i found these on a chinese forum, very beautiful, enjoy ~~

http://img251.echo.cx/img251/6205/hanoi13lu.jpg
http://img251.echo.cx/img251/8708/hanoi24ty.jpg

:okay:

very nice
anymore?
ah should visit this chinese forum, why would they posted hanoi photos there?

very nice
anymore?
ah should visit this chinese forum, why would they posted hanoi photos there?

heh, very normal, i can find many foreign cities there. :)

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/detail.jsp?id=19169488

not Hanoi，BUT SAIGON

http://a1hoankiem.com/dsc_3020.jpg

WOW !!!

i found these on a chinese forum, very beautiful, enjoy ~~

http://img251.echo.cx/img251/8708/hanoi24ty.jpg

:okay:
I think this pic was taken from West Lake?

Yes...or in vn "Ho Tay"... :)

Thanks a lot :) Hanoi is growing too fast.

On that website you will find more very good high-quality images of Hanoi and Vietnam: http://www.treklens.com/gallery/Asia/Vietnam/
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Anyone indentify these projects:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/saigon_punkid/348782971HOBezQ_ph.jpg

This is the residential area that appeared in atoom's pic:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/saigon_punkid/348783540yWTlaH_ph.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/saigon_punkid/348783873iAeWCj_ph.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/saigon_punkid/348783753fIehXr_ph.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/saigon_punkid/348783236klccEr_ph.jpg

We may never know...:( while new projects start almost everyday in Hanoi.

dont see any things in your post, saigon_monsooner

post repaired :)

please identify them,if possible.

One of Hanoi's old beauties:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/saigon_punkid/354247086LapWJS_ph.jpg

(pics of tnl_vn and lykhach webshots members)

yes, this building is magnificient.. all the trang tien street was looking like that before... i heard it's the new place for all the Hanoi's stock exchange! good that they restored the place!

Thats the new stock exchage?
When it has been opend?
They should build more such buildings on the Trang Tien street. Looks good!

That stock exchange building has been in used for haft a year now.

this building was build under the french period... very beautiful stuff

Beautiful city......!

:)

nice 2 see vietnam is improving...

Very impressive Hanoi :)

Hey,
check this out: from www.photo.com.vn

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oh well hip hop in vietnam... wtf?

yeah just take a look at "Saigon street scenes" thread di!!!!

And some of them dance really good...like the guy doing airchair above^

Trung Hoa Nhan Chinh
(taken from the BigC Supercenter)
http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/5509/2407056mr.jpg
http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/5476/24070564iu.jpg


Westlake area by night
(taken from the top of the Sofitel Plaza)
Thanh Nien Street
http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/9198/24070539ix.jpg
Shereton Hotel
http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/5251/24070527ba.jpg

Dinh Tien Street (Ho Hoan Kiem)
http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/1104/24070547we.jpg
http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/6536/24070553fx.jpg

please correct me in case of naming false streets names.

So I`m currently doing holidays in Hanoi and...wow...I love that city!
In the next few days I will take some construction photos too.

Oh cool!!! Have fun in Hanoi and I can't wait for your pics

Hanoi skyline is soaring beautifuly, but I hate the parking lot so much, it's a waste of land and a killer of green parks
try to get a snapshot of the construction on Trang Tien street across from the opera house eh.
and remember to order all the collection of "Kien Truc" magazine.


1 of my grandmas was born in Hanoi and left when she was 19 and never been back..... so try to take lots of nice photos eh, I'll show it to her and convince her to go back to Hanoi (and taking me along hehe)

Where are you from, Bang?

Yeah...
Keep raising Saigon

:):)

Cac ban ngham anh het chan nhe ;)

The Ocean Park Building
http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/9435/hanoi21ek.jpg

Dai Co Viet Street\ Vincom City Towers
http://img346.imageshack.us/img346/7541/hanoi33an.jpg http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/9265/hanoi46kj.jpg

Trang Tien Plaza
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/9346/hanoi50tp.jpg
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/1115/hanoi68ik.jpg
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/2828/hanoi79xo.jpg

Vietcombank Tower
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/3452/hanoi82re.jpg
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/6598/hanoi101lj.jpg

Daewoo area\ Lieu Giay Street
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/8528/hanoi271zq.jpg
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/9945/hanoi282bt.jpg
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2842/hanoi293ay.jpg

Cong Vien Ho Thang Cong
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/7929/hanoi198rv.jpg
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/3940/hanoi207bk.jpg
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/7442/hanoi215wf.jpg
Hanoi Television
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/5305/hanoi223kb.jpg
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/5955/hanoi239zx.jpg
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2845/hanoi242ov.jpg[/IMG]

Sorry if I dont post any pics in the next 4 days because I will visit Phong Nha Cai Bang or something like that in the central of vietnam.

Where are you from, Bang?

beats me........i really don't know...

now that I think of it, 2 grandmas, 2 grandpas, my parents, my sister and I......8 people born in 8 different places........thanks to the war in Iraq .....hahaha

actually the wars in China and in Vietnam.

ey tq, you're taking the wrong trangtien plaza, this is the shopping mall at the south side........the one at the north side is the new "opera plaza" underconctruction...facing the hanoi stock exchange building and the opera house

Here the link of Vietnamese forum have a lot of Hanoi pic
http://www.tathy.com/thanglong/showthread.php?t=812&page=1&pp=20

http://www.tathy.com/thanglong/show...12&page=1&pp=20

Man! that's great!!!

Trang Tien (Hoan Kiem)

Opera House
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/3051/060805213vm.jpg

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/4104/060805226rs.jpg

Hilton Hotel
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/5712/060805231lf.jpg

Hilton Hotel & Stock Exchange
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/7370/060805249it.jpg

(c) TQ Tuan

Trung Hoa Nhan Chinh
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/1863/03080588jc.jpg
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/353/030805958jj.jpg



http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/2944/030805103xk.jpg

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/387/030805269fh.jpg

My Dinh Stadium
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/2821/030805608yf.jpg
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/1386/030805655iw.jpg

Water Complex
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/1444/030805632ye.jpg

(c) TQ Tuan

look at this ya couldn't help but feeling sad for saigon, with the same amount of buildings projects, yet many projects in saigon are ground to a halt because of land clearance and compensation and crap crap

with my love , HN :)

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b162/svxd/DSC00280.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b162/svxd/DSC04336.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b162/svxd/DSC04339.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b162/svxd/DSC04330.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b162/svxd/DSC04327.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b162/svxd/DSC00295.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b162/svxd/DSC00291.jpg
... my friend'pic
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b162/svxd/img58.jpg

Hoan Kiem Distr.

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/8238/060805318ko.jpg

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/293/hoankiem12fj.jpg

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/9626/hoankiem21cg.jpg

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/471/hoankiem35fp.jpg

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/4059/hoankiem49fm.jpg

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/7785/hoankiem57vh.jpg

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/1068/hoankiem61fv.jpg

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/7259/hoankiem72bv.jpg

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/8884/hoankiem80aq.jpg

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/2383/hoankiem95wt.jpg

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/5416/hoankiem107dc.jpg

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/181/hoankiem114xp.jpg

(c)TQ Tuan

tq, your pictures tend to have a lot of people flying around and ghost appearing

tq, your pictures tend to have a lot of people flying around and ghost appearing

:colgate:
Yeah...I find it funny and excited.

From http://hanoihousehunter.com

Hanoi Ciputra
http://hanoihousehunter.com/houses/ciputra.6_hhh_1.jpg

M3M4 Nguyen Chi Thanh
http://hanoihousehunter.com/houses/apartment116infrontside.jpg

Hanoi Somerset Grand
http://hanoihousehunter.com/houses/office001.jpg

http://hanoihousehunter.com/houses/a111.13.jpg
http://hanoihousehunter.com/houses/a111.04.jpg

Ocean Park
http://hanoihousehunter.com/houses/picture.jpg

V Tower
http://hanoihousehunter.com/houses/templatepicture.jpg

did they replace the lenin statue with the le tay to one?

I'm happy just to see them replace the Lenin statue with a pot of flower....or a statue of pocahontas

some images i found on the net

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/2182/hanoi7qr.jpg

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/2200/hanoipara4bm.jpg

Seeing all of those images really makes me want to go back to Vietnam again. I remember my first trip there in 1999, there weren't that many high-rises. My 2001 trip saw a couple new ones I think, and my 2003 trip saw some more including the Sheraton hotel and the stadium under construction. I can't believe that in just two years(2003-2005) that many more new buildings have gone up! Last time I went I only had my film camera so I couldn't take many pictures(~100 in total) but next year, I'm bringing my digital and hope to snap at least 500 photos around Hanoi.
:p

wow....their rider can ride without helmet..

Seeing all of those images really makes me want to go back to Vietnam again. I remember my first trip there in 1999, there weren't that many high-rises. My 2001 trip saw a couple new ones I think, and my 2003 trip saw some more including the Sheraton hotel and the stadium under construction. I can't believe that in just two years(2003-2005) that many more new buildings have gone up! Last time I went I only had my film camera so I couldn't take many pictures(~100 in total) but next year, I'm bringing my digital and hope to snap at least 500 photos around Hanoi.



heh post some of those pictures for us to see :)

heh post some of those pictures for us to see :)
I have a few of them here on Imagestation. You have to sign up though to view them:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4289291245
and here
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4289282489

http://img286.imageshack.us/img286/4756/25-8-0519.jpg

(c) TQ Tuan

more pics from my last trip (summer 05) to Hanoi

http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/6255/030805739kk.jpg

http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/2020/030805765kh.jpg

http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/2372/03080511tk.jpg

http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/618/03080545tw.jpg

http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/3923/03080556wb.jpg

http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/5895/030805554ey.jpg

http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/469/03080560gk.jpg

http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/9541/030805680je.jpg

http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/8751/030805707dj.jpg

http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/4268/030805717vz.jpg

(C) by TQ Tuan

some Hotels in Hanoi...

Hanoi Melia
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7492/a1xm.jpg
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7974/a18ya.jpg

Hanoi Sofitel Metropole
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5135/a25lf.jpg
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/9844/a43sy.jpg
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7572/a34aa.jpg

Hanoi Sofitel Plaza
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/2404/a56bu.jpg
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7677/a67eg.jpg

Sheraton Hanoi
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/649/a84vm.jpg

Ho Tay
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/6610/a92tw.jpg

Horison
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/2971/a107qy.jpg
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5739/a114zo.jpg

Nikko Hotel
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/2360/a124ey.jpg

Fortuna Hotel
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/7759/a138uh.jpg

Daewoo Hotel
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/3277/a140sl.jpg

(c) TQ Tuan

the sofitel is horrible

the sofitel is horrible
The Sofitel Metropole is actually the best 5 star Hotel in Hanoi and one of the best in Asia. It is its old French style that makes it out standing. But from this angle of view, it's nothing else but an ugly old building :)
the word "horrible" is the most suitable for the Hanoi Sheraton, a horrible cubic box

ey TQ if ya keep the pictures in its orginal sizes it would be more interesting.....seriously I don't see anything on your pictures........i'm blind you see

ey by the way......from noi bai airport to hanoi city.....do you pass by any new urban areas? and if yes....which one is it?

Beautiful city!!!

I meant the Hanoi sofitel Plaza (it looks like the prince hotel in Tokyo) , not the Metropole which is very classy.

ey by the way......from noi bai airport to hanoi city.....do you pass by any new urban areas? and if yes....which one is it?


My Dinh

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/5922/060805601hq.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/8676/060805616vi.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/673/060805629ud.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/6135/060805633kq.jpg


My Dinh - Me Tri

(including The Manor, The Garden and other french style looking buildings)
I would say that this new urban area is going to be a new high-level french quarter of Hanoi.

for more information about the projects here: http://sudicosd.com.vn/Default.aspx?src=projects&id=4

http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/3676/mydinhmetri8rl.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/9827/030805347md.jpg
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/692/030805317jr.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/5461/030805352kl.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/1473/060805691ph.jpg

(view from The Manor)
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/3028/030805463uz.jpg


My Dinh - Me Tri Ha

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/5253/060805554hv.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/6271/030805273vm.jpg


Cau giay

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/3905/060805544vm.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/1122/030805795ni.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/2306/060805712yg.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/9340/030805229wb.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/8586/030805234xk.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/3046/030805241il.jpg


Water Complex
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/6206/060805587rr.jpg

(c) TQ Tuan

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/7365/abc1me.jpg

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/4437/abc10ja.jpg

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/2439/abc23zr.jpg

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/8861/abc35da.jpg

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/5108/abc57io.jpg

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/9651/abc40sh.jpg

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/9237/abc67qg.jpg

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/1412/abc76iv.jpg

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/6256/abc88cq.jpg

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/7219/abc98gw.jpg

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/4708/abc109qn.jpg

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/9326/abc111lf.jpg

(c) TQ Tuan

tq, you could keep the big images but reduce its' sizes in photoshops.......most of your photos are like 300-400kb it must took ya pretty long to upload and pretty long for me to see it downloading.

but I must say hanoi is classy.....all those new urbans are they on the same side with the current hanoi city or on the other side of the river?

They are located on the same side with the city. Actually, I haven't seen a lot of new highrise buildings appear on the other side of Song Hong.

Those here are all on the same side with the downtown as shike already said.
They are located especially western ( like my Dinh, Cau Giay, Trung Hoa Nhan Chinh, Trun Yen, (Tay Ho Tay) ...) and southern (like Dinh Conh, Linh Dam, ...) from the city.
Ciputra is located northern from the Westlake.

On the other side of the river you´ll find soon very large new urban areas like "Northern Red River" (US$30 billion), "Thien Duong" (US$1 billion) in Dong Anh and "Bo De- Gia Lam" in Gia Lam.

so red river located on the east or west of Hanoi?...I got a map of Hanoi but they only capture the center part of the city, so I don't know what is what outside of the city center

Maybe this map will give you a better view to Hanoi.

The more brightly color is more the outside of the city center.
But some urban areas are of the border between the line too.

http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/69/scannen4sm.jpg

ey..... hanoi got many amazing urban areas... but Saigon just got only Phu My Hung at this time... does that mean that Hanoi is much more richer and higher living standard than Saigon now?? im confusing!! i thought Saigon was the best city in vn.. but i havent seen Saigon got any awesome urban like those in Hanoi..

Villas
somewhere in Ba Dinh
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/4770/170805416th.jpg
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/5743/170805438tc.jpg
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/2530/170805440dw.jpg
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/9248/dsc017277wg.jpg
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/6151/060805812qn.jpg

Roads Scene
Dai Co Viet
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/2064/1708058ff.jpg

the Gateway to the old quarter
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/467/240805320ey.jpg

Trang Tien
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/8489/240805355in.jpg

Ho Hoan kiem
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/5289/25805296jf.jpg


http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6347/dsc016809cl.jpg

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/734/dsc017039nt.jpg

Lang Ha
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/7781/dsc017138un.jpg

somewhere in Cau Giay
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/9513/030805128ne.jpg


http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/9167/100805290xb.jpg

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/1382/12080510si.jpg

and btw are there any new under construction urban in Saigon rite now?? if so.. can you guys give me a list..

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/4770/170805416th.jpg
Le Hong Phong street, my most favourite street in HN :)

I used to think like that to after I saw so many urban projects in Hanoi......but last year I read a nsewpaer....they said the total land of those projects in hanoi is 2100-2300ha.....but Saigon south alone is 2700ha.....and if you add that with Thao Dien in sistrict 2, new urban in district 9, maybe thr future thu thiem you get a heck more......but it was last year statistic so i'm not sure how many new projects hanoi is getting now.
besides, saigon is big so most people got their own house, even if they are slumps :) hanoi however is small and many people are still cooped up in the tight old quarter and old xoviet apartments, therefore there's an urgency to expand hanoi........and the winter in hanoi is cold, people need decent houses.......saigon: i could put up cardboards and few twigs and coconut leaves, and that's my house

they are really building cheap-looking appartments bloc in the surbubs of hanoi... of course hanoi needs some, but what the heck, even the manor is dramasticly horrible, with this ugly blue color for the first two floors...

@ Pelerin_au_tonkin: The first two floors of The Manor aren´t blue! They are brown-like. I know it because I was myself there. I visit this summer with my family the Housing Gallery.
BTW, the interior looks so beautiful! Every apartment has their own water well, cool walk-in closets (american style), many bathrooms and a funny rach xep (?).

You meant maybe the SongDa building near the main road which is very european too, right?

http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/9682/030805352lo.jpg
The Manor is behind of this apartment-building

The Manor
http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/8560/030805459yf.jpg

(C) TQ Tuan

Hoan Kiem District

http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/5052/25805451hq.jpg

http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/2153/dsc016949ee.jpg

http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/5285/dsc016998fl.jpg

http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/2475/dsc017015hs.jpg

(C) TQ Tuan

hey a Viettel Mobile shop is visible in the picture above. When I came back to VN for my summer holiday, I saw 098 everywhere

nice hanoi goes develope

i just visited Montreal...and I have to say forget what other people said.....VN should continue build French buildings....Hanoi and Saigon have lost so much nice french buildings to the war and development.

I live here practically all my life but last week was the first time ever I've visited montreal........no nice and romantic...If anyone comes to canada don't miss out montreal......I hope if not saigon then Hanoi should be like that in the year 2020

The old quarter of Montréal is nice indeed, the rest is just like elsewhere in the USA.

hey guys, im from hong kong.......great pictures.....

I am planning to take vacation in hanoi for a week with my family.......i appreciate if you can give me some ideas about the tourist spot in hanoi. is there any tourist spot which is good for children? any resort or beaches?
thanks you.

Go to thorntree at lonely planet website, they'll be able to provide you with valuable travel advice

http://thorntree.lonelyplanet.com/categories.cfm?catid=24

Trung Hoa Nhan Chinh
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/3333/0308051044cm.jpg


http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/1407/060805407kc.jpg

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/1418/060805411jl.jpg

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/5379/060805567xi.jpg

Red River
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/848/100805284uv.jpg
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/6121/100805309zl.jpg

(C) TQ Tuan

Hope there will be a waterfront development project or something coz the riverside is too untidy.

http://www.vnn.vn/dataimages/original/images178608_trunghoa.jpg

some Hotels in Hanoi...

Hanoi Melia
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7492/a1xm.jpg
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7974/a18ya.jpg

Hanoi Sofitel Metropole
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5135/a25lf.jpg
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/9844/a43sy.jpg
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7572/a34aa.jpg

Hanoi Sofitel Plaza
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/2404/a56bu.jpg
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7677/a67eg.jpg

Sheraton Hanoi
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/649/a84vm.jpg

Ho Tay
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/6610/a92tw.jpg

Horison
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/2971/a107qy.jpg
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5739/a114zo.jpg

Nikko Hotel
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/2360/a124ey.jpg

Fortuna Hotel
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/7759/a138uh.jpg

Daewoo Hotel
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/3277/a140sl.jpg

(c) TQ Tuan


Cool to see those pics,
I've stayed in the Hanoi Horison Hotel.
A very good 5 star hotel!
I would recommand !
Greetzzz XeloS

SO cool! :)

Vincom Tower
http://www.nhandan.com.vn/english/news/241104/images/khaitruong_vincom1.jpg

Some more:

Sunway
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/saigon_punkid/Sunway.jpg

Sedona Suites
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/saigon_punkid/SedonaSuites.jpg

Hanoi Towers:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/saigon_punkid/images27671_hanoi_towers1.jpg

Guoman:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/saigon_punkid/Guoman.jpg

Daewoo:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/saigon_punkid/Daewoo.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y147/saigon_punkid/U2.jpg

Hanoi Tower:
http://www.sino.net/images/hotels/2/50/562-hotel.jpg

Zephyr, nice hotel.
http://asiahotels.net/vietnamesehotels/hanoi/zephyr-hotel/zephyr-hotel.jpg

Temple Of Literature in Hanoi

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/vietnam/hanoi/templelit/80.jpg

More photos:

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/vietnam/hanoi/templelit/74.jpg
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/vietnam/hanoi/templelit/76.jpg
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/vietnam/hanoi/templelit/75.jpg
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/vietnam/hanoi/templelit/89.jpg
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/vietnam/hanoi/templelit/78.jpg

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/vietnam/hanoi/templelit/79.jpg

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/vietnam/hanoi/templelit/82.jpg
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/vietnam/hanoi/templelit/83.jpg
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/vietnam/hanoi/templelit/chad63.jpg
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/vietnam/hanoi/templelit/87.jpg

Compare Vietnam and Indian cities, I have to say Vietnam cities look much better than Indian ones, although the GDP per capita data show that India is higher than Vietnam http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2004rank.html.

I think Vietnam may have similar phenomenon as China, that is the official economic data underestimate the real economic sizes.

Data collection and forecasting in Vietnam is still very inefficient and unreliable.

Tay Ho District
northern
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Highland Coffee
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/2262/170805652qw.jpg

Restaurant next to Highland Coffee
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/2307/170805657gq.jpg

Thanh Nien Street
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/5442/170805650pe.jpg

Quan Thanh Street
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/2391/060805829ae.jpg



VCCI Building (Dao Duy Anh Street)
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/1474/dsc017543sj.jpg

V-Tower
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Quan Ngua
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/3406/060805829ms.jpg

Gia Lam-VN Museum
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/5225/060805820bj.jpg

Vincom City Towers
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/7595/060805825nh.jpg

Highway to Noi Bai Airport
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/6703/060805827ds.jpg

The Ocean Park Building
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/6770/240805105nv.jpg

taken by tq

Thanks for the nice pictures, tq.

http://vietnam.vnagency.com.vn/VNP_Upload/News/2006-3/21/0306Ec01L.JPG

Megastar Cineplex @ Vincom City Towers(191 Ba Trieu Street)

source: http://00844.blogspot.com/2006/05/cine-multiplex-ha-noi-enfin.html

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1442/1115/1600/Cinema%20Multiplex%20Hanoi%20Vietnam%204.jpg

- opened on April 26
- investment: US$5 million
- 1,100 seats
- equipped with the latest surround sound systems and the most advanced digital film technology

...Megastar Cineplex will open their movie theatre in Huong Vung Plaza (Saigon), Saigon Paragon (Saigon), TD Plaza (Hai phong), ... soon.

Hi Guys…hum, hum, this is my pic!? Anyway thanks for the link.

Here something which may interest you folks: a post of one of the feasibility study for the Hanoi Tramway retained by the government.
You will found a video (3D).
http://00844.blogspot.com/2006/03/metro-de-hanoi-le-projet-systra.html

Or go to straight to my Google video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6009782444893211901

^ wow, cam on anh/chi khongcoai nhe.. heher

Come on, don't be shy, kocoai, let make a new thread on this :)

wow...thank you for the great video...love to see Vietnam become more and more a modern country everday...
...so we have a new member *happy*...what are you doing in Vietnam right now? go here for: introduce yourself (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=209791)

this tramway project is from ARCHIPEL, the new architecture firm, founded by Philippe Pierga, after he left Archetype

this tramway project is from ARCHIPEL, the new architecture firm, founded by Philippe Pierga, after he left Archetype

Hi There,

No it is not a project from Archipel, this is a project from Systra Ingeneering. And They subcontrated the 3D video to Archipel.

But Archipel made a really good work by sequencing and choreographing the video all alone just from a digital camera (5mega pix) and using 3DMax.

Come on, don't be shy, kocoai, let make a new thread on this :)

K co vende gi! Do your stuff!!!

Temple Of Literature in Hanoi

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/vietnam/hanoi/templelit/80.jpg

If i could build a house here, i will do a similar concept with nude concrete and double glazing.

skyline of Hanoi...taken on the upper floor of Hoa Binh Towers (Hoang Quoc Viet Street)...
...let me do a panoroma when the sky is getting more suitable...

skyline
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Those tube houses are SO UGLY

sao nhin dau cung thay red roof het

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Lang Ha Street
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2928/0727200656ap6.png

Nguyen Chi Thanh (ICC Building)
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/7276/0727200660zd0.png

Daeha Business Centre
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/4373/0727200661ab7.png

two buildings on Lieu Giay Street
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/435/0727200662bl6.png

Hoa Binh Towers (almost completed)
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/4145/0727200665na1.png
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/8750/0727200666pm7.png

hmm,the skyline of hanoi looks less chaotic than saigon..but it lacks the 'special feeling' like that of saigon.

whats with the ugly choice of colours of vietnamese buildings?

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/7276/0727200660zd0.png

man theyre all concrete and colours are so bright (gay) if you know what i mean
whers all the metal and steel buildings?

is there in saigon? i think saigon would have a much better skyline

Another place, another style dude

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEJlWzBWAh8 by E8entertainment
:runaway:
cool !

what's that sudden off beat?

i'm UHP anti-fan anyway.

o^ng lam` nhu tui ham mo. UHP ko bang` ! cai' than`g do? hoi day' day' ai them` ! tui lam` clip nay` cho vui thoi ! xem bon. em tui dien~ co' dat. ko ? :bash:

ban? do` quy hoach. tai. HA` NOI...>>>den' 2020
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NGUYEN CHI THANH street !
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/4552/2907200616xe8.png
:runaway:

what's that sudden off beat?

i'm UHP anti-fan anyway.

oh...I post the wrong link^^...this is of course not the Hanoi Skyline clip...go here for http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JqjtYTxdyU

btw, we're not UHP fans too...we did it just for fun...that song is easy to perform for our sisters...actually we did this only for our family but our sisters did that job very well so we decided to post that on youtube.com.... :)

hey bang, you`re right...there is another french looking building u/c on Trang Tien Street...it looks similar to the other buildings like the Opera Business Center and the Stock Exchange from the style but different from the structure...I think its a bookstore but I'm not sure...I will check this out next time more carefully...

woah! would u guys lik to specify wut is going on in that picture

especially above and across the river from hanoi

hrmm... i wonder if saigon has a similar map

...above the river they planned to build the Northern Red River Residentel Urban Area...Gia Lam is situated on the right side...I think its a bad masterplan...there is no good place where you can see the whole skyline...you know...there must be river as a boarder...the current downtown (Hoan Kiem Distrcit) doesnt't allowed any supertall skyscrapers anymore...so the new district of finace and business will situated in Cau Giay/ Tu Liem/ Tay Ho ----->>> Tay Ho Tay Plan

...I think the masterplan for Saigon is much better...from each side (Thu Thiem and District 1) you can see the whole skyline of one of them...

i thought these were old pictures so i didn't look until i looked at the date TQ posted.

hanoi is comming up so nice huh......they talked so much about replacing those 50-60s xoviet apartments in the foregrounds........hopefully they do that soon, and knock down everything and build something new..
as for the tubehouses they're fine......the tubehouses give vn cities a certain feeling you can not get that from anywhere else on earth.....even in phnom penh or vientian....because our tubhouses are so stylish and heavily decorated with french architecture....and nice bright colours too

and as for the colours choice......perfect.....i love it......they're vibrant.
vn is a tropical country.......you need bright colourful texture to feel refresh.....like in miami beach with their art-deco buildings painted in all the bright, blue , yellow, red.
unlike the boring cities in the north with red bricks like New England Boston, or new york city, they need warm casual colour to feel warm in the winter

vn is free.....do anything ya want vn

tq can you convert those pic to jpg? your pictures take so long to download

love the red roofs in hanoi, feels so florentine.......feels like european towns or cities
continue to put up red roofs hanoi

this is the thing hanoian they don't care what's what, they care about beauty...so whatever looks nice they continue to follow the trend........sg on the other hand cares so much about identity.....that they designed all these post modern buildings to represented their "identity" but turns out all those modern buildings with vietnamese identity are found all over the world.
look at 2 big buildings that represent vnmese identity in saigon" the unification palace and the library .......i don't think they represent anything but 2 huge concrete block.....more like xoviet architecture.
hanoi people they loved french architecture......and foreigners loved hanoi
i feel bad for saigon

oh, I didn't know that the pics are convert into png...I"m gonna convert them into jpg next time...its not a proplem...

oh...I post the wrong link^^...this is of course not the Hanoi Skyline clip...go here for http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JqjtYTxdyU

btw, we're not UHP fans too...we did it just for fun...that song is easy to perform for our sisters...actually we did this only for our family but our sisters did that job very well so we decided to post that on youtube.com.... :)

hey bang, you`re right...there is another french looking building u/c on Trang Tien Street...it looks similar to the other buildings like the Opera Business Center and the Stock Exchange from the style but different from the structure...I think its a bookstore but I'm not sure...I will check this out next time more carefully...

The clip is great! :eek2:

It's seem look better than the fact!
I'll try to take a lot of picture and clip of Ha Noi when I come back this coming up winter!

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Wow!!! Ciputra is awesome! Thanks, TQ.

Typical "Asian" architecture isn't it. Greek columns, gothik arcs, lamps in the form of greek statues. Poor Europeans. They come to Vietnam to learn about our culture and all they're gonna see is the same crap they have in their own country(maybe with the exception of tube houses which are characteristic to Vietnam only)

Typical "Asian" architecture isn't it. Greek columns, gothik arcs, lamps in the form of greek statues. Poor Europeans. They come to Vietnam to learn about our culture and all they're gonna see is the same crap they have in their own country(maybe with the exception of tube houses which are characteristic to Vietnam only)
that place was accomodated for SEAgames.. supposedly "international".

no after traveling to so many places in asia, they will feel that vn is cool and european and close to home.
but still......only if they put all those frenchy elements: lamp posts, buildings, water fountain, statues in the french quarter and heighten the classical beauty of the old hanoi and build modern contemporary buildings in new urban areas...rather than old and modern stand side by side everywhere from old quarter to french quarter to new suburbans

...this is the new (modern) french quarter of Hanoi^^

btw, this is not The Manor!!!!

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the buildings only look very nice but the windows don't match

Enough of European architecture. Physical imperialism is over but now we're having cultural and architectural imperialism. How ironic.

How could traditional architecture be implemented into high-rise construction? We cannot built a multi-storey "cai di`nh" duoc. I mean we haven't got a good example yet.

Actually tubehouses are not tumors of modern times, they're originated in the South, where ppl build their houses along the canal, they had to level the terrain first, just in case of annual floods, so the rectangular shape really works. However, I always want to see the day they knock every single one down.

We're living the modern time of the 21st century so we should be building state-of-the-art 21st century architecture. If we want classical architecture, why can't we blend traditional Asian architectural fundamentals with universal modern architectural fundamentals instead of copying some cr@p straight out of Ancient Rome or Paris?

...its okay if you spread your opinions out and just say what you are thinking but you know...you can be a little bit more thankfully...I think its a little bit unfair to us...we give our best and spend our freetime to take a lot of pics even during sunshining and high temperature just to satisfy you guys...I mean if you don't want to see such buildings anymore so we can't stop posting...lets change the position and may be you will understand me...

We're living the modern time of the 21st century so we should be building state-of-the-art 21st century architecture. If we want classical architecture, why can't we blend traditional Asian architectural fundamentals with universal modern architectural fundamentals instead of copying some cr@p straight out of Ancient Rome or Paris?

the' la` phat' trien? roi` con` gi` nua~ ! nguoi` ta da~ co' cong chup. ko cam' on thi` thoi lai. con` noi' the' ! Viet. nam co' nhung~ nguoi` nhu may` thi` se~ ra sao day ! po' tay may` ! may` buaphoom !
thoi ko nen cai~ nhau voi' nhung~ dua' ngu ! vi` nhung` dua' ngu co' kinh nghiem. ngu hon minh` ! :bash:

...its okay if you spread your opinions out and just say what you are thinking but you know...you can be a little bit more thankfully...I think its a little bit unfair to us...we give our best and spend our freetime to take a lot of pics even during sunshining and high temperature just to satisfy you guys...I mean if you don't want to see such buildings anymore so we can't stop posting...lets change the position and may be you will understand me...
I'm not criticizing what the forumers have posted, please don't have the issue confused. Rather, I'm critical of the direction of which the Vietnamese construction industry is heading towards in general. The designs are very shabby and the European classical architecture fad is just running all the way up my nose, and I'm pretty sure it's up many fellow forumers and other Vietnamese as well.

Don't take the criticizm personally, it's not against you or anybody else but the stupid European colonialist-minded architects.

I agree. If we don't do something those bloody communists will turn Vietnam to some pseudo-european country.

I agree. If we don't do something those bloody communists will turn Vietnam to some pseudo-european country.

...but how should a new modern urban area look if it should based on vietnamese architecture?
...I think Hoi An and Oldquarter could be a good inspiration for the architects...it will be nice to see a urban area in Hanoi and Saigon in such style...but investors prefer it more for beach towns...

Such model could come real in 10, 20 years...but now....
If you look at old villages from Bac Ninh to Da Nang to My Tho, they look like sprawl residential areas in the States. Each house goes with 200-300m2 garden with fruit trees and pond. But ppl don't want to live there. Coz there's no hospital, school, supermarket around.
They want tubehouses, or creamy villas with venus statues.

Creamy looking villas rock!!!

Old story of the farmer and his nha la', even it's large, it's still a nha la'.

Come on will you guys cut the crap out of this; stop arguing about houses' style in VN, who really cares what kind of architect they got, they're the one who spending money not y'all. Thus, if y'all want to build houses with unique architecture with super differences from that of ancient Europe then use y'all money ok, otherwise shut up, ma' annoying wa'

yeah....y'all don't know the real vietnamese style, so y'all can not complaint if architect use french architecture, y'all so ignorant, y'all should go to school and learn how to draw before y'all can become real architects, and not only that y'all should be good at math too..

guys, could any of you tell me how to post a picture?

Why don't they conceal the conditioner's fans? Those fans almost destroy the facade of the building.

yeah you think expensive apartments like that should have all the indoor air filtration system.
looking at these just feels like ya looking at those old buildings in new york.............beautiful old buildings with hundreds of air conditioners sticking out uniformly from all windows............good luck trying to escape fire

This is how highrises should be be built in Vietnam if they are to have ancient architecture elements in it. As you can see, a building does not have to have greek columns to look nice.

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/6638/hotelsausv6.png (http://imageshack.us)

This is how highrises should be be built in Vietnam if they are to have ancient architecture elements in it. As you can see, a building does not have to have greek columns to look nice.

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/6638/hotelsausv6.png (http://imageshack.us)


Wow! Where is this building? I love all the Eastern Mark like this! :cheers:

This is the five star hotel in Hue.

To those of you who might don't know, the building in this pic is the HQ of Vietnam CIA :), aka TC2 - tong cuc tinh bao quan doi :)
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....so what do you guys want to see most of Hanoi???...feel free to say your desire and we will try to take pics of it...

....so what do you guys want to see most of Hanoi???...feel free to say your desire and we will try to take pics of it...

Can you please help me to take some pics of trung tam hoi nghi quoc gia, gan trung hoa nhan chinh? :cheers:

ooooooo i can request now eh

ok i would like to see the overall of these streets because i heard and saw vaguely some buildings underconstruction but not sure what they're building:
-trang tien street
-church street? the street leads to the big cathedral
-ngo quyen

yesterday i looked at the satelitte picture of hanoi i saw a new white building right behind the foreign ministry affair building in Badinh square.
that long yellow building facing badinh square used to be a college during the french colonial time...........now they knocked down everything behind and built something new......i think the new building faces hung vuong street...

well if you have time take pictures of all the big government buildings with french architectures.....i'm sure there are a lot of new buildings

let me take pics when weather becomes better...these days weather conditions are so bad and ugly...

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let me take pics when weather becomes better...these days weather conditions are so bad and ugly...sorry for the quality...

Skyline Builidng
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Daeha Business Center
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Ngoc Khanh Lake (that one u/c is VIT Tower)
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Nguyen Chi Thanh Street
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Thang Cong Lake - CV Indira-Gandhi
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hanoi is stunning.....hopefuly there will be no delays on any building projects......and hopefully they will knock down those xoviet apartments near the lake soon and replace them with more tall buildings with more parks

hanoi in 2010 must be awesome......when all those projects completed
hanoi in 2020 must be up to international standard
i can't wait.......
by the time i walk with the baton.....hanoi will be the richest city in southeast asia hehe

hanoi is romantic eh......but those buildings make hanoi looks so much like bangkok

Tq, thanks for the pics :) Could you in some ways name those newly built? Thanks!!!

Bravo !!!!!!!!!!

toa` nha` thuong mai. ocean park va` trung tam thuong mai luxury mall
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noi dat' nhat vn ! qua' sang trong so voi' quy dinh. ! nhung doi' voi' toi thi` binh` thuong` thui ! :sleepy: :runaway:
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cv lenin- ho 7 mau~ -vincom city towers !
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ni co ^ hau teo ! ^^ :runaway: he' he' !
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...it has been taken 1000x but still love it ^^

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ho hoan kiem look so magical and romantic in pics, but in reality it convey everything opposite to ur expectation, i was there summer 2005. it was like the thi nghe canal in saigon before, with floating...things. they should drench the lake, but i suppose that would bust the myst of the hoan kiem turtle.

ho hoan kiem look so magical and romantic in pics, but in reality it convey everything opposite to ur expectation, i was there summer 2005. it was like the thi nghe canal in saigon before, with floating...things. they should drench the lake, but i suppose that would bust the myst of the hoan kiem turtle.
guys, don't trust him :)

...this is the new (modern) french quarter of Hanoi^^

btw, this is not The Manor!!!!

http://img429.imageshack.us/img429/2487/0809200670qr2.jpg

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/9636/0809200671fa7.jpg

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/9792/0809200672hc8.jpg

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the buildings only look very nice but the windows don't match

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tq pictures now hehe

i know now......they knocked down the 2 storeys french colonial "Dan Chu" hotel on TRang Tien street. that hotel is quite famous and legendary ......i heard about it in some old hanoi literatures.
hopefully they build something big and frenchy to complete the street.
next to that hotel is a government building extending to Ngo Quyen street......that building also upgrading and expanding......you see any progress?

hanoi is nice.......too bad our film industry is so weak to convey hanoi's image to the world.......see ..after the French movie "Indochine" won the oscar award.....tourism was booming in halong....Indochine showed spectacular views of halong and northern VN.......Korean movies brought the rest of asia to come and visit their country.
vn should make good movies you know......"love movie" hehe incorporate with the natural scenery

ban? do` quy hoach. tai. HA` NOI...>>>den' 2020
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Can anybody in Hanoi please take a better picture of this map!
The best quality it can be! I'm very interested in this Vision!
Thank u so much!

That's awful, I never think Hanoi is expanding northbound

damn it...my camera is broken...it doesn't work anymore...I let it fall down at Ho Tay Water Park...I'm sooo stupid :cry: ....just want to let you guys know why there is no updates for so long...

damn it...my camera is broken...it doesn't work anymore...I let it fall down at Ho Tay Water Park...I'm sooo stupid :cry: ....just want to let you guys know why there is no updates for so long...

Poor tq! Take it easy and just have fun, OK. Thanks for passing by :)

damn it...my camera is broken...it doesn't work anymore...I let it fall down at Ho Tay Water Park...I'm sooo stupid :cry: ....just want to let you guys know why there is no updates for so long...


We should donate a camera for Tq!

...while driving through Hanoi on my last day there I took some last pics from my holiday in Hanoi! (btw, I used the camera of my cousin)

Vincom City Towers
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/997/dsc03955jx4.jpg

Hilton
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/9375/dsc03979kq5.jpg

Stock Exchange
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/4456/dsc03981uz7.jpg

Sofitel Plaza
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/6856/dsc03984vs3.jpg
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/6792/dsc04006ti8.jpg

Hanoi Lake View Apartments
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/3294/dsc04005nz3.jpg

Sofitel Metropole
http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/4294/dsc04013lj2.jpg

Dong Xuan Market
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/8440/08090617hcy4.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/80/242543701_67adde9d71_b.jpg

such a pity but weather wasn't really suited!

tq don't resize the pics.....we like to seee big big pictures

some pics I just refined:

http://static.flickr.com/82/244689668_6688f4e3de_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/90/244666682_fcb62bfe61_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/95/244649100_c857c7ecc9_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/92/243034285_68af9a0aca_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/90/250478705_5a654add83.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/87/242344723_c118a38175_o.jpg

Trui uoc gi duoc ra tham Ha Noi, tham lang bac tui chua bao gio duoc ra do het HN dep me hon we

go to my account at flickr for a larger version (link as signature!)...

ICC Commercial Center on Nguyen Chi Thanh
http://static.flickr.com/100/250357940_e9f7f3b077.jpg

Lang Ha Street
http://static.flickr.com/79/250357939_00df401a5d.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/116/250478702_2d69ee7dec.jpg

You can see all my pics from 2005 now in a Slideshow....

watch here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W_s1gVKeN0)
download here (http://www.megaupload.com/de/?d=QW5YJGT7)

heehheh

im back...kha`kha` :scouserd: :scouserd:
sau day xin cong hien cho moi nguoi 1 vai hinh anh ve tthn qg :scouserd: :scouserd:


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phi doi mondeo

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E280 phuc vu apec

http://i47.pho0tobucket.com/albums/f181/sondt/Apec/a10.jpg

co ca san dau rieng cho truc thang nua a`..hoanh trang ghehttp://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f181/sondt/Apec/a11.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f181/sondt/Apec/a14.jpg

Sao khong sam chiec sedan 221 cho sang ma lai tau may em E280 nay???

May bac to chuc do? qua, so chi trich khong dam sam xe sang. Sam Lexus, bmw roi ban lai cho dan xai` vua co tien the^m vua tang the dien quoc gia chu'

mercedes e280 is the highest class that vn can make right now, it's a good thing that the gov is expending on domestic product, it keeps the money flowing inside the country instead of throwing out to other country. e280 in vn may have a smaller engine but maybe some high luxury features. anyway, it's not such a bad thing at all.

I see, those are "made in Vn", thanks!

actually, the national convention center turns out to be pretty nice, i would have picked that spiral 'non la' design, but seeing what i see now, i think that 'non la' will never look as good. thanks hoangdauhoi ...r u really dau hoi?j/k

It will look amazing once the installations are complete and the trees fully grown.

im back...kha`kha` :scouserd: :scouserd:
sau day xin cong hien cho moi nguoi 1 vai hinh anh ve tthn qg :scouserd: :scouserd:


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phi doi mondeo

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E280 phuc vu apec

http://i47.pho0tobucket.com/albums/f181/sondt/Apec/a10.jpg

co ca san dau rieng cho truc thang nua a`..hoanh trang ghehttp://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f181/sondt/Apec/a11.jpg

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wow...awesome....unique perspective....ban chup tu dau day?...BigC?...ma toa nha BigC thap ma?!...anh rat clearly....can't wait to see The Hanoi Museum and 5*Hotel by Bitexco next to it soon...quan trong naht la toa nha nhin rat la trac an day...hai qua^^...ma co o day moc chua phai la deu...

...btw, Saigon is going to build a new Convention Center too?! ....I heard that several german architect firms are involved again...

...'non la' design?...do anyone have pics of it?...I'm very interested in it!...or did you mean that one with Feng Shui and a golden pea in the middle?

wow...awesome....unique perspective....ban chup tu dau day?...BigC?...ma toa nha BigC thap ma?!...anh rat clearly....can't wait to see The Hanoi Museum and 5*Hotel by Bitexco next to it soon...quan trong naht la toa nha nhin rat la trac an day...hai qua^^...ma co o day moc chua phai la deu...

...btw, Saigon is going to build a new Convention Center too?! ....I heard that several german architect firms are involved again...

...'non la' design?...do anyone have pics of it?...I'm very interested in it!...or did you mean that one with Feng Shui and a golden pea in the middle?

hoangdauhoi chụp từ tháp Vimeco (công ty thuộc tổng CTy Vinaconex) đó tq ;)

4 Dang Dung Street
Ba Dinh District

SkylineTower is a brand new 23 storey building comprising of 88 high quality luxury residential apartments and commercial suites and is located in a premium position in Hanoi. Situated right on Truc Bach Lake and West Lake, two of the most scenic lakes in Hanoi, Skyline Tower enjoys 360 degree panoramic views.

http://skyline-hanoi.com/images/map.gif

http://cbrevietnam.com/skyline/images/TrucBachLake.jpg

http://skyline-hanoi.com/images/10/ImageHouse/3.gif
http://skyline-hanoi.com/images/10/ImageHouse/skyline-2.gif

view from the building
http://skyline-hanoi.com/images/10/ImageHouse/new-picture.gif
http://skyline-hanoi.com/images/10/ImageHouse/8.gif
http://skyline-hanoi.com/images/10/ImageHouse/9.gif

interior
http://skyline-hanoi.com/images/10/ImageHouse/new-picture-2.gif
http://skyline-hanoi.com/images/10/ImageHouse/4.gif
http://skyline-hanoi.com/images/10/ImageHouse/5.gif
http://skyline-hanoi.com/images/10/ImageHouse/6.gif
http://skyline-hanoi.com/images/10/ImageHouse/new-picture-1.gif

panoramic view (Ho Tay)
http://skyline-hanoi.com/images/10/ImageHouse/Skyline.std.01.06.06_012.JPG

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:4o471kqwXLnMcM:http://www.hcmc.netnam.vn

here is the old 'non la' entry design if any of you are curious.

also the others entries.

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:g8hAyLQbWNUs7M:http://www.hcmc.netnam.vn/newsimgs/20_4_2004/PhuongAn_4b.jpg
the star

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:_ri18JYU3JYC6M:http://www.hcmc.netnam.vn/newsimgs/20_4_2004/PhuongAn_2b.jpg
the lotus flower

oh I see...but I believe that this one is not the NCC actually...it looks like the Ba Dinh Hall Design...gmp has designed for the government 2 buildings (alltogether 3)...

1. National Convention Center (done)
2. Ba Dinh Hall (/Assembly Building?)
3. The Hanoi Museum (construction after NCC)

I've read somewhere about Ba Dinh Hall lately but I don't have understand it...construction has been cancelled because of historical findings they have found there...!?

more....
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/dataimages/original/images20379_nha%20qhoi.jpg
http://www.gmp-architekten.de/2news/hanoi/hanoi_01_maxi.jpg
http://www.vnn.vn/dataimages/original/images156495_phoicanh4.2.jpg
http://www.vnn.vn/dataimages/original/images156496_phoicanh4.3.jpg

the best way to make it clearly when somebody can contact gmp-architects in Hanoi!

Room 1206 -1208 Floor 12
Tung Shing Square
No. 2 Ngo Quyen Street
Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi, Vietnam

Tel. +84-4-935 1000
Fax +84-4-935 1003

..hey and maybe they have more layouts of projects in Hanoi...^^

I still prefer the big star design...

I like the lotus design better. So pure, so Vietnamese.

I still prefer the big star design...

The big star is only for the purpose of decorativeness. It is useless so they didn't choose that one! :dunno:

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/5446/20061011092954apecvn04ak1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/8572/20061011092546apecvn03la7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img332.imageshack.us/img332/899/20061011093046apecvn05an6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


interior work of the national convention center should be completed by now

here is another one

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/7168/20061011093129apecvn06ux8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Thanx...do you have some more photos of lobby and other interior facilities?

pics are a few months old but I love the contrast in the pics...

source: CDCC (http://www.cdcc.com.vn/modules.php?name=News&opcase=detailsnews&mid=332&mcid=48) /VietnamNet

Hanoi’s My Dinh area is changing day by day with the appearance of many high-rise apartments. Is it a revolution in urbanization in the suburbs of Hanoi.
The latest photos of urbanization through the lens of VietNamNet Bridge photographer Le Anh Dung.

http://www.cdcc.com.vn/images/news/news_332.jpg
This heard of cows passes through Le Duc Tho Street twice everyday.

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/dataimages/200608/original/images1073895_4.jpg
Cows run with vehicles on Le Duc Tho Street on July 9, 2006.

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/dataimages/200608/original/images1073885_2.jpg
Such old gates are being replaced by modern houses (Dinh Thon village, My Dinh commune, Hanoi).

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/dataimages/200608/original/images1073889_3.jpg
Cows will still graze grass here till the Vietnam – China Friendship Palace is built.

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/dataimages/200608/original/images1073899_5.jpg
Motorbikes give way to cows.

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/dataimages/200608/original/images1073903_6.jpg
Carriage runs on a new street.

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/dataimages/200608/original/images1073905_7.jpg

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/dataimages/200608/original/images1073907_8.jpg

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/dataimages/200608/original/images1073911_9.jpg

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/dataimages/200608/original/images1073915_10.jpg
The Manor

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/dataimages/200608/original/images1073917_11.jpg
Bach Thi Nga from Ngoc Truc village, Dai Mo commune, cuts grass around My Dinh for her cows everyday.

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/dataimages/200608/original/images1073921_12.jpg
Planting vegetables at My Dinh.

wow nice pictures

nice shot of that ministry of finance...
http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=295266259&size=m

ham chui truoc NCC

http://static.flickr.com/113/299230341_0d5d0a6247.jpg?v=0
http://static.flickr.com/120/297427543_924a229bf9.jpg?v=0

haha
i like how there arent any cars in the tunnel

Nimitz is such a poser! :D

@Nimitz: are these your pics? So then you must be in Hanoi?! When I'm not mistaken then the other side is still u/c...it leads to the new highway Hoa Lac...

So Nimitz is an EMO eh?

đính chính lại luôn de moi nguoi đỡ nhầm: em hien gio ko o vn,tat ca nhung tam hinh em post deu lay tu nguon ban be o vn hoac tu tren mang ca,, :)

Nimitz is such a poser! thang ban minh moi la poser ..hehehe:lol:


http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q113/webmemcare/a8.jpg

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The GHQ of the ministry of defence

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/2600/bqplargekj0.jpg

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C1 Sq , Hanoi university of technology

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3616/c101custommw2.jpg

yeah...you're back!!! I thought you were lost or sth like that. hihi

yeah...you're back!!! I thought you were lost or sth like that. hihi

:cheers: Hier bin ich noch :lol:


Viet Hung new urban area - Long Bien district, Hanoi

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/Hanoi_001.jpg


http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/Hanoi_002.jpg

Linh Dam new urban area - Hoang Mai district, Hanoi

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/LINH_DAM_01_filtered.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/LINH_DAM_02_filtered.jpg

Hanoi university of technology

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/9708/d501customvj6.jpg

Khi nao khong ban boi, Duong nho lam updates cho vai nha va du an nay:

small List:

Hoan Kiem District
Opera Business Centre - 2 Trang Tien Street
Elegant Suites - Ha Hoi Street
Pacific Place - 83B Ly Thuong Kiet
BIDV Tower - 194 Tran Quang Khai
Hoan Kiem Hotel (?)

Hai Ba Trung District
Rupy Plaza - Phố Lê Ngọc Hân
Atlanta Residences - 49 Hang Chuoi (French Boutique Apartment Bldg)
Vinh Thuy Bridge

Tay Ho District
Ciputra Mall - Khu Do Thi Nam Thang Long (phia east)
Syrena Residences - Xuan Dieu Street
Skyline Building - Truc Bac Lake/ Dang Dung Street
Golden Westlake - Hoang Hoa Tham Street/ Thuy Khue
Somerset West Lake - 254D Thuy Khue

Dong Da District
Viet Tower - 1 Thai Ha Street
North Asia Tower - 9 Dao Duy Anh
Thai Thinh Plaza- 102 Thai Thinh Street
Hanoi Petroleum Trading Centre - Lang Ha Street (opposite to National Cinema Centre)
VNPT High-tech Center for Telecommunication and Postal Services

Ba Dinh District
VIT Tower- 519 Kim Ma Street
DMC Tan Long - Kim Ma Streets
Ngoc Khanh Plaza - La Thanh Street
ICC Commercial Centre - Nguyen Chi Thanh (mall most be done by now)
Flamingo Tower
Artex Building

Cau Giay District
Chelsea Park - KDT Yen Hoa
Cau Giay Trade Centre
Cau Giay Apartments and Office
Cau Giay Compelx
Hoa Binh Int'l Towers - 104 Hoang Quoc Viet Street

Tu Liem District
The Garden (The Manor) - My Dinh (o day dang xay nhieu chung cu kien truc phap lam chu da The Manor va The Garden; phai vao trong mot chut;: ah ma dung quen chup ca villas thuoc ve The Manor nhe)

? District
Thang Long Apartments
EVN Headquarter
HH2 Office Building
Mercury Plaza


...hmm...its fall in Hanoi right now...make pics of boulevards...they must look stunning.

ok, tq :cheers2:

đính chính lại luôn de moi nguoi đỡ nhầm: em hien gio ko o vn,tat ca nhung tam hinh em post deu lay tu nguon ban be o vn hoac tu tren mang ca,, :)

thang ban minh moi la poser ..hehehe:lol:


http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q113/webmemcare/a8.jpg

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q113/webmemcare/a9.jpg

What about the red arrow, USSnimitz ?

animore pic baby?? :D

My Dinh National Stadium
http://www.photo.vn/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/16999/08-09-2006a_106_.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/113/288471220_67c86d3e36.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/109/287804169_fc74d467c0.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/103/288674405_12936f9a48.jpg

My Dinh National Stadium
http://www.photo.vn/modules/coppermine/albums/userpics/16999/08-09-2006a_106_.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/113/288471220_67c86d3e36.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/109/287804169_fc74d467c0.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/103/288674405_12936f9a48.jpg



Cool pics, Tuan ;) But I think you "made up" a bit excessively :)

LTM:...trên trái đất này không có một đất nước hay chế quyền nào là hoàn mỹ...hao kỳ có được ngày nay cũng đã từng trải qua nhiếu thế kỷ tham nhủng, lưu manh, và mọi rợ...nhưng những nhân chất này cho đến ngày hôm nay vẫn chưa được xáo bỏ tại mỹ...ngược lại những nhân chất này lại được che dấu và lấp đặc càng sâu hơn sau một chiếc mặt nạ càng tinh sảo đầy nhửng đường nhăng, nét vẻ khó mà thấu hiểu được...nước mắt cá xấu, nụ cười gian trá...kẻ xấu càng ngày càng thông minh hơn, không thể tin ai được...nhân chất tham nhủng, lưu manh, mọi rợ vẩn xảy ra hàng ngày không một ít đi...vn chỉ ra là có một chiếc mặt nạ thiếu khoản nửa thế kỷ thời gian tô họa...

chỉ là một người ái quốc, nguyện thừa trường phong phá vạn lí lãn, tuy chưa có thể góp sức mọn (dục độ Hồng Hà bảo tắc xuyên, tương đăng Núi Bà sương ám thiên)...lol...nhưng tôi nghỉ công kích bôi nhọ quê hương thật không có tính cách xây dựng, và thật là bất hợp pháp...lol (still learning vietnamese)

What a bother ^^
This is the topic for Hanoi Pics, not for you guys who wanna talk about "may van de chinh tri cao xa" ;)

one more pic of OCEAN PARK

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/OCEAN_PARK.jpg

Ay, moi nguoi khong tin tuong vao nhung dieu tot dep hay sao has, ke xau hay nguoi tot cung la con nguoi, cung can duoc nuoi duong = nhung uoc mo tuoi dep. :p

Pham Hung street, 3/9/2006

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/PHAM_HUNG_01.jpg

Ay, moi nguoi khong tin tuong vao nhung dieu tot dep hay sao has, ke xau hay nguoi tot cung la con nguoi, cung can duoc nuoi duong = nhung uoc mo tuoi dep. :p

mod guong mau that :lol:

National University, 9/2006

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/NATIONAL_UNIVERSITY.jpg

yo thanks for the pics!!! damn...The Manor is sooo :dj: I love iit!!!

it depends on which street they have choosen but they only clean and wide street must faces The Manor...they're really close to each other...actually it was planned to occupied all the vip apartments for the apec leader but unfortunatelly Bitexco couldn't finished construction by that time...

can you see the two towers on the right side? Its The Manor! You can see it even from Trung Hoa Nhan Chinh.
http://static.flickr.com/113/288471220_67c86d3e36.jpg

đường phạm hưng nhìn giống như đường 3 tháng 9 hay gì đó ở sàigòn, chổ hàng xanh. đường lớn đẹp thật, cả hai đều đẹp.

hoangduong...i was just playing around with LTM, he thought he's so good with all that long repetitive adjectives of his writting vnmese, i might not be too good in grammar and spelling vnmese, but i kno words...lol you don't have to read it just meant for LTM.

Hanoi after the hail in 11/20/2006


#1
Bui Xuong Trach st.

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/HAIL_01.jpg

#2
Hanoi university of technology

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/HAIL_02.jpg

#3
Hanoi university of technology

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/7658/hail03panotn9.jpg

Dinh Cong urban area - Hoang Mai district

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/4494/dinhcong01panfilteredcs1.jpg

Getting a better view of Trung Hoa - Nhan Chinh

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/4466/thnc01filtereduk0.jpg

cha biet khi nao xay song cai toa nha Trung Hoa Nhan Chinh nhe!

Ba Dinh district skyline

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/9821/gvlh01panofilteredjk8.jpg


The weather wasnt favourable so these photos' qualities are so bad :)

the tallest Trung Hoa building has a nice rooftop, I think they should put a statue up there

bush is lucky to get out before the hail, must be some big hard rocks to kill 17 people...

nice pictures! keep it up! :okay:

Nga Tu So pedestrian tunnel (underconstruction) 24-11-2006

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/NTS_01.jpg

Nga Tu So

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/NTS_02.jpg

Hoan Kiem district

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/HK_01.jpg

didn't i see a few pics of Nga Tu So being completed back a while ago with an overhead bridge?

Hoa Kiem district looks stunning!

bridge done but streets under bridge not. they are expanding them...and it seems that the build something under the grounds!

source: gmp-architekten.de

On the occasion of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Vietnam, the National Conference Center in Hanoi opened the 19th November 2006.
The whole NCC Hanoi complex, designed by gmp-architects, is embedded in a park landscape, which integrates thematic and symbolic references to the Vietnamese culture and traditions. The new buildings for the National Conference Center, the hotel and museum have been positioned in this spacious landscape garden.
In front of the NCC to the south is a multifunctional, urban area, the "Fountain Square". This square is intended for festivities and public occasions.
The square is flanked to the east and the west by a sea of flags and two calm pools of water. A bright palm grove creates the setting for the southern side of the Fountain Square and marks the direction of the main entrance and the access axis to the National Conference Center.
The expressive undulating roof of the whole NCC accompanies the visitors on their way into the foyer. It rises up to an even greater height above the large congress hall, thus creating a distinctive landmark for the NCC Hanoi.

Client: Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Design: 2004
in cooperation with Inros Lackner

Design: Meinhard von Gerkan and Nikolaus Goetze

Project managers: Klaus Lenz, Susi Winter

Team: Birgit Föllmer, Marcus Tanzen, Tuyen Tran Viet, Jens Reichert, Hito Ueda, Udo Meyer, Uli Rösler, Lorin Rüttger, Nicole Flores

Construction period: 2004-2006

Gross floor area: 65,000m²

Its no big as the coming up one in Saigon.

http://www.gmp-architekten.de/typo3temp/pics/357918c9a2.jpg

http://www.gmp-architekten.de/typo3temp/pics/27e1581faa.jpg

http://www.gmp-architekten.de/typo3temp/pics/a2edd5bc63.jpg

@ Bang: Bang yêu quý, mình bắt đầu thấy Bang dễ thương lắm rồi đó...

Photo gallery of Hanoi (1884-1885)

Some of the photos below were already posted by Tq :)


A house was destroyed by the storm
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/01-1.jpg


A market-day
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/02-2.jpg


Bao An (Báo Ân) Pagoda
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/03-2.jpg

Hoan Kiem lake
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/04-2.jpg


The south gate of Hanoi ancient citadel, view from outside...
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/05-1.jpg


... and view from inside
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/06-1.jpg

Overall view of Hanoi ancient citadel
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/07-1.jpg


The Huc (Thê Húc) bridge
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/08-1.jpg


Giay (Giấy) bridge
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/09-1.jpg

Needle & Thread Market
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/10-1.jpg


Bronze market
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/11-1.jpg


Iron market
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/12.jpg

Vietnamese traditional medicine market
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/13.jpg


Rattan market
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/14.jpg


Voi Phuc (Voi Phục) Temple
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/15.jpg

Kinh Thien (Kính Thiên) Palace. The French colonials used this palace as a bastion.
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/16.jpg



The French colonials stood on the terrace of Kinh Thien palace
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/17.jpg


A French bastion in the south of Hanoi
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/18.jpg

The French bastion, view from outside
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/19.jpg

Hanoi street
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/20.jpg

Hanoi street
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/21.jpg

Ho Tay lakeside
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/23.jpg


One of the entrances into Hanoi citadel
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/24.jpg


Overall view of Hanoi citadel
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/25.jpg

A corner of the Hanoi ancient citadel
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/26.jpg



http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/27.jpg


French cemetery in Hanoi
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/28.jpg

A church (Bang, where are u now...)
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/29.jpg


The temple of literature
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/30.jpg


Bamboo market
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/31.jpg

Pottery market
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/32.jpg


http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/33.jpg

Hang Gai (Hàng Gai) street
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/34.jpg

Hanoi street
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/35.jpg


Ho Tay lakeside
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/36.jpg


I dont know the name of this temple (or pagoda)
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/duonga1/37.jpg