8 Fun Facts About Hanoi

By sameskiesabove On December 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Photo courtesy of iamagoo at morguefile.com

1. Ha Noi means “city inside rivers”. Its historic and more formal name, Thang Long, has a more bad-ass meaning: “Ascending Dragon”.

2. Hanoi celebrated its 1000th anniversary as the capital of Vietnam on 10/10/2010. Not many tourists showed up to celebrate. Awkward…

 

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