Historical Context
Architecture in Hanoi is influenced by the city’s dynamic transformation as a result of more than 1,000 years of Chinese occupation, almost 100 years of French colonization, and several decades of post-independence with support and assistance from the former Soviet Union. Almost 30 years of Doi Moi (economic reform) and opening up to global markets have led to rapid transformation of the built environments yet bring another architectural coating to Hanoi.
The street names in Hanoi represent the city’s turbulent history. Several of Hanoi’s main streets were named after local heroes, such as Ngo Quyen and Tran Hung Dao, who led the city against Chinese and Mongolian invaders in the tenth and thirteenth centuries respectively. To mark the end of French colonization in Hanoi, one of the most important streets is named Dien Bien Phu, after the place in northern Vietnam where French troops officially withdrew from the country in 1954. The main road to southern Vietnam is...
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Phuong, D.Q. (2016). Architecture in Hanoi. In: Selin, H. (eds) Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7747-7_10241
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