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21. St Joseph’s Cathedral
Hanoi's oldest church, a Neo-Gothic cathedral modelled on Notre-Dame de Paris, consecrated in 1886 on the site of the old Bao Thien Tower.
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22. Ho Chi Minh City Hall
The French colonial city hall completed in 1909 at the head of Nguyen Hue, seat of the city government and open to visitors on the last weekend of each month.
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23. Hoi An Museum of Folk Culture
A folk culture museum in the largest two-storey wooden house in the old town, with 490 objects on traditional crafts, performing arts and everyday life.
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24. Vietnamese Women’s Museum
A modern museum run by the Vietnam Women's Union, telling the story of Vietnamese women in family life, history and fashion across the country's ethnic groups.
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25. Marble Mountains (Ngu Hanh Son)
A cluster of marble and limestone hills between Hoi An and Da Nang, with cave shrines, pagodas, viewpoints and the Non Nuoc stone-carving village at their foot.
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26. Thien Hau Temple
A Cantonese temple founded around 1760 in Cholon and dedicated to Mazu, the sea goddess, known for its roof of porcelain figures and hanging incense.
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27. Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts
Vietnam's main art museum, set in a 1937 colonial building near the Temple of Literature, covering Vietnamese art from ancient times to the present day.
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28. Cham Islands (Cu Lao Cham)
A group of eight small islands off Hoi An's coast, recognised by UNESCO as a biosphere reserve, with coral reefs, fishing villages and 17th- and 18th-century shrines.
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29. Hoa Lo Prison
The French-built Maison Centrale prison, later nicknamed the Hanoi Hilton by American prisoners of war, whose surviving gatehouse and cells are now a museum.
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30. Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens
One of the oldest zoos in the world, opened in 1869 on 20 hectares of shady gardens with old trees, an orchid garden and the city's history museum.
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