Many people want to visit Hanoi because they would like to view the Mausoleum of President Ho Chi Minh and the house where President Ho used to work and live. In front of Uncle Ho Temple are there Vuon Hong (the Rose Garden) and Ba Dinh Square where Uncle Ho read the Declaration of Independence fifty eight years ago. You can also go to Uncle Ho’s house to see his working and living condition. Behind the Mausoleum of President Ho, you will see one of the symbols of Hanoi and Vietnam. It is One Pillar Pagoda. This wooden pagoda is in the middle of a small lotus lake.

When you are flying over Hanoi and looking down, the first things catching your eyes should be a group of calm lakes and the green of trees. Hanoi has several lakes such as: Ho Guom (the Sword Lake), Ho Tay (the West Lake), Ho Truc Bach (the White Bamboo), Ho Bay Mau (the Seven-Acre Lake),

and so on. Right in the middle of Ho Guom is Thap Rua (The Tortoise Tower), the other symbol of Hanoi in particular and of Vietnam in general. Ho Guom is famous because of its giant tortoises living in the bottom of it. Every year, these giant turtles come up just one time to eat. Most of the lakes in Hanoi are surrounded by many trees. Along the lakes are there small paths and benches. In the early of every morning, people come together on those paths to do exercise and then they can sit down on the benches to take a rest or to enjoy the beauty of the lakes.

Scattering among the ancient houses are many pagodas and temples. They were the places of worship for ancient villages and guild. The existence of these pagodas and temples testifies to the intense spiritual life of the old Hanoi’s inhabitants who lives in harmony with nature and society. Nowadays the city’s material world co-exists with a sacred legendary world; the present and the past intermingle which creates a long lasting strength.

The extraordinariness of these ancient streets are “Tunnel Houses”, houses with narrow width and deep length. These houses sometimes open at the back into another street which is different from that of the front door. All houses are similarly designed the room serves as the place where goods can be manufactured and sold. After the front room is a small open courtyard built to let t

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