Hanoi
(2002 est. pop. 1.3 million). Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, is located in the center of the northern part of the country and is bounded by the Red River to the north and east. It is considered ...
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Ho Dynasty Citadel
Also known as Tay Do (Capital of the West) or Thanh Nha Ho (Ho Dynasty Citadel), the Ho Dynasty Citadel is located in Tay Giai village in Hoa Binh Province, approximately 150 kilome...
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Hoan Kiem Lake
Located in the center of the Hoan Kiem District in the Old Quarter area of Hanoi, Hoan Kiem Lake (Ho Hoan Kiem or Ho Guom) is the spiritual and social heart of the city and serves as a ...
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Hanoi (dpa) - A government-imposed deadline to end a vigil lasting
several weeks by Catholic demonstrators demanding the return of
church land in downtown Hanoi passed Sunda...
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HANOI, Nov 22 (Reuters) - The Vietnam government on
Thursday confirmed the arrests of three foreign citizens and
accused them of breaking the law, but a U.S.-based group said
they were political ...
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HANOI, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Vietnam deported a
Vietnamese-French activist journalist more than three weeks
after her arrest, the official Vietnam News Agency reported on
Thursday, the fourth foreign...
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Bangkok (dpa) - An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale
rocked land-locked Laos Wednesday and was felt as far away as Bangkok
and Hanoi, but there were no immediate...
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Hanoi (dpa) - A stroll through the old quarter of Hanoi means
stepping into the vibrant heart of the city, and if you are not
careful, straight into a steaming bowl of soup....
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Hanoi (dpa) - Pioneer Bookstore in Hanoi had advertised the final
Harry Potter book for days and when the bookstore opened its doors at
7:30 am Saturday (0030 GMT), there wa...
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HANOI, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Four Vietnamese-Americans are
being detained in Vietnam, officials said on Thursday, but the
charges against them were unclear weeks after their arrest. The Viet Tan (Viet...
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HANOI, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Vietnam has not given the United
States any evidence of reports in state-run media that four
Vietnamese-Americans arrested last month were suspected of
terrorism, the U.S...
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Four Vietnamese-American activists urged President Bush on Tuesday to press Vietnam to respect human rights and said the United States should openly support democratic forces working to bring chang...
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Hanoi (dpa) - Two prominent scholars have been struck by speeding
motorbikes in separate incidents in Hanoi, killing one and leaving
the other in a coma, hospital sources sa...
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