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Tao Đàn Station
Tao Đàn Station (Vietnamese: ''Ga Tao Đàn'') is a future underground Ho Chi Minh City Metro station on Line 2. The station will be located under Tao Đàn Park. Surrounding area Some of notable buildings and administrative agencies around the station: * Independence Palace * Tao Đàn Park * Trống Đồng Outdoor Theatre (''demolished'') * Ho Chi Minh City Cultural Palace for Labors * Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health * Ho Chi Minh City Department of Food Safety * Ho Chi Minh City Department of Public Security * Ho Chi Minh City Immigration Office * The Venerable Thích Quảng Đức Monument * Music Conservatory of Ho Chi Minh City * Nguyễn Du Gymnasium * Labor Union Hotel (''Nhà Khách Công Đoàn'') * Rạng Đông Hotel * Saigon Star Hotel * New World Saigon Hotel * A&B Tower * Zen Plaza Tower * Lim Tower 2 * Consulate General of South Korea, Ho Chi Minh City * Mother Goddess Temple * Thánh Gióng Thánh Gióng (chữ Nôm: 聖揀), also known as Phù Đ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ho Chi Minh City Metro
The Ho Chi Minh City Metro (HCMC Metro, ) is a rapid transit system in Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous city in Vietnam. The system currently consists of one operational line, Line 1 which opened on 22 December 2024 from Bến Thành Market to Eastern Bus Terminus. Additional lines are currently under construction or being planned. Line 1 is long with three underground stations ( Bến Thành, Ho Chi Minh City Opera House, and Ba Son) and eleven elevated stations. The three stations above are Vietnam's first underground metro stations. Trains are designed to travel at up to on the elevated sections and up to underground. Further lines are under construction or planned, for a total length of (not including the length of LRT Line 11 and Line 12 for Cần Giờ) As part of its inauguration, nine trains will initially run from 05:00 to 22:00 ( UTC+07:00), with peak hour and off-peak frequencies of eight and twelve minutes, respectively. Based on the decision of the Ho Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independence Palace
The Independence Palace (), also publicly and officially known as the Reunification Convention Hall or simply Reunification Hall (), is a landmark in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly known as Saigon), Vietnam. It was designed by architect Ngô Viết Thụ and was the home and workplace of the president of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam). It was the site of the Fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975 that ended the Vietnam War, when a North Vietnamese Army tank crashed through its gates. After the reunification of Vietnam, the building continued to serve as a government and presidential office until 1976 when the capital of South Vietnam was officially moved to Hanoi, and the government’s functions were relocated. The palace is now preserved as a convention hall for state events, also museum that open to the public and being a popular tourist attraction in Ho Chi Minh City. History Republic of Vietnam Construction of the current Independence Palace was ordered by President Ng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thánh Gióng
Thánh Gióng (chữ Nôm: 聖揀), also known as Phù Đổng Thiên Vương (chữ Hán: 扶董天王, ''Heavenly Prince of Phù Đổng''), Sóc Thiên Vương (chữ Hán: 朔天王), Ông Gióng (翁揀, ''sir Gióng'') and Xung Thiên Thần Vương (冲天神王, ''Divine Prince of Heaven'') is a mythical folk hero of Vietnam's history and one of The Four Immortals. According to the legend, Gióng was a boy who rode on an iron horse and won against the enemy of the state. The most well known version of the legend had him battle against the Chinese army, thus, he is considered the first anti-invasion hero of the Vietnamese. Some researchers believe he is the Vietnamese version of Vaiśravaṇa. The folk hero was a popular subject for poets, such as Cao Bá Quát who wrote an epic poem to Thánh Gióng in the 19th century. Today Thánh Gióng features with other legendary figures such as Kinh Dương Vương, Âu Cơ, Sơn Tinh – Thủy Tinh, in elementary school texts. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosewood Hotel Group
Rosewood Hotel Group, also known for its former trading names New World Hotel Group, New World Hospitality and legal names New World Hotel Management (BVI) Limited, New World Hotel Management Limited is a Hong Kong–based multi-national hotel management group and the parent company of Rosewood Hotels & Resorts (founded in 1979). The company is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands as an offshore company. As of 2016, Rosewood Hotel Group was owned by Chow Tai Fook Enterprises, having acquired Rosewood Hotel Group in 2015 from Chow Tai Fook Enterprises' listed associate company New World China Land for HK$1.96 billion. Rosewood Hotel Group is headed by Sonia Cheng, daughter of Henry Cheng and granddaughter of the late Cheng Yu-tung, the patriarchs of Chow Tai Fook Enterprises and New World Development. She was appointed as the executive vice-chairman of New World Hotel Management Limited in February 2009 and one of the executive director of New World China Land, the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservatory Of Ho Chi Minh City
The Music Conservatory of Ho Chi Minh City () is a conservatory in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam that provides music education in undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate level for the southern region of Vietnam. It is one of three conservatories in Vietnam (besides Hanoi Conservatory of Music and Hue Conservatory). History Historically, the precursor of this university was Music Division of Gia Định College of Fine Arts (simply called Gia Định Art College, predecessor of Ho Chi Minh City University of Fine Arts). In 1956, this division is split from Gia Định Art College to become National Conservatory of Music. When the dramatics faculty was added to the school education programme, this school was renamed National Music and Dramatics School with 2 main education fields: music (European music and Vietnamese national music or Vietnamese traditional music) and dramatics (principally Vietnamese traditional dramatics). After the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, the school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thích Quảng Đức
Thích Quảng Đức ( vi-hantu, , ; born Lâm Văn Túc; – 11 June 1963) was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who died by self-immolation at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963. Quảng Đức was protesting the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government of Ngô Đình Diệm, a staunch Catholic. Photographs of his self-immolation circulated around the world, drawing attention to the policies of the Diệm government. John F. Kennedy said of one photograph, "No news picture in history has generated so much emotion around the world as that one". Malcolm Browne won the World Press Photo of the Year for his photograph of the monk's death. Quảng Đức's act increased international pressure on Diệm and led him to promise reforms with the intention of mollifying the Buddhists. However, these reforms were not implemented, leading to a deterioration in the dispute. As protests continued, the ARVN Special Forces loyal to Diệm's brother, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outdoor Theatre
An amphitheatre ( U.S. English: amphitheater) is an open-air venue used for entertainment, performances, and sports. The term derives from the ancient Greek ('), from ('), meaning "on both sides" or "around" and ('), meaning "place for viewing". Ancient Greek theatres were typically built on hillsides and semi-circular in design. The first amphitheatre may have been built at Pompeii around 70 BC. Ancient Roman amphitheatres were oval or circular in plan, with seating tiers that surrounded the central performance area, like a modern open-air stadium. In contrast, both ancient Greek and ancient Roman theatres were built in a semicircle, with tiered seating rising on one side of the performance area. Modern English parlance uses "amphitheatre" for any structure with sloping seating, including theatre-style stages with spectator seating on only one side, theatres in the round, and stadia. They can be indoor or outdoor. Roman amphitheatres About 230 Roman amphitheatres ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tao Đàn Park
Tao Dan Park (Vietnamese language, Vietnamese: ''Công viên Tao Đàn'') is an urban park in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam behind the Independence Palace. It is of the largest parks in the city, covering 10 hectares. Part of the park will be used for the Ho Chi Minh City Metro Line 2, Ho Chi Minh City Metro, Line 2 and 3's Tao Đàn station, Tao Dan Station. Bird cafe The park formerly hosted an outdoor bird cafe that served coffee and attracted songbird owners, who would hang their birdcages and listen to them sing. Now a construction site for the metro station, the cafe was moved across the street from the park to Cong Doan Cafe. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bến Thành
Bến Thành is a Ward (Vietnam), ward () of District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, District 1 in Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. To find information at reference, go to row 79, then row 760, and it is listed on row 26743. References Populated places in Ho Chi Minh City {{HoChiMinhCity-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line 2, Ho Chi Minh City Metro
Line 2 is an under construction rapid transit line of the HCMC Metro, Vietnam. Line 2 is the city's second metro line, and will connect District 1 and District 12. The construction's phase 1 began in February 2024, with an expected completion date of 2030. The project length is long with eleven stations. The loan was to be provided by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the German Development Bank (KfW), and the European Investment Bank (EIB). The project's total cost is (). However, they later decided that the state budget would fund the project instead. Route The metro line phase 1 starts at Bến Thành station in District 1, passes through Phạm Hồng Thái, Cách Mạng Tháng Tám, and Trường Chinh streets underground, and elevated at Tân Bình station at before turn left to ends at Tham Lương depot in District 12. And for phase 3, from the Tân Bình station in Tân Bình district, the metro line continue to passes through National Route 22 in Hóc Môn, Củ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vietnamese Language
Vietnamese () is an Austroasiatic languages, Austroasiatic language Speech, spoken primarily in Vietnam where it is the official language. It belongs to the Vietic languages, Vietic subgroup of the Austroasiatic language family. Vietnamese is spoken natively by around 86 million people, and as a second language by 11 million people, several times as many as the rest of the Austroasiatic family combined. It is the native language of Vietnamese people, ethnic Vietnamese (Kinh), as well as the second language, second or First language, first language for List of ethnic groups in Vietnam, other ethnicities of Vietnam, and used by Overseas Vietnamese, Vietnamese diaspora in the world. Like many languages in Southeast Asia and East Asia, Vietnamese is highly analytic language, analytic and is tone (linguistics), tonal. It has head-initial directionality, with subject–verb–object order and modifiers following the words they modify. It also uses noun classifier (linguistics), classi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
