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Ha Noi's pagoda listed among world's 16 most beautiful

07:00 AM, 11/08/2016

VGP - Tran Quoc Pagoda in Ha Noi has just been named one of the world’s 16 most beautiful Buddhist temples in the world by the British Daily Mail Newspaper.

Ha Noi's Tran Quoc Pagoda is one of the icons of the capital city.

Currently, the pagoda is located on the eastern bank of West Lake, and represents one of the oldest pagodas in Viet Nam with its history line of more than 1,500 years.

The pagoda bears architecture typical of Vietnamese Buddhism with many valuable statues inside the pagoda.

Thanks to these historical and architectural values, it usually attracts many Buddhist followers as well as domestic and foreign tourists.

By Vien Nhu

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VGP - The capital city of Ha Noi ranks 97th in the 2024 Smart City Index, up three notches from 2023.

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