Hanoi
The thousand-year-old capital: the old quarter's guild streets and Hoan Kiem lake.
Hanoi has been Vietnam's capital since Ly Thai To moved his court here in 1010 and named it Thang Long. The old quarter still follows the guild-street layout of centuries past.
- Coordinates
- 21.0278, 105.8342
- Places
- 2
Places
Nature
Hoan Kiem Lake
The central lake, with Ngoc Son temple on its island.
Temples
Temple of Literature
Vietnam's first university, founded in 1070.
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