Phú Viên

Phú Viên is a neighborhood in Long Biên district, Hanoi. Phú Viên is situated nearby to the neighborhood Lâm Du, as well as near Ái Mộ.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Opera House and National Museum of Vietnamese History.

Opera House

Theater building

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The Hanoi Opera House, or the Grand Opera House is an opera house in central Hanoi, Vietnam. Built by the French colonial administration between 1901 and 1911, it is one of three opera houses built during the colonial period in French Indochina, alongside Haiphong Opera House and Municipal Theatre in Ho Chi Minh City.

National Museum of Vietnamese History

Museum

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The Vietnam National Museum of History is in the Hoan Kiem district of Hanoi, Vietnam. The museum building was originally a museum of the French School of the Far East during French colonial rule.

Long Bien Bridge

Bridge

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Long Biên Bridge is a historic cantilever bridge across the Red River that connects two districts, Hoàn Kiếm and Long Biên of the city of Hanoi, Vietnam. It was originally called Paul Doumer Bridge.