Nguyễn Thái Học Street (phố Nguyễn Thái Học) is a major street in

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History

The old name of the Street was Duvillier Street, but became known as phố Hàng Đẫy. Under the French this became Rue Duvillier in 1908, named after a French official. This became the phố Hàng Đẫy, then phố

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in 1945, then finally the street was given the revolutionary name Phố

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in 1950.

Notable buildings

The street contains many merchant houses. * No.65 (Số nhà 65 Nguyễn Thái Học) was an artists colony, in which a dozen artists worked, lived and held a gallery.65 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street
* No.66 Nguyễn Thái Học, is the

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