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The district has been witness to the long history of Hanoi. In the early Lý dynasty, in 545, the emperor Lý Nam Đế settled his encampment, and built a wooden raft on the Tô Lịch River to defend against invasion of the Liang dynasty.
Hòa Bình or Hoà Bình (see tone marks) is a mountainous province of Vietnam, located in the nation's Northwest region. It borders Phú Thọ province and Sơn La province to the northwest, Hanoi to the northeast, Hà Nam province to the east, Ninh Bình province to the southeast and Thanh Hóa province to the south.
Hòa Bình (Vietnamese: [hʷâː ɓîŋ̟] ⓘ) is a city in Vietnam. It is the capital of Hòa Bình Province, and is located 76 kilometres from Hanoi and 5 kilometres from the Đà River. [3] The Battle of Hòa Bình was fought around the city from 1951 to 1952 during the First Indochina War.
Hà Đông (lit. ' east of the river ') is an urban district (quận) of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. [3] The district has 17 wards, covering a total area of 49.64 square kilometres (19.17 sq mi). [1]
The citadel of Ninh Bình (1884) The name of Ninh Binh officially existed since 1822. [ 1 ] During the Nguyen dynasty , in August 1884 in the Tonkin campaign , the allegiance of Ninh Bình was of considerable importance to the French, as artillery mounted in its lofty citadel controlled river traffic to the Gulf of Tonkin .
Ba Đình is one of the four original urban districts (quận) of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. [4] The district currently has 14 wards, covering a total area of 9.21 square kilometres (3.56 sq mi). [1]
Cầu Giấy (anglicized as Cau Giay) is an urban district of Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam.It is located roughly to the west of urban Hanoi. Cầu Giấy has a unique urban landscape, with new urban developments interlacing old historical artisan villages.
Sơn Tây (listen ⓘ) is a district-level town ("thị xã") in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.It was the capital of Sơn Tây province before merging with Hà Đông province to form Hà Tây province in 1965.