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Hỏa Lò Prison (Vietnamese: [hwâː lɔ̀], Nhà tù Hỏa Lò; French: Prison Hỏa Lò) was a prison in Hanoi originally used by the French colonists in Indochina for political prisoners, and later by North Vietnam for U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. During this later period, it was known to American POWs as the " Hanoi Hilton ".
Tim Aline Rebeaud (French pronunciation: [tim alin ʀəbo]) (Vietnamese name: Hoang Nu Ngoc Tim) is known for her charity work and for the foundation the NGO Maison Chance in Vietnam. Maison Chance is a social structure helping street children, orphans, and disadvantaged and disabled people in Vietnam. [1] Aline Rebeaud was given the name "Tim ...
120/km 2 (300/sq mi) Time zone. UTC+7 (UTC + 7) Website. maison .sonla .gov .vn. Mai Sơn is a rural district of Sơn La province in the Northwest region of Vietnam. As of 2019, the district had a population of 163,881. [ 1] The district covers an area of 1,410 km². The district capital lies at Hát Lót.
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House of Leaves. House of Leaves is the debut novel by American author Mark Z. Danielewski, published in March 2000 by Pantheon Books. A bestseller, it has been translated into a number of languages, and is followed by a companion piece, The Whalestoe Letters. The novel is written as a work of epistolary fiction and metafiction focusing on a ...
Tube house. Tube houses (Vietnamese: nhà ống) are a vernacular architectural form of shophouse endemic to Vietnam, characterized by their narrow width and multistory structure. [1][2] Common throughout the country, tube houses have proliferated as a result of limited building space and property taxation policies assessing only the first ...
www.hanoioperahouse.org.vn. The Hanoi Opera House (French: Opéra de Hanoï), or the Grand Opera House (Vietnamese: Nhà hát lớn Hà Nội, French: Grand Opéra) is an opera house in central Hanoi, Vietnam. It was erected by the French colonial administration between 1901 and 1911. Hanoi Opera House is one of three opera houses that the ...
Hotel Majestic (Saigon) Coordinates: 10°46′23″N 106°42′22″E. The Hotel Majestic in 2023. The Hotel Majestic, as it was in the 1920s. Detail of a fountain at the hotel. Map. The Hotel Majestic is a historic luxury hotel located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Built by local Chinese businessman Hui Bon Hoa in 1925 in a French Colonial and ...