Ha Noi - 1000 Years Thang Long - Tran Quoc pagoda Photo 3

Ha Noi - 1000 Years Thang Long - Tran Quoc pagoda

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October 8th 2010
Tran Quoc Pagoda is the oldest of all pagodas in Hanoi. Located beside the dazzling West Lake in Hanoi, Tran Quoc Pagoda is a cultural symbol of Vietnamese Buddhism. Particularly, it is seated on an island linked by a bridge to the causeway between the two most romantic lakes of Hanoi: West Lake and Truc Bach Lake The construction of the pagoda started in 541 and was completed in 545 under t ... read more

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more