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Hanoi Old Quarter
A chaotic and charming maze of 36 ancient streets in Hanoi's historic heart, each named for the goods traditionally sold there.
5 km · about 10 min drive
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Long Bien
Hanoi, Vietnam · Asia
About Long Bien
Long Bien works well as a base: 10 minutes from Vĩnh Tuy, 5km from Hanoi Old Quarter.
Long Bien is in Hanoi, Vietnam, with about 350,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Vĩnh Tuy, about 4 km away.
Long Biên was an former urban district (quận) of Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. The district currently has 14 wards, covering a total area of 59.82 square kilometres (23.10 sq mi). As of 2019, there were 322,549 people residing in the district, the population density is 5,400 inhabitants per square kilometer.
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Biên was incorporated as an urban district in 2003 from the northwestern portion of Gia Lâm district adjacent to the city center. The district is named for the formerly separate settlement of Long Biên (Chinese: Longbian), which served as the capital of Jiaozhou and Jiaozhi in imperial China and as the capital of Lý Bí's kingdom of Vạn Xuân.
It is Hanoi's only urban district on the east side of the Red River. Main landmarks in the district include:
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What is there to see near Long Bien?
Within an hour or so of Long Bien: Hanoi Old Quarter (5 km), Hoan Kiem Lake (5 km), Cafe Giang (5 km), Bun Cha Huong Lien (5 km).
Where is Long Bien?
Long Bien is in Hanoi, Vietnam, about 4 km from Vĩnh Tuy.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 347,829
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Vietnam
- Region
- Hanoi
- Timezone
- Asia/Bangkok
- Coordinates
- 21.0333, 105.9000
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Worth the detour from Long Bien
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Hoan Kiem Lake
A picturesque lake in the center of Hanoi with the iconic red Huc Bridge leading to the Turtle Tower temple island.
5 km · about 10 min drive
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Cafe Giang
The Hanoi cafe where Nguyen Van Giang invented ca phe trung: egg coffee, in 1946 while working at the Metropole during a milk shortage. It is still run by his family down a narrow alley off Nguyen Huu Huan.
5 km · about 10 min drive
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Bun Cha Huong Lien
The plastic-stool bun cha shop where Barack Obama and Anthony Bourdain ate in 2016; the table they used is preserved under a glass case. Grilled pork patties come in a bowl of sweet-sour broth with cold noodles.
5 km · about 10 min drive
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Hanoi Train Street
A narrow residential street in Hanoi where a railway track runs just inches from houses, with trains passing through twice daily.
6 km · about 10 min drive
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Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
The final resting place of Vietnam's revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh, a grand granite mausoleum in the center of Ba Dinh Square, Hanoi.
7 km · about 15 min drive
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Year-round
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