Hoan Kiem lake trade centre plans draw mixed opinions

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago

Last week, Viet Nam News asked readers for their opinions about the construction of a new trade centre at the corner of Tran Nguyen Han and Ly Thai To streets at the central historic site near Hoan Kiem (Returned Sword) Lake.

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Spring flowers blossoming around Hanoi Lake

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VOV News English 3 month(s) ago

Spring flowers blossoming around Hanoi Lake

(VOV) -Thousands of colourful flowers of different varieties are in full bloom around Hoan Kiem (Restored Sword) Lake, signaling a new spring has arrived.

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International community to increase protection over the Hoan Kiem turtle

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VietnamNet English 2 month(s) ago

International community to increase protection over the Hoan Kiem turtle

VietNamNet Bridge – The Hoan Kiem or Sword Lake turtle is a species of turtle in Vietnam that has had the level of protection improved in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

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Protection, not honor, needed for ‘sacred’ Hanoi turtle

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Báo Thanh Niên English 2 month(s) ago

When Prof Ha Dinh Duc, aka Dr. Turtle, insisted that the turtle in Hoan Kiem, or Sword Lake, in Hanoi should be declared a national treasure, it raised many eyebrows.

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Do you want a trade centre near Hoan Kiem Lake?

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago

A plan to build an eight-story building with offices, a shopping centre and a hotel at the corner of Tran Nguyen Han and Ly Thai To streets near Ha Noi's central Hoan Kiem (Returned Sword) Lake has been given the go-ahead by the municipal People's Committee.

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Controversial centre given go-ahead

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VietNam News English 1 month(s) ago

Controversial centre given go-ahead

The Ha Noi People's Committee yesterday announced that it would build an eight-storey trade centre near Hoan Kiem (Returned Sword) Lake amid concerns about limiting development in the historical centre of the city.

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Hoan Kiem station fires up debate

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Báo Đầu Tư English 2 month(s) ago

Hoan Kiem station fires up debate

Plans for placing a subway metro station for Hanoi’s planned rail transit system near beloved, historic Ho Guom (the Returned Sword Lake) has generated intense debate.

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Metro station near lake causes concern

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VietNam News English 2 month(s) ago 1 related news

Metro station near lake causes concern

The Ha Noi People's Committee last week gave a green light to a metro station near Hoan Kiem (Returned Sword) Lake, inciting a heated discussion on the potential impacts on one of the most sacred areas of the city. Viet Nam News reporter Le Quynh Anh spoke to both the investor and experts.

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Hanoi ranked 2nd in 100 best cities for hotel

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 4 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news

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Capital makes strides in keeping city clean

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VietNam News English 4 month(s) ago

Capital makes strides in keeping city clean

Yesterday I took a walk around Hoan Kiem (Sword) Lake with some friends to celebrate the new year. I was very happy to see that the pavement along the lake was very clean and did not contain any rubbish. I had imagined that it would be flooded in rubbish like on Christmas.

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Hanoi – an ideal city to discover

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 5 month(s) ago

Hanoi – an ideal city to discover

Hanoi has been rated best destination in Vietnam for city life by Lonely Planet Traveller, the world’s leading tourist magazine.

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Jolly joggers

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VietNam News English 5 month(s) ago

Jolly joggers

Australian runner Pat Farmer (in white hat) and officers from Viet Nam Red Cross leave Guom (Sword) Lake in Ha Noi yesterday morning to begin the second leg of their journey from Quang Ninh to Vinh.

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HCMC, Hanoi to mark Tet Lunar New Year with firework displays

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SaiGon GP English 6 month(s) ago

HCMC, Hanoi to mark Tet Lunar New Year with firework displays

Ho Chi Minh City will organize firework displays at four locations in the City while Hanoi will hold similar displays at 29 locations to celebrate Tet Lunar New Year next February.

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Comic artist offers surreal sketches of Ha Noi

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VietNam News English 6 month(s) ago

Different sides of life in Ha Noi have been captured by young comic artist Nguyen Thanh Phong. The Ha Noi-based artist is one of a few selected from nine cities in Germany and Southeast Asia for City Tales, an on-going art project conducted by the Goethe Institute and its overseas branches.

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‘Khue Van Cac’ chosen as symbol of Hanoi

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Báo Dân Trí English 6 month(s) ago

‘Khue Van Cac’ chosen as symbol of Hanoi

The fourth session of the 13th National Assembly on November 21 passed the Capital Law in which ‘Khue Van Cac’ (Pavilion of the Constellation of Literature) in Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature) was chosen as the official symbol for Vietnam’s capital Hanoi.

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