industries in central city with surround urban areas. Heavy industries and those requiring large land area or environmentally not very clean ones shall be allocated in outer cities.
The core city, as you can see in the drawings, shall be developed basing on Ha Noi's present urban area. Ha Noi's present urban area is mainly in the south of West Lake and south of Red river, including 7 urban districts with population of around 1.6 million and acreage of about 8,300 hectares. The city can be said as the core, accounting for a half of urban population of the capital urban area. And it is also the driving force for the capital urban area's development as well as for each satellite city's development. Major development directions of the core city are towards the east, west and southwest on the present Tu Liem district's area, toward the north on the present Dong Anh district's area meaning over Red river to the north and partly to the east, on the present Gia Lam district's area. Population of the core city by 2020 is expected to reach 2.5-2.7 million people, residing on an area of about 25.000 hectares with population density of about 100 person/ha, only half of the present inner city density.
By urban characteristics, the core city can be divided into the following zone:
Development restriction zone is the area within ring road No2, by Red river in the east and West Lake in the north. The zone has a long development history which is closely connected to the development of Ha Noi city. This area includes Ha Noi's old citadel in the northwest. The area has nearly one thousand year of development and can be said as the accumulation of Ha Noi's whole development process. In this area also situate the most important functional zones of the city, including the national political area in Ba Dinh, where national governmental agencies such as National Assembly, Government reside and the city's key administrative and commercial and service center around Hoan Kiem lake. This area is highly densely populated and at present, population is about 950,000 people housing in an area of 3,800 hectares. Major development directions for this zone are preservation, revitalization and protection of urban identities and characteristics as this urban area's development origins from Viet Nam's early development stages and improvement of urban quality through 1) reduction of population density by relocation of the people to outer area and it is expected that the population will reduced to 800,000 people by 2020; 2) relocation of industrial establishments and other facilities not fitting the functions of a core city out of the city centre; and control the increase of construction speed and high-storied buildings in the zone. Future facilities to be supplemented for the zone will be mainly social and technical infrastructural facilities and increase of greeneries, urban spaces to improve environment and landscape.
The second zone is expansive development zone on the right bank of Red river. The outer area surrounding the development restriction zone will compose of the expansive development zone. This zone will be developed in the south of Red river basing on the existing residential area and trunks such as Noi Bai international Airport-Ha Noi trunks, NH32 from the west to HN, NH6 from the southwest, NH 1 from the south to Ha Noi. This zone, with development scope of about 8,800 ha of acreage and expected population of 700,000-900,000 people by 2020. Many important functional areas of the city will be locating in this area. In the west of West Lake in Xuan La, Xuan Dinh, there will be a new center of the core city in the south of Red river. This will be both administrative and commercial and service center to diversify, share and create the attractiveness to the new urban areas surrounding Ha Noi. Apart from the center, the area will have some other important areas such as Diplomat Zone, which is currently under construction, National Sport Complex, which is now being construction in preparation for Sea Games, Universities Area in the northwest and west of the city. There will also be large park areas such as the recreational and entertainment area around West Lake to exploit its advantageous location and the benefits of a large city in the urban area. In the southwest of the city, there will also be a large park area consisting of many parks which are situated close to each other, such as cultural park, Semi-wild Park and historical park. Another park area will be in Yen So area in the south and parks, greeneries and recreational areas can also be found along Red river.
The third zone will be the new city area on the left bank of Red river. This are is basically completely newly developed, apart from in Gia Lam area, where some residential area has already been in existence. Population of the area by 2020 is expected to reach 1 million, over an area of about 12,500 ha. Directions for this are will be development of a new, modern, comprehensive and complete urban area with large residential areas and administrative, cultural, commercial and servicing centers and the two largest centers will be in Son Trach and Phuong Trach. In this area also situate many national relics such as Co Loa, which is the capital of the ancient Vietnam of over 2,000 years ago. This will be a very important historical and cultural place of interest in the North. And Van Tri recreational and entertainment area will be developed in this zone on the existing Van Tri swamp. This zone is currently entering its development stage.
So for Ha Noi's 3 zones, the development steps will be concentration on Red river's right bank area in initial development stage as we know that there are at present dozens of investment projects in the area and it is developing robustly; in the second stage, focus will be in the area in Red river's north, which is currently undergoing preliminary steps and having initial preparation activities for its development in future years, for example, the North Thang Long IZ has been developed, urban infrastructure is being invested and the backbone road of this north area is being prepared, etc. for facilitation of the area's development. It is expected that this area will undergo robust development from 2007-2008 onwards.
About the industrial zones: Ha Noi's 9 inner city-situated IZs shall not be expanded but intensively invested for shifting the industries to environment-friendly ones and shifting part of them into transacting centers and offices, etc. while Ha Noi's industrial development shall rely on 7 new and large IZs locating around the city, including Sai Dong in the east over an area of 700 ha, North Thang Long over an area of 300ha, South Thang Long on nearly 300 ha, Cau Dien, Dong Anh and Soc Son with total acreage of about 2,000 ha. The priority industries for development in Ha Noi are high tech, environment-friendly, compact and material and material and fuel intensive ones as well as export-oriented and local market-attached industries such as IT, electronics, textile, mechanics, new materials and high standard building materials, etc. Apart from large and concentrate IZ, we also consider establishing small-scaled industrial clusters locating in residential areas together with developing traditional craft villages. In Ha Noi areas, there are many craft villages, which are marked with yellow in this map, and these are encouraged in preservation and development to preserve a cultural characteristic as well as to create jobs for local people; and this can also be consider as a measure to reduce traveling demand into the city.
About the city's public center system:
The city's public center system is organized in a classified manner, including national centers, municipal centers, regional centers and low level centers closely attached to daily living demand. I have mentioned national and municipal centers above, which include Ba Dinh political center, Hoan Kiem administrative, commercial and servicing center, the large administrative, commercial, servicing and financial center in the west of West Lake, the commercial, servicing and possibly partly administrative center in the north of Red river and Son Trach. These are 5 national and municipal public centers in Ha Noi area. Apart from these 5 national and municipal centers, there are many regional centers locating in the districts areas and urban functional areas. And services demand for the people are satisfied within the residential areas.
The city's greeneries and park system is also a very important component of the city. Greeneries and parks are also arranged by classification, including large greeneries areas such as in the south, southwest, east and north in Co Loa, Van Tri. Apart from these large-scaled greeneries and parks areas, there are also many regional level greeneries and parks in combination with the greeneries in residential areas and units.
Orientations for transport development in Ha Noi's urban area:
Firstly, I would like to speak about some of our perspectives regarding transport system development in Ha Noi area.
- Ha Noi is identified as the most important transport hub of the country and will gradually develop to be the important international economic and cultural exchanging hub of the South East Asia region.
- Ha Noi transport system is studied and planned in integration with the nationwide transport system and especially in close linkage with the northern economic focal area and the capital urban area.
- Urban transport planning must comprehensively exploit the road, rail, inland waterway and airway system. At present, these 4 modes of transport have already been in operation in Ha Noi and have their own strengths and advantages for development. And Ha Noi transport plan must comprehensively exploit all systems and the systems must be step by step developed and modernized to satisfy the city's socio-economic development demand.
- Ha Noi urban transport infrastructure development must be developed basing public passenger transport orientations. This has been discussed in many presentations in today's seminar and this is also one directive perspective in Ha Noi urban transport infrastructure development.
- Ha Noi transport planning must comprehensively solve the multi-faceted relationships at international, national, regional and urban levels.
In Ha Noi's transport system, internal transport includes 4 systems:
Roads: Ha Noi is currently the hub gathering 7 national highways: NH1 from the north border and linking to other provinces in the south, NH 6 to Hoa Binh and linking to Northwestern region, NH 32 in the west linking to Son Tay and the western area, NH 2 and NH3. All these national highways will be expanded to 4-6 lanes and on key direction, parallel highways shall be built, which would mainly be expressways paralleling the highways. Apart from these highways, to strengthen the relationship within the capital urban area, some centripetal roads will be built, directly linking to the cities in the area, such as Vinh Yen-Ha Noi road in the northeast, Ha Noi- Hung Yen road in the southeast, etc.
Ha Noi will also a member in trans-Asia road project and in Vietnam, the road will run basing on the existing NH1. Via the trans-Asia road, the road will enhance Ha Noi's international relationship to other regional countries by road.
Railway: the ring rail system will be constructed surrounding Ha Noi city. The centripetal rail through the city will be maintained with Ha Noi station in the city centre, mainly for international train and Ha Noi-HCMC trains. The system of rail stations, cargo and passenger hubs shall be arranged around Ha Noi. In Ha Noi area, national railway lines are expected to be developed as dual gauge lines in the area near Ha Noi for the operation of adjacent lines linking Ha Noi with other cities in the capital urban area. At present, there are also projects for constructing express railway lines at the speed of over 200 km/hour linking Ha Noi and HCMC, Ha Noi-Hai Phong and Ha Noi-Lang Son.
Airway: Noi Bai airport in the north of Ha Noi remains to be Ha Noi's major international airport. And in the future, Mieu Mon international airport will be developed about 40km southwest of Ha Noi. And in Ha Noi area, there will also be several airports serving domestic lines such as Gia Lam airport, Bach Mai airport.
Inland waterway: Ha Noi is by Red River's side, thus the river needs to be arranged, dredged towards canalization of the Red river to exploit the river for inland waterway transport, which is mainly cargo transport. From Ha Noi, cargo transport routes by river cum sea-going vessels shall be developed and following Red river to ports in the south of Ha Noi such as Khuyen Luong port, Pha Den port. And containerized cargo transport routes from deepwater sea ports in the east of Ha Noi such as Cai Lan port, Hai Phong port by container transporting barges to eastern area of Ha Noi shall be formed and to create the direct connectivity with international waterway routes.
About urban transport:
As I have said above, Ha Noi urban transport system shall be developed on the viewpoint of taking public passenger transport as the key mode. By 2020, public passenger transport is expected to accommodate 50-60% traffic volume in urban areas, especially in the central city; and 30% by 2010. And in 2002, as reported by Mr. Dung in the morning session, Ha Noi has satisfied about 10% of the demand.
Types of vehicles for public passenger transport in Ha Noi will include: bus, urban railway (including various types of urban railways such as elevated rail, ground rail and underground, depending on each urban area's conditions) and the railways linking Ha Noi with satellite cities in the capital urban areas. And in the further future, the tram system for Ha Noi area will be considered and developed.
The works for the first stage have been carried out over the past few years, that is development of the bus system and at present, the development of initial lines of urban railway system are being done.
About organization of the road network in the central city area, the road system is classified into urban expressway, urban major roads, inter-regional road, regional road and feeder road with different scope. Due to Ha Noi's characteristics, Ha Noi's road system are organized including the ring road system (we have the ring road No2, which will be developed farther to the other side of Red River and ring road No3, which is being formed and in the further future, the ring road No.4 will also be built), centripetal trunks basing on the existing national roads and centripetal roads. And within the area separated by the ring roads and centripetal trunks, the road network shall be arranged as square network, while the ring roads No3 and No4 is planned to be built as urban expressways.
A problem of Ha Noi urban transport is as soon as Ha Noi expands over Red River is bridges. This will be a critical issue that requires immediate attention. At present, there are currently 3 bridges over the river: Thang Long bridge, Long Bien bridge and Chuong Duong bridge. And we plan to build 4 more bridges over Red river in Ha Noi area from now to 2020 to link together two development areas in the north and south of the river. These bridges are: NHat Tan bridge, Tu Lien, Vinh Tuy and Thanh Tri bridges.
The problems and some major planning orientations for Ha Noi transport system include both long-term and immediate issues. The immediate issues include:
First of all, with the orientation of taking public passenger transport as the key mode, we can see that Ha Noi's traffic mode development up to 2 years ago had been deviating from the orientation. Thus one of the urgent measures which must be carried out immediately and in fact, the city has been implementing in the past 2 years is to effect measures to change the development directions of urban transport by boosting up public passenger transport development, whose development progress and results have been reported to you by Mr. Dung in the morning session. The second measure is controlling the development of private traffic; this issue has been tackled, Ha Noi has been implementing measures to control the increase of private vehicles and in the upcoming time, Ha Noi is applying many other measures to limit first of all the increase of motorcycles and later private cars. It can be said that Ha Noi is presently in the peak stage of motorcycles development, but at the same time, there have been signs of the first stage of car development. And measures to control the development of cars right from this early stage is also very critical.
The second orientation is to utilize efficiently the existing transport infrastructure. The existing transport infrastructure, in terms of scope and quality, hasn't met urban using and developing demand. However, on the other hand, the existing system hasn't been efficiently utilized. This is yet another issue that must be raised and addressed urgently. There are solutions to this problem as in many reports in the morning session such as traffic management, riding manner improvement, staggered working hours arrangement and road system maintenance and quality improvement, etc.
The third issue is development of the transport infrastructures. Some focuses in transport infrastructure development are: development of transport infrastructure must facilitate public passenger transport development; secondly, development of transport infrastructure must facilitate socio-economic development and especially urban development. And measures for urban development are considered fundamental solutions to transport issues themselves. It can be said that many transport problem in Ha Noi that are presently urgently critical were in fact due to excessive concentration of population and activities in a confined inner city area. Balanced urban development measures, relocation of people to outer newly developed areas and reduction of population concentration in the inner area shall be basic solutions to the problem. In addition, in urban development, appropriate distribution of the relationship between working place and living place, living place with commercial and servicing centers shall permit reduction of traveling demand. These measures are long-term but fundamental to solve urban transport problem from its roots.
The forth orientation in infrastructure development is focusing on the hot spots. As we can see, Ha Noi is presently expanding some major trunks and especially frequently congested intersections.
The fifth orientation is closely link transport infrastructure development with urban development stages. As reported, the steps in Ha Noi urban development are at the same time the orientations and stages for infrastructure development.
The sixth issue is development and restructuring of the city, including controlling the scope of the central city through development of the capital urban area as said above, and restructuring the city's structure. And to support all above orientations, a corresponding system of policies and legislation is needed.
These are some major problems and issues facing Ha Noi and I wish that from this seminar and futures seminars on Ha Noi transport planning, we can have the assistance, contribution and exchanges of opinions from domestic and foreign experts. Thank you for your attention.

that looks soo intimidating... can someone highlight the important stuff or summarize it

The master development plan for Hoan Kiem, My Dinh-Me Tri and Tay Ho until 2020 has attracted much attention of real estate investors as well as Hanoi inhabitants.

Under the plan, Hoan Kiem District area remains the administrative and cultural centre of Hanoi. The West West Lake New Urban Zone will become the financial, banking and international transaction centre. The My Dinh-Me Tri area will become the administrative, cultural, sports, commercial, accommodation and hi-tech centre.

Hoan Kiem (Sword Restoration) Lake - the cultural symbol of Hanoi
Many proposals have been put forth for the reallocation of the administrative centre (Hanoi People’s Committee headquarters, the Party Council headquarters and offices of administration branches) to the west of West Lake and Lang - Hoa Lac or Ngoc Ha Ward (Ba Dinh District). However, cultural researchers and historians, as well Hanoi citizens, say the Hoan Kiem Lake is the integral cultural and historical symbol of Hanoi as well as the whole country. The administrative headquarters of Hanoi, which is located adjacent to Ly Thai To King Statue and looks to Hoan Kiem Lake, symbolises the continuation of the millennial tradition history of Thang Long - Hanoi.

With a very dense population, it is not easy to find an unused land space in this area. However, with a favourable location, many companies, restaurants and hotels will continue seeking a place to set up their representative offices here.

WestWestLake: the financial - banking centre
The West West Lake New Urban Zone covers the area of three districts of Cau Giay, Tay Ho and Tu Liem. The highlight and the hub of the new urban zone is the 25-ha Hanoi Financial Banking Centre (FBC). This is the groundwork for the development of the finance, banking, non-banking and consulting (accounting, auditing, legal) organisations. The centre will need a strong infrastructure and expertise workforce to develop this area until 2010 when the financial and banking level reaches the Asian advanced level.

Under the plan, the transport infrastructure of the West West Lake is synchronous and fitting with the existing infrastructure system such as the administrative centre, commercial centre, Noi Bai International Airport and other centres in the city.

My Dinh - Me Tri - the cultural, sport and commercial centre

With the centre being the National Convention Centre, My Dinh Stadium and luxury accommodation blocks, the My Dinh - Me Tri will be the cultural, sports, commercial and accommodation centre. This area will be linked to a series of surrounding urban zones like Trung Hoa - Nhan Chinh, Cau Giay, Tran Duy Hung and Xuan Phuong to form a chain of luxury urban zones and offices for companies.

The My Dinh - Me Tri New Urban Zone will be the nearest centre to Lang - Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park. The construction of a Super Bac Song Hong New Urban Zone is on the blueprint.

The Bac Song Hong (North Red River) New Urban Zone is estimated to consist of 30 smaller projects with different functions. The super complex, located in Xuan Trach and Xuan Phuong communes in Dong Anh District, will become an international financial, banking and payment centre. However, with a total construction investment capital of over US$30 billion, this project is a story of the future.

vietnamese version (http://moj.gov.vn/moj1/tag.idempotent.render.userLayoutRootNode.target.n409.uP?uP_root=me&cmd=item&ID=3860)

great going hanoi..............it is slowly and steadily catching up with the rest of the world.......Is there any major events happening there in hanoi in the near future? International events will definitely improve the infrastructure as well as the image of the country,,,,,Best examples are commonwealthgames in Newdelhi which is goin to happen in 2010(INDIA),Beijing olympics in 2008(China)

source: VietnamNet (http://english.vietnamnet.vn/social/2007/04/685712/)


VietNamNet Bridge - Some streets in Hanoi will have their specific trees, for example dracontomelum for Phan Dinh Phung Street, flamboyant for Ly Thuong Kiet, milk flower trees for Ngo Thi Nham, and bang lang for Hang Bac and Cau Go.

According to Nguyen Van Khoi, Director of the Hanoi Transport and Public Works Department, Hanoi is replacing trees that are not suitable for urban areas with suitable ones.

This task began in February 2007. Surveys show that the city has around 8,000 trees that need to be replaced. By April 10, around 700 trees were already replaced by new ones.

Mr Khoi said that planning of trees on streets of Hanoi is based on the current numbers of trees. The variety of tree that has the highest number on a street will become the specific tree of that street.

“We will grow only one variety of tree for new streets,” Mr Khoi said. For example, Le Duc Tho street now has fuchsia and Pham Hung has dracontomelum trees only.

(Source: Tien Phong)


so kuul...that's exactly what I was looking for....nice project...its like the city becomes an exhibiton itself...makes Hanoi more interesting becoz behind every street there is something unique and special...

THAT IS GREAT NEWS FOR HANOI!! i love the idea.. makes hanoi unique

yes, Viet Nam is the host country for the third asian indoor games (2009)
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source: http://www.ocasia.org/3AIG.asp

great going hanoi..............it is slowly and steadily catching up with the rest of the world.......Is there any major events happening there in hanoi in the near future? International events will definitely improve the infrastructure as well as the image of the country,,,,,Best examples are commonwealthgames in Newdelhi which is goin to happen in 2010(INDIA),Beijing olympics in 2008(China)

Vietnam: Remnants of Hanoi's French colonial past

source: Los Angeles Times (http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-tr-hanoi25-2008may25)


Atall, blond woman in black and a small Asian girl stand at the prow of a gilded barge moving slowly over a wide, jungle-banked river. The woman is Catherine Deneuve, star of the 1992 movie "Indochine" about the war for independence in French colonial Vietnam.

Before the war in Vietnam became an American flash point, the French ruled the country. From the 1850s to 1950s, the empire and colony were locked in a relationship that brought misery to both.

But in another sense, the colonial era in Vietnam bore gorgeous fruit in the mélange of styles exhibited in every sumptuous scene in the movie: the willowy Deneuve in a traditional ao dai pantsuit, the Vietnamese orphan she adopts wearing a 1920s cloche hat. The subtle, seductive French-Vietnamese blending infused not only couture but also art, architecture, literature and cuisine. Inevitably, the influences traveled back to aesthetically sensitive Paris, where they can still be detected at certain shops, restaurants and museums.


But to really catch hold of the evanescent style -- its silken fabrics, slow-moving ceiling fans, louvered windows, tamarind trees, lacquer cigarette holders and muddy espresso -- you have to actually visit Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, formerly the administrative center for the French colony of Indochina (which ultimately included Cambodia and Laos).


In Hanoi, the French built wide, tree-lined avenues, grand villas in a hybrid style known as Norman Pagoda and a scaled-down replica of the Opera Garnier in Paris. They spread the language of Voltaire, Catholicism and cafe society; taught the Vietnamese how to make puff pastry; and renamed streets for French dignitaries.


Nowadays, most Americans visit Vietnam to remember the war that ended when Saigon fell in 1975, to meet the Vietnamese people on friendlier terms, see pagodas, trek in the mountains, shop for curios and relax on a South China Sea beach. But after living in Paris for three years, I went to Hanoi last December to seek out what remains of French Vietnam before it vanishes under the rising tide of modernization.

Vietnam stagnated after Communist consolidation, but free market reforms in the 1980s made the economy roar. In 2005, the country celebrated 25 successive years of growth, which has had predictable results. Construction and pollution are rampant, especially in Saigon, now called Ho Chi Minh City, and the south. If the north seems to lag behind, it's only because it got off to a late start.

So it is still possible to wander through Hanoi's Old Quarter on the northern and western sides of Hoan Kiem Lake, watching the Vietnamese cook, eat -- indeed, live their lives -- on the uneven sidewalks. The tradition of alfresco dining presumably made them receptive to French-style sidewalk cafes because everywhere people sit at tables under umbrellas that advertise La Vie bottled water. As in Montmartre and St.-Germain-des-Prés in Paris, the people chain smoke, argue and drink coffee, though here it's the Vietnamese brew, so thick that it looks black even after milk is added.

INTO THE OLD QUARTER

I started in the Old Quarter, at the amiable Hong Ngoc Hotel. The first morning, I bought flowers from a bicycle peddler in the street. Around the corner I found Tan My, a silk and embroidery shop run by three generations of Vietnamese women. Then, already caught in the spell of Vietnam, I kept walking even though I'd only gone out for a bouquet.

On Hang Trong Street, peddlers sell freshly baked baguettes on the curb, and Sunday painters set up easels by the bridge leading to Ngoc Son Pagoda on Hoan Kiem Lake. At Fanny, an ice cream shop on the western side of the lake, the nougat ice cream is almost as creamy as at Berthillon on the Île-St.-Louis in Paris.


Cars and motorcycles tear through seemingly impassable streets, weaving around bicycle taxis, known as pousses-pousses (push-push in French). Wherever major arteries intersect, the traffic is every bit as chaotic as around the Étoile in Paris.


The beguiling character of the Old Quarter is partly a product of Hanoi's swampy terrain, pockmarked by lakes fed by the soupy Red River. Even after the lakes were drained, roads that once circled them remained in a grid-defying tangle.


Long, narrow tube houses, some of which stretch as far back from the street as 180 feet, became a feature of the district in pre-colonial times, but the French encouraged their building in stone and concrete instead of more flammable wood.

Often picturesquely dilapidated, their facades have green shutters, iron grillwork and plaster medallions. Across from the Café des Arts, a bistro on Ngo Bao Khanh Street with credible French onion soup, I saw a tube house restored to its former dignity but painted hallucinogenic orange.

My favorite part of the Old Quarter was the area around Hanoi's St. Joseph's Cathedral, a Vietnamese administrative center before the French arrived.


At 13-17 Cham Cam Street I found the colonial-era home of Charles Lagisquet, architect of the Hanoi Opera. Handsomely restored, with a gate, garden and yellow facade, the villa is now the Spanish Embassy.

The approach to the cathedral is along leafy Nha Tho Street, lined by cafes, shops and hotels that cater to Westerners. Halfway down the block, an alley leads to Ba Da Buddhist Temple, where French priests had to hide out when Black Flags guerrillas who harassed colonists laid siege to the neighborhood in 1883.

French missionaries led the way to colonialism in Vietnam, among them Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, who took young Vietnamese Prince Canh to Versailles to meet Louis XVI in the 18th century. The religious men planted seeds of Catholicism that prospered -- today there are about 6 million Roman Catholics out of a population of about 84 million in Vietnam -- even though the bare condition of the Hanoi Cathedral doesn't reflect it. When I visited the soulful, dingy gray neo-Gothic church, which opened in December 1886, girls in red and yellow ao dais were practicing for a Christmas pageant.

THE PARIS OF VIETNAM

By about 1905, Hanoi was the Paris of Vietnam, a playground for colonists enriched in the rice, rubber and opium trades. At the same time, it reflected the empire's effort to shine the golden light of French culture in dark corners of the world.


As proof of their altruism, colonists could point to the new bridge over the Red River, street lights, an electric tram, the railroad reaching Haiphong on the coast and schools where Vietnamese girls and boys learned to write their native language in Roman letters, a transcription system developed by the French missionary Alexandre de Rhodes.

continue reading here (http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-tr-hanoi25-2008may25?page=2)

Xe Dap Mardi Gras!

Source: timeout (http://www.vir.com.vn/Client/TimeOut/index.asp?url=content.asp&doc=16486)


Of late you might have noticed scores of teenagers in Hanoi have been pimping up their bicycles with highly extravagant decorations. With oodles of plumage, giant butterflies, spinning flower-wheels, and even the odd dainty parasol, some of these hip teenagers could be off to a Mardi Gras.

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Thủ đô Hà Nội mới sẽ có nhiều nét mới tầm khu vực (http://www.ktdt.com.vn/newsdetail.asp?NewsId=64136&CatId=47)

Wow Hanoi is beautiful back then. I wonder what it looked like before 18th century with no western influences.

đến khi hanoi được 'tầm khu vực' như dự đoán thì chắc mấy thành phố 'tầm khu vực' khác hiện nay đã thành 'tầm châu lục' hoặc 'tầm thế giới' khi đó rồi quá.

Nong Nan Hanoi by Nguyen Duc Cuong

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31 đường, phố mới của Hà Nội đã có tên

source: Bao HA NOI MOI (http://hanoimoi.com.vn/vn/41/170938/)


(HNMO) - Ngày 14-6, tại kỳ họp thứ 14 HĐND thành phố Hà Nội khóa XIII, các đại biểu đã nhất trí thông qua Nghị quyết đặt tên 31 đường, phố mới và điều chỉnh độ dài 3 đường, phố.

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Các đường, phố mới này nằm trên địa bàn 11 quận, huyện. Trong số 31 đường, phố được đặt tên, có 20 đường phố mang tên danh nhân, 11 đường phố mang tên địa danh.

Theo đó, Quận Cầu Giấy từ nay sẽ có phố Nguyễn Khả Trạc, phố Phạm Thận Duật, phố Trần Tử Bình.

Quận Đống Đa sẽ có phố Xã Đàn, phố Trúc Khê, phố Mai Anh Tuấn.

Quận Hoàn Kiếm có phố Nguyễn Tư Giản.

Quận Hai Bà Trưng được điều chỉnh kéo dài phố Trần Đại Nghĩa.

Quận Hoàng Mai có phố Tây Trà, phố Định Công Thượng, phố Trần Thủ Độ, phố Đặng Xuân Bảng và được điều chỉnh kéo dài phố Nam Dư.

Quận Long Biên sẽ có phố Vạn Hạnh, phố Nguyễn Cao Luyện, phố Huỳnh Văn Nghệ, phố Việt Hưng, phố Thanh Am, phố Gia Quất.

Huyện Đông Anh có đường Đào Duy Tùng, đường Ga Đông Anh.

Huyện Gia Lâm có đường Đặng Phúc Thông, đường Nguyễn Bình, đường Đa Tốn.

Huyện Sóc Sơn có phố Khuông Việt, phố Thân Nhân Trung, phố Lưu Nhân Chú.

Huyện Thanh Trì có đường Ngũ Hiệp, đường Đông Mỹ, đường Yên Xá.

Huyện Từ Liêm có phố Nguyễn Cơ Thạch, đường Lê Quang Đạo, phố Đỗ Đức Dục và được điều chỉnh kéo dài phố Trần Bình.

Vân An

Tôi yêu Hà Nội

- l- dung (coquenduocdautb@yahoo.com)

source: Ngoi Sao (http://www.ngoisao.net/News/Choi-blog/2007/03/7735A009/)


Tôi yêu Hà Nội. Tôi không sinh ra ở Hà Nội. Tôi chỉ ở đó 3 năm. Thế nhưng tôi yêu nó từ khi chỉ nghe về nó tôi đã tò mò đã khao khát được ở đó và tôi đã được ở 3 năm. Ngày tôi rời xa nó tôi đã khóc, tôi nhớ nó da diết nhớ con đường nhớ từng hàng cây nhớ mùi Hà Nội.

Hà Nội có mùi rất đặc trưng cái đặc trưng ở mỗi người cảm nhận nó. Tôi yêu cái man mác, cái sâu lắng cái lãng tử và rất thi sĩ của Hà Nội. Tất cả đều gợn lên một con sóng khác. Một thứ cảm nhận khó nói thành lời. Một tiếng rao đặc trưng, cái oi bức đặc trưng cái rét cũng quá đỗi khác thường. Nó cũng là mùa đông của miền Bắc nhưng khi ta ở Hà nội để cảm nhận cái rét ta sẽ thấy nó khác. Cái khác mà tôi không biết dùng từ nào để diễn tả.

Tôi yêu tất cả thuộc về Hà nội nhưng tôi lại chỉ được yêu nó trong thèm thuồng, khao khát mà chưa được thoả thuê. Chưa đi hết các con đường, chưa ăn hết các món ăn Hà Nội. Trong tôi Hà nội vẫn là một cái gì đó rất bí ẩn. Tôi sẽ khám phá nó dần dần. Tôi làm việc trong thành phố công nghiệp. Ồn ã và náo nhiệt, đi học và đi làm, nhiều khi tôi không có thời gian để buồn để chiêm nghiệm và nghĩ nữa, tất cả nó theo một guồng máy. Nó làm tôi mệt mỏi và khô cứng lại.

Rồi khi cô đơn tôi lại khao khát được cảm nhận hết cái buồn mà Hà Nội mang đến. Nó buồn tới mức con người có thể xuống đáy những tuyệt vọng nhưng nó lại giúp ta có thêm nghị lực nếu vượt qua được nó. Còn ** *** tất cả đều qua đi như một cơn gió, chẳng cái gì đọng lại lâu được mà một đứa đa cảm như tôi nhiều khi thấy bứt rứt, day dứt và muốn vùng vẫy và chạy đi đâu đó thật xa. Nhiều khi tôi thấy sợ cái ồn ã, cái vô tâm, cái hời hợt trong con người mình. Nó làm tôi chẳng thể chiêm nghiệm cái gì lâu được bởi vì tất cả đều qua đi quá nhanh chẳng đủ để người ta cảm nhận hết về nó.

Ngay cả nỗi buồn cũng sẽ qua mau, qua nhanh mà nhiều khi tôi thấy lạ kỳ là tại sao mình có thể quên nhanh như vậy. Nhiều lúc tôi cứ nghĩ là vì mình đi làm rồi mình không còn lãng mạn nữa. Nhưng khi tôi về lại Hà nội 2 tuần tất cả lại vẫn vẹn nguyên mọi cảm xúc vẫn rất thật . Tôi lại khao khát lại mong muốn được trở lại nó. Thèm cái buồn ở đó. Nụ cười ánh mắt và cái gì đó rất khác mà Hà Nội để lại trong tôi. "Cái ngày tôi chia xa Hà Nội. Giờ ra đi mới thấy lòng nuối tiếc...". Hà Nội sẽ mãi đẹp trong tôi. Hy vọng một ngày gần nhất tôi được về lại đó, được sống ở đó...

I can't believe that they going to close down all restaurants at Ho Truc Bac and Ho Tay. That's a disaster since a cultural site of HN will get lost.

Lord of the manor properties (http://www.vir.com.vn/Client/TimeOut/index.asp?url=content.asp&doc=16928)

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New York Philharmonic to wow Hanoi

source: Thanh Nien News (http://www.thanhniennews.com/entertaiments/?catid=6&newsid=46135)


The world renowned New York Philharmonic Orchestra will perform in Hanoi on October 17 as part of its Asia tour that starts in Tokyo, Japan on October 8.

Zarin Mehta, managing director of the orchestra, has visited Vietnam and carried out his venue inspection for the upcoming performance.

“Hanoi Opera House is a perfect choice. If possible, we can expect an outdoor performance here,” Zarin said.

After a two-day tour to Vietnam, the orchestra will go on to the United Arab Emirates before winding up the tour on October 28.

Founded in 1842, the New York Philharmonic has toured 59 countries and this is the first time talented conductor Alan Gilbert is touring Vietnam with the orchestra.

The orchestra will also visit the Vietnam National Institute of Music and have a cultural exchange with the students there

Reported by Hong Quan



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Ancient houses in Hanoi

surce: Nhan Dan (http://www.nhandan.com.vn/english/culture/210209/culture_a.htm)


Hanoi has an old quarter of 36 streets with thousands of roofed houses that have existed since the initial establishment of the city, creating a unique beauty.

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The old houses reflect the cultural development of Hanoi. Most of the houses have a brick structure with wooden beams or a structure of force-resistant wooden beams with raising pieces supporting the tiles. To make the beams, precious timbers, such as Dinh (Markhamia stipulate), teakwood and ironwood are used. However, what astonishes researchers as well as today’s generation is that all calculations for making the house structures were made by workers who had never attended a training course, but only depended on their traditional experience. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, most houses had a roof made of double tiles or toe cap-shaped tiles. The edges of the roof were decorated with patterns of an old architectural style, creating natural waves. All decorative patterns and the roof’s edges were delicately carved by the artisans.

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In the 1920s, mingling with houses of typical architectural style in Hanoi were houses with roofs of the Indochinese architectural style. The outstanding feature of this style is a system of sloping tiled roofs and overlapping tiled roofs, which has similar advantages as the Vietnamese traditional roofs. One of the projects typical of the interference between the French style and traditional style is the head office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Dien Bien Phu Street in Hanoi . The project, designed by a French architect, has a system of roofs, including the octagonal roofs over the towers rising above the large roof of the main building structure, a small roof over the windows of the second floor and roofs over the gables. The overlapping roofs help ventilate the building and shield it from sunshine and the heat. The skilful combination of the two architectural styles makes the structure highly applicable while retaining the Vietnamese traditional features.

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Additionally, the architecture of houses in Hanoi was more or less affected by the styles of the Chinese immigrants, making the streets in Hanoi livelier. In the past, the workers only used common decorative patterns, such as “Two dragons flanking the moon” or “Dragons playing with clouds”. Later, additional decorative pattern of creeper flowers were made under the double tiled roof, making the house look mysterious and luxurious.

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The interference of cultures has left unique architectural styles in Hanoi that few cities in Vietnam have.

Story by Tran Tri Cong - Photos by Tat Son
(Vietnam Pictorial)

I can't believe that they going to close down all restaurants at Ho Truc Bac and Ho Tay. That's a disaster since a cultural site of HN will get lost.

Agree with you man..Restaurants on West Lake are not the bad idea actually..It's one of the attractive points of Westlake.. But the owners,they're doing the bad business,destroying Westlake area enviroment...I think we should keep it going,but punish who isnot law-abiding...I wanna have diner on those restaurants,listen to a folk song,enjoy a view of Westlake,and HN's skyline at night...in the future..Is there anything better ?? :lol::lol:

Agree with you man..Restaurants on West Lake are not the bad idea actually..It's one of the attractive points of Westlake.. But the owners,they're doing the bad business,destroying Westlake area enviroment...I think we should keep it going,but punish who isnot law-abiding...I wanna have diner on those restaurants,listen to a folk song,enjoy a view of Westlake,and HN's skyline at night...in the future..Is there anything better ?? :lol::lol:

oh, you're replying pretty late :) well, they only closed several restaurants. Highlands Coffee can still be there while some others had to move to Truc Bac Lake. Works me as well. They should close down all the other shappy restaurants which are locted on the other side.

Is it real tq?? Truc Bach lake is so small to put some boat in..except for "đạp vịt" :lol::lol: This kinda attract i think is only in HN..Hope they can keep it on the right track:cheers:

Become a Hanoikid!

http://hanoikidsclub.org

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Hanoikids is a volunteer tour guide club of young, friendly and ambitious students who love Hanoi and want to bring local breath to tourists from all over the world. More than all, we are desperate to become little ambassadors of Vietnam. Come and "Be more than a tourist" with Hanoikids!!!

Purpose:

- "All we want is to make friends with foreigners and introduce our city to all of you. We do it absolutely free, just as a friend who loves his history, culture and people, shows his friends the city where he lives” - Nguyen Nam Trung, one of the group’s early founders.

- "Our motto is to bring strangers closer to each other and create a sharing and loving environment. Therefore, we work to show friends from around the world our beautiful Ha Noi. We give them background knowledge on the city’s unique personality, helping visitors and club members develop love for Ha Noi. Such activities are free of charge and we refuse to receive any tips at all. Moreover, we are also set on considerably improving our English through practice," - Nguyen Thi Mien, our current leader.

The second purpose, not less importantly, is the desire to bring a beautiful image of Hanoi to people around the world. The Hanoian students want to show tourists the culture, tradition, history of Hanoi in the past as well as the modern society. In this era of globalization, Hanoikids hopes to spread the name of Vietnam to the world, so that people wouldn’t think of it as a developing nation, but a country of hospitable people, beautiful sights and rich cultural tradition.


woow....this idea is totally amazing...they have my whole support :cheers:

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Similar to SaigonKids, became active from 2007 but then failed miserably. (http://360.yahoo.com/profile-bxXuz_Iieq.FfxmfHUqNM4LyfyU-?cq=1)

Similar to SaigonKids, became active from 2007 but then failed miserably. (http://360.yahoo.com/profile-bxXuz_Iieq.FfxmfHUqNM4LyfyU-?cq=1)

HanoiKids became active from May 2006 ;) Now, they have a website. Their forum section (http://hanoikidsclub.org/component/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,90/) is still very active too. I just came across with HanoiKid from a recent Australian articleabout Hanoi (http://www.theage.com.au/travel/travel-feature/hanoi-on-a-heartstring-20090219-8c8l.html?page=1)

EARTH HOUR IN HANOI

8.30pm and 9.30pm on March 28

"The amount of electricity we could save during this hour is not the aim of the event, which is raising the awareness of saving energy and the Earth from climate change,"

"Ha Noi is ready to ‘turn off the light, turn on the future’

source: http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=05SOC260209

You have a fertile imagination, Don't let me see a Don ki sop.

The World’s Healthiest Food

source: Luxury Travel Blog (http://luxurytravelvietnam.com/blog/?p=1303)


Vietnamese food is quite unlike any other food in Southeast Asia. It’s even quite different from China. Overall it’s a blend of Malay, Indian, French and influences and incorporates baguettes and pate from France; and curries and chilies from India.

Recently voted by health experts as the world’s healthiest food, Vietnamese cuisine mixes grilled meats, fresh vegetables, cold noodles, and all kinds of seafood dishes spiced with tamarind and chili.
Available at all hours of the day, Vietnamese food can be eaten as snacks, in street side stalls, in budget restaurants, and in hotels. In many cases only the price is the difference because often the tastiest foods come from the most basic kitchens.

As you travel up or down the country, you will notice sharp differences in both main dishes and snacks eaten by locals. Its one of the joys of traveling in the country, and it’s a good idea to ask your guide to point out interesting things to eat.

THE NORTH
With the weather so cold for so much of the year, soups play a large part in Northern cuisine. Pho, Vietnam’s ‘chicken soup,’ is made with white vermicelli noodles, sliced beef or chicken, bean sprouts, chopped peanuts, hot broth and mint leaves that is served piping hot and at all hours of the day. Pho stalls can be found all over Hanoi (and Hanoi style Pho can be found all over Vietnam, catering to homesick Hanoians) and a bowl can cost between 15,000 and 20,000 dong, depending on the location.

Once the bowl is put in front of you, spice it up with bean sauce and chili sauce and squeeze in a few lime wedges; then dig in with a pair of chopsticks in one hand (to lift up the noodles to cool them off) and a spoon in the other (to lift the noodles to your mouth). Other soups include Chao, a kind of rice porridge, and it’s often prescribed as a remedy for common colds.

By far the favorite food in Hanoi is ‘Bun Cha’ grilled meat eaten at makeshift restaurants serving patrons on the street. It’s a great way to fill up for just a few thousand dong, and when walking around the city it may be impossible to resist the smell.

Bia Hoi is a Hanoi invention, and ‘Bia’ comes from the English word ‘beer.’ Its freshly brewed and served in plastic jugs; its cheap, and it’s a great way to soak up Hanoi’s ambience at night and you might even make some friends along the way.

Hanoians may be a reserved bunch, but they are downright adventurous when it comes to exotic food: fried silk worms, cobra meat, dog meat among others are eaten by people in the capital to cure sickness, increase virility or just because it’s the right season.

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Old Quarter painting

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Time running out for city’s Old Quarter

source: VNS (http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=03SUN080309)


Preservation work in the capital’s oldest section is often held up by obstacles like red tape and lack of funds, leaving residents trapped in century-old buildings falling into ruin. Ha Nguyen reports.

The countdown is on, there are only 500 days to go until Hanoians celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of the founding of their city. But for preservation of one of the city’s iconic landmarks – the Old Quarter – time is also running out.

Historian Le Van Lan says copious documents have been written, programmes devised and projects launched to save, restore and promote Ha Noi’s Old Quarter.

"To me, most of it doesn’t go beyond ‘selective’ talk," he says. "By ‘selective’ talk I mean the incessant discussions by researchers, managers and city officials ‘on behalf’ of residents living in the Old Quarter."

Residents themselves don’t seem to be doing much talking. And if they did, it might well be different or far removed from the musings of the echelons above, Lan says.

"Most of the enthusiastic ‘selective’ talk about the Old Quarter focuses on the material – the quarter’s architecture – and regrettably there is little of this left.

Unfortunately, the quarter’s greatest assets - the people who have lived there for generations – are left out."

Alarm bells

A house in Ha Noi’s Old Quarter may need extensive repair but that does not mean its inhabitants can make a decision about its future.

But these inhabitants have become accustomed to not complaining because their properties are listed as "protected sites", which means that housing officials can do nothing for them.

Their predicament caught the spotlight early last year when four historic houses in the World Heritage-listed Hoi An collapsed.

The ‘situation’ was extensively reported by the mass media and prompted this question among the residents of the Old Quarter, "How long will our houses last?"

Once a temple dedicated to the Chinese hero Quan Kung, the house at 28 Hang Buom Street still retains some of its ancient features, especially on the roof, but its conditions are terrible.

The five families who share the house have to keep the lights on 24 hours a day because it is so damp and dark inside. Ly Thi Tan, 74, showed us the plastic sheets her family uses to cover themselves during the rain.

"Without the sheets, my family would have to run around all night to avoid the drips when it rains," she says. "During big storms, pieces of roof tiles might fall down on our heads!"

The house has one of the oldest sewage systems in the city, so they use plastic containers to carry water out of the house during the rainy season.

Do Ngoc Thanh, 65, lives in a house almost twice his age at 47 Hang Bac Street. The house, built during the earlier days of French rule in 1880, is around 206sq.m but Thanh and his family of seven live in only 16sq.m of space, including a tiny garret. The rest is divided among three other families.

In the hundred years Thanh’s family has lived here, they have had more to do than just patching up the roof; the house has already suffered some severe problems. In 1967, the roof of the rear section collapsed, and the roof of the middle section collapsed two years ago.

The Ha Noi Old Quarter Management Board has the house on its list of protected houses, and is now responsible for its renovation. But years have passed and no improvements have been made.

Unfortunately, its owners are not allowed to make any major renovations themselves because the city has given orders to keep these houses intact until the government has sufficient money to do the work itself. That could take a long time. Meanwhile, major thunderstorms threaten to destroy the property.

Almost every resident we talked to said they were not happy with their living situation. All of them wanted to move to safer place. No one would deny the importance of protecting these houses, which are part of the country’s heritage, but the safety of their residents should be even more of an impetus for action.

Historians say the Old Quarter, first formed as a commercial hub in the 11th century, is not as old as it seems because of the destruction wrought by war, natural disasters and demographic change.

The oldest part of the quarter is the network of narrow, winding streets that were the headquarters for traders and artisans from 36 guilds. The residential area was expanded and new houses built along earthen roads as more artisans arrived from the provinces.

Urbanisation by the French colonials at the turn of the 20th century had the paths paved and brick houses replaced thatched huts.

Now the oldest houses, mostly in Hang Buom, Hang Dao, Hang Duong and Hang Bac, are little more than 100 years old with only aged timbers as evidence that they might be older.

Long wait

Architect Nguyen Thi Hoa says physical value in the Old Quarter is determined by the design of its houses and the objects for worship – wooden statutes, stele, and incense burners – in the dozen or so pagodas and churches.

Hoa says the latest statistics compiled by the Old Quarter Preservation Management Board show that the largest estimate of "ancient" houses number around 300 and only 10 per cent of these are sound.

Most are significantly deteriorated.

Ha Noi administrators listed about 840 out of the 4,341 houses in the Old Quarter as "ancient". They also issued rules affirming their determination to preserve the Old Quarter houses by forbidding repairs without official consent.

Hoan Kiem District chairman Hoang Cong Khoi says initially when an application for any repairs or rebuilding was received, his people had to seek the consent of the management board and it was very time consuming.

The Department of Planning and Architecture has rejected all applications because it is accepted that nothing should be done to compromise the integrity of the buildings, so the houses continue to rot and residents continue to suffer.

Municipal officials have discussed ways to remedy the situation, but to no avail.

Many conservationists say the city should buy some of the "ancient" houses for restoration and relocate many of the Old Quarter’s residents.

But it seems the city’s shortage of funds is making this impossible.

Relocation

Ha Noi Party Secretary Pham Quang Nghi urged Ha Noi and Hoan Kiem District authorities at a working session to to encourage residents in Hoan Kiem District to move away.

He asked the municipal Department of Planning and Architecture to finalise planning in the district and the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to co-ordinate with other relevant agencies to re-examine, evaluate and classify which streets, and historical and culture sites, should receive priority preservation, including those owned by the public.

"We need suitable investment policies and strict management for key historical and cultural sites and residential housing, as well as concrete guidelines to help local people and organisations preserve and repair these properties to blend in with the surrounding architecture.

Nghi also put several solutions on the table.

Owners of less valuable properties should be encouraged to sell, upgrade or renovate to improve living conditions, he said.

"The most important is that authorities have to work with relevant agencies, including the Department of Planning and Architecture, to design new and modern apartments that will suit the daily activities of Old Quarter inhabitants while experts go about preserving the Old Quarter," he said.

Final cut

There is one part of the city centre that has received a lot of attention – Returned Sword Lake.

The area is set to see a massive revamp, with design ideas for the preservation, renovation and development of the lake showcased in competition at an exhibition titled "Ideas Planning and Urban Design for the Returned Sword Lake and its Surrounding Area."

No first prize was granted, but second place went to architect Hoang Thuc Hao of the 1+1>2 Group.

Hao says he sees Returned Sword Lake as a vital city green space, together with Ba Dinh Square, West Lake, the Hong (Red) River and the Thong Nhat Park.

Under Hao’s plan, buildings owned by Viet Nam Electricity (EVN) and the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism would be moved to make way for outdoor and indoor stages surrounded by grass.

The area from the Ba Kieu Temple to Ngoc Son Temple will be fully pedestrianised, he says.

Property owned by Nhan Dan (The People) Newspaper will be cut to enlarge space around the statue of King Le, and ANZ Bank will also get relocated for Ho Guom Museum. Flowers and foliage will brighten up the stretch between the Cathedral and Returned Sword Lake. The headquarters of Ha Noi People’s Committee will stay the same.

Fellow architect Doan Duc Thanh applauded the plan. "Hao’s design was selected as the best idea to suit the culture and history of Returned Sword Lake. The design reflects the heritage of the area and the people’s fight for independence," he says.

"It was not by chance that French architect Ernest Hebrerd designed the Municipal Administration Building next to Returned Sword Lake. It was and still is in the heart of every Vietnamese." — VNS

Exhibition Mapping Invisible Cities
March 14 - 23, 2009

source: Goethe.de
(http://www.goethe.de/ins/id/lp/prj/map/exh/han/enindex.htm)
Photo by Peter Bialobrzeski

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Peter Bialobrzeski selected six images, one from each city he visited in Winter 07/08 for this exhibition. Theses images will be part of a larger project called: “The Raw and the Cooked” which will be looking at the structures of changing cities from Dubai to Jakarta. The project will be published as a book in 2010.



Photo by Nguyen Viet Hung

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URBAN WIND
Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, is a magnet for more and more people who migrate there to make a living. More people, more vehicles, Hanoi is a chain of nonstop and hurried movements on the streets. The photos of the traffic on bridges nearby Hanoi show you the rush of people going in and out of the city. They are so energetic and lively, just like the incredible developmental speed of the city.

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Toa nha kia co phai 1 thoi bi. ngung phai khong ,bay gio resume lai roi a

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Toa nha kia co phai 1 thoi bi. ngung phai khong ,bay gio resume lai roi a

Vẫn ngưng,tầm hầm biến thành nơi trông-giữ xe oto,chán! :ohno:

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Toa nha kia co phai 1 thoi bi. ngung phai khong ,bay gio resume lai roi a

Day la toa nha co thoi gian xay dung ky luc, (tu nam 2002). Chac la co van de ji do ma ho cu lam 2,3 thang roi lai nghi vai nam. tot nhat la pha ra roi xay lai cho duoc viec :ohno::ohno::ohno:

^^ Cái đó có đẹp đẽ gì đâu? Đập luôn cho rồi.

anh nghe thuat, tu nhien moi nguoi noi chuyen ve cai to nha day :)

Introducing a new brand: Sofitel Legend

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works by Hanoi students

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mấy cái nhà kia, trước cửa là cái công viên mini làm sao buôn bán

Push for 250ha of new parks throughout Ha Noi
21:47' 20/03/2009 (GMT+7)

source: VietNamNet (http://english.vietnamnet.vn/social/2009/03/837294/)


VietNamNet Bridge – Priority has been urged for the creation of green space and protection of exisiting parks in the city to ensure enough open space for people’s health.

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People exercise and relax in Thong Nhat Park. A group of architects and urban experts have urged the Government to expand the capital’s green spaces.

This was the message from a group of experts and architects at talks this week on the effective use of city’s parks and gardens.

The meeting heard that the Prime Minister wanted 16sq.m of green space per person by 2020, equal to a total green area of 4,000ha.

This would require the city to create more than 200-250ha of parks and public flower gardens each year, said Dr Huynh Dang Hy, general secretary of the Viet Nam Urban Planning and Development Association.

"Parks and public gardens are now only 0.9sq.m per person, except for Dong Da and Gia Lam districts which have 0.05sq.m," Hy said.

The situation has to be improved, said Dr Pham Sy Liem, deputy chairman of the Viet Nam Association of Construction.

However, building big parks like Thong Nhat or Thu Le is impractical, Liem said, so local authorities should start creating small parks in new urban areas with playgrounds for children not far from the residents’ apartments.

"Residents themselves can create green spaces in their own small houses by growing trees on the top floor, whether it would be only a bed of weeds or some flower trees," he said.

"When foreigners visit our city, they like Phan Dinh Phung, Hoang Dieu, Lo Duc and Tran Hung Dao streets because they are full of big trees. So, why do we usually forget to grow trees on new roads built in our urbanisation process?

Green belt

"In the long term, the city should leave space to build a green belt, with the width of 1km around it like Singapore and Jakarta. Green belts can have trees, which we intentionally grow for the purpose, or they can have rice fields or fruit gardens which can bring benefits of commerce and provide green lungs for the city."

Architect Nguyen Minh Quang, of the city’s Architecture and Planning Department, said the city should set aside land for parks and flower gardens and the people would contribute their financial support for them.

"For such a wonderful purpose, no one could be against it," he said.

Tran Hoan, a resident of Hoang Quoc Viet Street, said residents of the city were ready to contribute to building more parks which would make their city greener and their health better. "It is not necessary to have big parks clustered in the centre," Hoan said.

"It would be much better if there were small ones in each group of residential quarters."

Many people and architects are against the trend that parks and flower gardens are being taken over by commercial places with restaurants and hotels are rising in Thong Nhat, Thu Le, Tuoi Tre and Nam Thanh Cong parks.

Le Hong Hanh, a 53-year-old resident of Ngoc Duong Street, near Tuoi Tre Park, said residents were tired of serious air pollution; they needed fresh air from parks and flower gardens.

"It is important for our health," Hanh said.

"However, these areas are being invaded and they are decreasing. While local authorities try to create new green space for the city, they should also consider protecting the existing green space."

Associate Professor Pham Hung Cuong, of Construction University, said parks in the centre were a target for enterprises.

Dang Hung Vo, former deputy minister of Environment and Natural Resources, said hotels and restaurants were prevented by law from using public land, including parks and gardens.

"The parks are green lungs for the city, they need protecting," Vo said.

"By the end of this year, there will be a green plan for the city, including parks, flower gardens and greenfields.

"With this plan, the city should have a suitable mechanism to protect and develop parks and flower gardens," Hy said.

VietNamNet/Viet Nam News

try to write in english so everybody can understand...

Benchmarking Bronze Level given to InterContinental Hanoi Westlake

source: QDND (http://army.qdnd.vn/vietnam.travel.tnews.23645.qdnd)


InterContinental Hanoi Westlake hotel has just been given the Benchmarking Bronze Level by Green Globe.

Green Globe is a global brand that includes programs for sustainability, carbon neutrality and Benchmarking, Certification and Performance Improvement based on the Agenda 21 principles for sustainable development. Green Globe is supported by the science and technology of Sustainable Tourism CRC (STCRC), the largest source of sustainability research in the world.

To receive the Benchmarking Bronze Level, the hotel has committed itself to Green Globe criteria for energy and water consumption and waste as well as social and environmental integration.

In particular, the hotel has reached the Best Practice on the economization of water use, waste processing and social contribution.

General Director of the hotel, Chrístian Pirodon said, “We are, for the sake of a green and clean earth, responsible for the next generation. We are happy to continue our efforts and commitments on environmental preservation.”

Source: HNM
Translated by Thu Nguyen

where are we now

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exhibition!

source: Hanoi Grapevine (http://hanoigrapevine.com/2009/03/lang_enwhere-we-are-nowlang_enlang_viwhere-we-are-nowlang_vi/)

I have some question guys. How much did the GDP per capita of New Hanoi dropped through the expansion? And how is the total GDP right now?

InterContinental Westlake presents Hanoi
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haha tq , i was about to post that vid

this vid is nice too and new.

Hanoi by Buffalo Tours (incl. skyline view from Sofitel Plaza!)
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Exhibition Mapping Invisible Cities
March 14 - 23, 2009

source: Goethe.de
(http://www.goethe.de/ins/id/lp/prj/map/exh/han/enindex.htm)
Photo by Peter Bialobrzeski

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3 cai cau thang di xuong long dat la gi vay?

Đi xuống đường hầm đi bộ qua đường đó . Mà ko biết có ai dám đi xuống đó ko nữa :lol:

To di roi ne , cung sach se lam

chỗ đó là cầu vượt Ngã Tư Sở thì phải. hihi

sorry this is kind of stupid question from me,which part of north Vietnam where people always pronounce N for L ?thanks

i believe those people are from Ha Tay,or Hai Phong ... it's so annoying

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lol. so funny. hehe :))

autumn photo collection

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Hà Nội chỉnh trang hàng loạt tuyến phố, vườn hoa, công viên

source: KTDT (http://www.ktdt.com.vn/newsdetail.asp?NewsId=141518&CatId=44)


Hanoinet - Phó Chủ tịch UBND TP Hà Nội Nguyễn Văn Khôi vừa cho phép lập qui hoạch xây dựng hai bên đường 9 tuyến phố lớn, chỉnh trang hạ tầng kỹ thuật 4 quảng trường và cải tạo, nâng cấp nhiều vườn hoa, công viên của Thủ đô...

Theo đó, Hà Nội chính thức phê duyệt danh mục từng tuyến phố, vườn hoa, công viên... được chỉnh trang, nâng cấp và tăng cường trật tự đô thị trong đợt I năm 2009, tiến tới kỷ niệm 1000 năm Thăng Long.

Các trục sẽ được lập qui hoạch xây dựng hai bên tuyến đường gồm: Trần Duy Hưng - Nguyễn Chí Thanh - Liễu Giai - Văn Cao - Hồ Tây; Giảng Võ - Láng Hạ - Lê Văn Lương; Tràng Tiền - Hàng Khay - Tràng Thi - Điện Biên Phủ; Đinh Tiên Hoàng; Hai Bà Trưng; Lý Thường Kiệt; Trần Hưng Đạo; Lê Duẩn - Giải Phóng - Bắc Linh Đàm; Tôn Đức Thắng - Nguyễn Lương Bằng - Tây Sơn - Nguyễn Trãi.

Các quảng trường: Cách mạng tháng Tám, Ngân hàng Trung ương, Trần Nhân Tông, Đàn Xã Tắc... sẽ được chỉnh trang hạ tầng kỹ thuật.

Công viên Thống Nhất, công viên Thủ Lệ cùng một số vườn hoa sẽ được chỉnh trang như: vườn hoa tượng đài Lênin; quanh hồ Hoàn Kiếm; vườn hoa Lý Tự Trọng; vườn hoa Diên Hồng, Lý Thái Tổ; vườn hoa Nguyễn Trãi (TP Hà Đông)...

Đặc biệt, Hà Nội chính thức giao cho chủ đầu tư là Công ty trách nhiệm hữu hạn nhà nước 1 thành viên Công viên cây xanh xây dựng một số vườn hoa, thảm cỏ trên các khu đất trống tại nội thành Hà Nội. Công ty này đồng thời có trách nhiệm cải tạo một số vườn hoa nhỏ lẻ trên địa bàn Thủ đô, trong đợt này.

Sở Xây dựng Hà Nội được giao nhiệm vụ lắp đặt hệ thống chiếu sáng suốt dọc tuyến đường 1B từ Phú Xuyên đến hết địa phận Hà Nội, tuyến đường trục kinh tế miền Đông huyện Đông Anh và đường đê Dốc Vân đi Đông Trù cũng tại huyện Đông Anh.

Cùng với đó, nhiều tuyến đường cửa ngõ vào thành phố cũng được chú trọng chỉnh trang hạ tầng kỹ thuật kết hợp đồng bộ với hạ ngầm, sắp xếp các đường dây, như: tuyến Phạm Văn Đồng - Phạm Hùng - Khuất Duy Tiến; tuyến Nguyễn Văn Cừ; tuyến Lê Duẩn - Giải Phóng...

Việc hạ ngầm đường dây đi nổi được giao cho Tổng Công ty Vietel thực hiện theo phương thức xã hội hóa tại một số tuyến phố như: Hoàng Diệu, Phan Đình Phùng, Giảng Võ, Láng Hạ, Xuân Thủy, Cầu Giấy...

Nhiều tuyến đường tại Hà Đông, Sơn Tây cũng được cải tạo ngay trong đợt I này: Lê Lợi; 430 (từ Viện Bỏng đến Cầu Đen và từ Bưu điện Hà Đông đến Ngọc Trục); Chùa Thông (quốc lộ 21A); Tùng Thiện (từ Km0 đến Km2); Thanh Vị (tỉnh lộ 414 đoạn 3km qua nội thị).

Ngoài ra, 4.500 thùng rác công cộng, 15 nhà vệ sinh công cộng bằng thép sẽ được lắp đặt rải rác trên địa bàn Thủ đô.

Đối với các dự án sử dụng nguồn vốn ngân sách TP Hà Nội đợt này, ông Khôi cho phép thanh toán trong tổng vốn kế hoạch đã giao năm 2009 là 115 tỉ đồng. Trước đó, một số trong những dự án kể trên mới chỉ phục vụ giai đoạn "chuẩn bị đầu tư" (chưa chính thức tiến hành đầu tư, xây dựng) đã được UBND TP Hà Nội quyết định chi thêm 1,6 tỉ đồng (cuối năm 2008).


Theo VNN

อยากไปเที่ยวเวียดนามจังเลยครับ


I'm from Thai forums.

"Hat Yai The Southern Phenomena"

:)

อยากไปเที่ยวเวียดนามจังเลยครับ


I'm from Thai forums.

"Hat Yai The Southern Phenomena"

:)


ไม่เป็นไร

???

ไปเที่ยวเวีย

ไม่เป็นไร

ไปเที่ยวเวีย

What do these mean?

google translate thoi :lol:
You're welcome

It means amazing.

ไปเที่ยวเวีย


^^

"ไปเที่ยวเวีย" คืออะไรครับ ?

ขอเชิญเที่ยวงานเทศกาล "สงกรานต์" (Songkran) ที่ประเทศไทยครับ

โดยเฉพาะที่ "หาดใหญ่" มีการเล่นสงกรานต์ในเวลากลางคืนด้วย

*Hat Yai Midnight Songkran*


:banana:

English please. -_-

^^

"ไปเที่ยวเวีย" คืออะไรครับ ?

ขอเชิญเที่ยวงานเทศกาล "สงกรานต์" (Songkran) ที่ประเทศไทยครับ

โดยเฉพาะที่ "หาดใหญ่" มีการเล่นสงกรานต์ในเวลากลางคืนด้วย

*Hat Yai Midnight Songkran*


:banana:

New Year in April? base on what planet?

The western calendar uses the sun
the CHinese uses the mơon
Thai uses what planet?

old pics, but I just uploaded them recently

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Danish artist displays ceramic mural in Hanoi

source: Nhan Dan (http://www.nhandan.com.vn/english/culture/170409/culture_da.htm)


Nhan Dan Online- Danish ceramist Michael Geertsen unveiled on April 16 a 60 sq m ceramic mosaic made up of many smaller paintings by himself and Vietnamese artists in front of the Long Bien bus station in Hanoi.

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Danish artist Michael Geertsen is the first western artist whose artwork displayed in Hanoi as part of 6 km long Hanoi Ceramic Mural project . The mural is a public art-work, created for the ceramic mosaic mural along the banks of the Hong River commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi project, which is hung on the wall along the Hong River dyke.

The 60 m2 design of the mural was developed during the artist’s four hard working weeks in Bat Trang, Hanoi while the instalment was made in collaboration between the Danish and the Vietnamese ceramic artists. Participating in this project, ‘has been a rewarding and exciting process’, according to Michael, but ‘the instalment of the 60m2 mural has also been a hard work,’ he added.

Speaking at the ceremony, Danish Ambassador Peter Lysholt Hansen says, “I believe that the mural will not only add on the beauty of the city, but it will also enhance the international cultural exchanges and partnership as well as promote the development of other public arts projects in Hanoi’.

As part of Hanoi Ceramic Mural, artists from Vietnam and over the world will jointly decorate the dike by using ceramic material, in order to have a 6-km-long mural.

Geertsen came to Hanoi late February for the project. Explaining why he accepted to come to Hanoi for the project though he was very busy with his exhibitions around Europe and the US, he said “This is an amazing public project and I don’t want to miss the chance for a giant outdoor ceramic artwork. But the most important thing for me is that I can create an impressive artwork in your country, a place that has a deep and impressive culture.”

Geertsen, 43, graduated from the ceramic and glass department at the Danish School of Art and Design in 1991 and later from Designskole (Institute of Industrial Design) in 1993.

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His works have been displayed at museums in New York, London, Demark, Germany, South Korea, China and other countries. He has won awards from Denmark, Belgium, The Republic of Korea, the US, and Germany. The fund for the project is raised from different local and international organisations and institutions in Vietnam. The 60 sq m of the mural was made with support from the Cultural Development and Exchange Fund (CDEF), of the Embassy of the Denmark in Hanoi. Hanoi Mural is considered a significant art project to celebrate Hanoi's 1000th anniversary in 2010.

Studio Tho (http://www.studiotho.com/)

NO 5 - DOWN TO FREEZING_POINT (2/5)
20Hanoi, Viet Nam)
Nguyen Duc Tu Photography (http://www.studiotho.com/artschool/Photography.htm)
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NO 2 -DOWN TO FREEZING_POINT (2/5)
2009 (Hanoi, Viet Nam)
Nguyen Duc Tu Photography (http://www.studiotho.com/artwork/artschool/Photography.htm#0000026007)
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New Year in April? base on what planet?

The western calendar uses the sun
the CHinese uses the mơon
Thai uses what planet?

The Chinese calendar uses the Moon.
The Thai calendar uses the Moon too.

But Thai New Yaer is on 13rd-15th April.
(Songkran Day, วันสงกรานต์) OK?

:)

Danish artist displays ceramic mural in Hanoi

source: Nhan Dan (http://www.nhandan.com.vn/english/culture/170409/culture_da.htm)

Doan duong do nguoi Dan Mach lam tuy khong the hien duoc van hoa Viet nhung nhin dep mat hon nhi

sorry only available in German

Beethoven auf Vietnamesisch

source: Welt Online (http://www.welt.de/wams_print/article3581379/Beethoven-auf-Vietnamesisch.html)


Kommt die Rede auf Vietnam, denkt kaum einer an Musik. Sondern an den Krieg mit den USA, an Napalm und deformierte Soldatenseelen, wie sie Hollywood gern ergründet. Vielleicht auch an die politische Gegenwart, die wachsende Wirtschaft, den Reformkommunismus. Vor einigen Wochen überraschte die Nachricht, dass die New Yorker Philharmoniker im Oktober erstmals in ihrer Geschichte ein Konzert in Hanoi geben wollen.

Dort steht ein Opernhaus, 1911 gegründet, zur Zeit der französischen Besatzung, mit 600 Plätzen. "Klassische Musik wird dort stark gefördert", berichtet Gero Schließ, Leiter der Programmprojekte (Promotion und Partnerschaften) bei der Deutschen Welle. "Ein neuer Konzertsaal wird gerade gebaut. Da ist ein großer Wunsch zu spüren, an der europäischen Kultur teilzuhaben." Das werden die Mitglieder des Hochschulorchesters der National Academy of Music in Hanoi besonders intensiv erleben. Denn sie reisen zum Orchestercampus des Bonner Beethovenfestes und der Deutschen Welle.

Seit neun Jahren erarbeiten Musikstudenten aus einem fernen Land während des Festivals ein Programm. Peter Gülke, zehn Jahre Generalmusikdirektor in Wuppertal, ein Dirigent und Musikwissenschaftler, der viele Uraufführungen dirigiert hat, leitet seit 2002 den Orchestercampus. Konservatorien aus aller Welt schickten stets ihre besten Kräfte nach Bonn. Wie sie werden auch die 16 bis 24 Jahre alten Vietnamesen bei Bonner Familien wohnen. Das soll für einen noch intensiveren Kontakt zur deutschen Kultur sorgen, auch zum Alltag, der nicht immer frei von Problemen ist. "Was essen die?", ist derzeit eine viel gestellte Frage der Gastgeber. Oder: "Sagen Vietnamesen direkt, was sie denken?"

Die Idee des Projekts kam von der Deutschen Welle. "Wir wollen der Klassikszene in den Ländern Extra-Impulse geben und damit den interkulturellen Dialog stützen", erläutert Gero Schließ. "Auch verfolgen wir strategische Interessen. Wir haben zwar kein landessprachliches Programm, aber Vietnam ist ein aufstrebender Medienmarkt. Die deutschsprachigen Angebote in Fernsehen, Radio und Internet, darunter die Sprachkurse auf dw-world.de, boomen." Schließ hat gerade eine Vietnamreise beendet. Er erlebte eine "starke Identifikation", die in der Musikschule gerade mit Beethoven zu spüren ist. "Sie spielen die Sinfonien vielleicht etwas weicher, melodiöser und verspielter als wir es kennen. Es ist ganz ihre Musik geworden."

Die jungen Musiker sollen aber auch ein zeitgenössisches Stück aus ihrem Kulturkreis in Bonn präsentieren. Deshalb finanziert die Deutsche Welle wie jedes Jahr einen Kompositionsauftrag. Tran Manh Hung, hier völlig unbekannt, in seiner Heimat trotz seiner Jugend arriviert, hat eine "Poéme Symphonie" geschrieben, die westliche Einflüsse mit Vietnams Musikstilen verbindet. Beide Richtungen werden an der Hochschule unterrichtet.

Das gute Niveau der Hochschule hat den jungen Vietnamesen schon einige Gastspielreisen ermöglicht, unter den 1500 Studenten finden sich auch Russen, Franzosen, Japaner und Deutsche. Die vom Beethovenfest und der Deutschen Welle gebaute Kulturbrücke soll dabei keine Einbahnstraße sein. Die Konzerte werden auch in Hanoi zu hören sein, erst via Radio und Podcast aus Bonn, dann vor Ort im alten Opernhaus, in dem auch die New Yorker Philharmoniker spielen. "Wir wollen auch von den Partnern lernen", sagt Gero Schließ. "Ich lerne wieder Demut, genauer hinzuhören und der Kunst mit größerer Wertschätzung zu begegnen."

In den vergangenen Jahren sorgte der Orchestercampus immer für eine besondere Note des Beethovenfestes. Auch außerhalb der Konzerte verändert es die Atmosphäre, wenn junge Leute mit Hingabe und Begeisterung durch die Stadt gehen und an ihren Programmen arbeiten. Zwei Konzerte präsentiert das Beethovenfest: einmal das Campusorchester mit Beethovens Siebter und der Uraufführung von Tran Manh Hungh. Am 30. September, folgt dann ein Konzert mit Werken von Beethoven, Schumann und Max Bruch. Solist ist der Violinist Bui Cong Duy (28), der in Russland studiert hat. "Solche Ereignisse strahlen über den Konzertanlass hinaus", begeistert sich Schließ. "Für das Publikum sind sie jedes Mal eine Frischzellenkur."

InterContinental Westlake short clip

http://www.flickr.com/photos/asiacamera/3464729677/

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Lake View Apartment - Sofitel Plaza

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Hanoi Youth Culture

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Beautiful song about Hanoi , i love Hanoi in this MV :x :):):)

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oops...I just recognised now that I posted the pics above in the wrong thread. my mistake.

haha i tot you meant to do that so i didn't say anything

Diverse art to cheer capital’s birthday

source: VietNamNet (http://english.vietnamnet.vn/Entertainment/2009/04/844239/)


VietNamNet Bridge - An art project featuring diverse contemporary forms is being established by a group of artists in Ha Noi to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Ha Noi.

Led by popular visual artist Dao Anh Khanh, the project will have three main events within a year from November.

Khanh has organised and featured in several shows, including Dao Xuan (Re-Spring), a multi-art and dancing series which received rave reviews.

The project’s first event, Hoi Tu Anh Sang (Light Gathering) is an exhibition for installations, sculptures, paintings and video clips.

Different materials will be used to create the art works while light from sources such as electricity, candles and fire will be used to help express the artists’ ideas, he said. Sound effects will help maximise the atmosphere for visitors.

All the works will aim to express the beauty of the people and land of the 1,000-year capital, as well as other practical issues of a modern society.

"I will create small houses standing on moving legs, named Chuyen Dong (Movement). My creation springs from the idea that life never stops," said sculptor Nguyen Ngoc Lam.

An installation by sculptor Vu Bich Thuy will include 100 eggs, symbols of the legendary first 100 children of Vietnamese people’s parents, Dragon Lac Long Quan and Fairy Au Co, on display on a section of the Ngoc Thuy-Long Bien Dyke.

"I will paint different objects on every egg to represent the different jobs of Vietnamese people, who are believed to be the offspring of Dragon and Fairy," she said.

Buddhism, the main religion in Viet Nam, is the stimulus of an installation she plans to set up of a big Smiling Buddha, who is believed to bring good luck.

The November exhibition is scheduled for the 5,000 sq.m Anh Khanh Studio in Long Bien District, as well as a 1km section of Ngoc Thuy-Long Bien Dyke.

The musical performance, Cau Am Thanh (Bridge of the Sound), will be organised for February. Unlike other performances during the musical banquet, contemporary music will accompany other Vietnamese traditional music genres such as ca tru (ceremonial singing), tuong (classical drama) and cheo (traditional opera).

Khanh said the show would feature contemporary and traditional music because the artists wanted to represent the interaction of traditional and modern music.

The final and biggest event will be a large-scale installation accompanying an art performance.

Coming from the idea every person, city and nation has vigour, 36 bamboo installations will be used to symbolise the strength and liveliness of Hanoians. It will be formed in the Anh Khanh studio precinct.

The installations will also be a background for a performance presented by Khanh and more than 100 actors.

"Like the common theme of the project’s event, the performance will depict the non-stop development of Ha Noi," Khanh said.

The Cay Doi (Life Tree) performance will take the stage in October next year.

Artists helping implement the projects include sculptors Nguyen Bao Toan, Dang Duc Thanh, Do Minh Tam, Dang Thi Khue, painters Le Quang Ha, Vuong Thao, Doan Hoang Lam, Quach Phuong Dong and musicians Xuan Son, Kim Ngoc, Vu Nhat Tan and Tri Minh.

Visual artist Khanh plans to invite foreign artists to join the project.

VietNamNet/VNS

this blog is a great contribution to the city of Hanoi

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nice pics :D

Ha Noi to clean-up streets, parks for 1,000th birthday

source: Viet Nam News (http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=02SOC050509)


HA NOI — The capital is making efforts to spruce up its streets for the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Ha Noi, which will fall on October 10, 2010, according to the director of the municipal People Committee’s Urban Traffic Department.

A representative from the Transport Department’s Urban Infrastructure Planning Office said that Ha Noi had planned to upgrade over 70 streets, as well as parks, zoos and squares around the city.

The department had asked construction firms doing work underground to be aware of transportation safety and environmental concerns while executing such projects.

These companies were told to quickly complete projects on streets that needed to be improved for the anniversary.

The city’s Planning and Investment Department also approved upgrades to streets in western Ha Dong City and the Nguyen Luong Bang-Tay Son route in time for the important event.

The 3km road from Khuat Duy Tien to Ha Dong Bridge will be paved and given select footpaths, and the department was also planning to improve water drainage systems.

Total investment for the project was VND350 million (US$21,000) and was expected to be operational by this year’s second quarter.

Another project improving the Tran Phu-Quang Trung route, Ha Dong Bridge to Ba La in Ha Dong City and the Nguyen Luong Bang-Tay Son route was also approved by the Planning and Investment Department.

Phase one

All of the above-mentioned works were currently in phase one preparations for the anniversary celebration. At the beginning of next year, phase two will be carried out, repainting high-tension poles, trees and State offices.

The project was expected to become operational before October next year.

The Department of Transport had also decided to divide the Thanh Nien-Nghi Tam-Yen Phu intersection in Ha Noi into lanes to ease congestion and increase circulation beginning May 2, said a director of the department’s Urban Traffic Office.

Under the decision, vehicles travelling from Nghi Tam to Yen Phu Street would be in the middle lane, while those travelling from Thanh Nien to Nghi Tam and An Duong streets would have to turn right on Yen Phu Street and hook around at the Mac Dinh Chi school.

During the first week implementing the decision, about 20 policemen and investigators would be responsible for guiding people to the correct lanes. During the following weeks, there would be fewer policemen, though some guides would remain.

He also said that the department had been implementing divides for 10 other intersections such as An Duong, Cau Dien, Dao Tan, Le Thanh Nghi and some others.

"We are trying to make divides at intersections to avoid traffic jams in the city," he said.

The municipal Construction Department and districts were willing to co-ordinate with the investor to prepare for the upcoming anniversary.

"We are ready to co-operate with investors to speed up the project’s progress," said a representative of the Urban Management Department of Ba Dinh district’s People’s Committee. — VNS