Please include HCM City and Hue also.

I not visited Vien Chang. Many pretty girls there??????





They are capital cities of which countries?

Hanoi looks like a Western country's city !

Yeah, that's why I chose Phnom Penh

Hanoi is an Asian city. Why strive to look like French. I´d rather go to France if I wanted to see real French architecture. Anything else is just cheap imitation. I just hope only a small part of Hanoi looks like that otherwise I´d be very disappointed.

Btw, phnom Penh looks great.

What do u expect from Hanoi ? She was a French colony city ! And not many places in Asia has French look like that.

So what? Shes still Vietnamese. All of the "French" buildings you posted are new. They have no historic value.

LOL man ! Don't u know that French architecture can't not be copy (they have some secret in building that no one from other countries can copy )! All of French buildings in Hanoi were built by Frenchs . You see them new because people have re-painted it recently. Even the railways u see in the picture was designed by Eiffel ( the one who built Eiffel Tower ) . And that bridge is about 100years old .

I think the Hanoian want to add a lil bit of frech flavor to their city nothing to be argue about

Don´t tell me lies. Except for the bridge (which is not a building!!!) all/allmost all the other French looking buildings you or Rexchat posted are new. Of course there are a number of French colonial buildings in Hanoi and I don´t mind them because they are part of our history but the new ones you or Rexchat posted don´t have any historic values. Why would a foreign person go to VN to see some cheap copies of the French architecture?

I agree with Mr Son a little bit because I have been to the new urban area called Trung Hoa - Nhan Chinh and I saw many cheap-plastic-looking European imitations. If you look at the quality of craftsmanship close up, you'd think it was built by a child.

Trung Hoa Nhan Chinh is a new urban area man ! And those skyscrapers in Trung Hoa Nhan Chinh are not French architecture ! And furthermore , Asian's building industry is more develope than European . Trung Hoa Nhan Chinh was built by Korean and Vietnamese , Korean is one of the biggest skyscraper builders in the world , they don't need to imitate any countries !

Which of those photos show you a copy building ? Which one ? How do u know ?
You are not even a Vietnamese or a French . You know nothing about French architecture . You're just a Cambodian , standing there and say something funny with no proofs !

Have you visited Hanoi ? If u had visited Hanoi , u would have known that Hanoi has a French town which is call "The French Quarter" . All of the building in The French Quarter were built by the Frenchs 60 years ago . Accept The French Quarter , no other places in Hanoi has French buildings.

You believe all those buildings above were built by Vietnamese ? Such a silly and funny thought . I bet people will laugh at ur face if u tell them that French buildings were built by Vietnamese . Asian people can't build that kind of architecture even if they want to ! The only thing Hanoi's government do is maintain it and of course , Paris has sent a lot donation to maintain those French building too !

I think you should visit Hanoi before saying something funny like that again !

Don´t make me laugh. Just because Europe doesn´t have as many skyscrapers as some Asian or American cities doesnt mean their building industry is less developed. As opposed to Vietnamese, Europeans do have the money and the knowhow to build any skyscraper that VN/Asia will ever have. French people e.g. rather prefer a venerable French country chateau over some modern but soulless skyscraper which you can see everywhere in Asia. They spend every year hundreds of millions on the restoration of old historic buildings rather than investing in some skyscrapers. It´s about culture, my friend, and having class which you don´t seem to know much about. Im a Vietnamese living in Europe. So don´t fool me by making such an outrageous claim. You sound like an idiot.

Hahaha...Cai thang nhoc con nay ngu nhu cho ma ha mieng ra day doi tao ha. That la buon cuoi. Nghe sao giong thang Rexchat qua nhi

I'm Vietnamese and I'm live in Hanoi . Sorry that you know nothing about Hanoi ! You know nothing about ur own country for sure .

... On the other hand, it is breaking Hanoi culture, customs and values. Built in the centre of Hanoi, The Manor was designed as French architecture. The Manor lacks Hanoi special traits....

...The Manor was one of the first luxurious residential complexes that have been built in Hanoi. That has set a new living standard for the upper class in the capital of Vietnam as a result of urban development. However, living in one of those complexes such as The Manor is not all good. Many traditional values retained in hundreds of years by Vietnamese people have been disappeared in that small community....

THis thread is only about capital cities !

LOL. Dont worry, Rexchat, my little friend. I know enough about Hanoi to not to be fooled by a notorious liar like you. At least I know enough to recognise the Manor 1+2 in your pics which is a recently built residential complex in Hanoi. It was designed as French architecture and obviously not all Hanoians are fond of it. Read this:



http://linhsit.blogspot.com/2009/08/manor-little-europe.html

The Manor is not in French Quarter and of course it is not a French building at all ! The Manor is just a shopping mall ! Yea , I agree that I was designed as French architecture but it's not French architecture at all !

At least you have some class to admit that you were wrong. Whatever, the Manor is not just a shopping mall. It´s a luxurious residential complex for rich people living in Hanoi, but most of them are foreign people like Japanese and Korean which is a shame since it makes Vietnamese look like second class people in their own country.

At the matter of fact , Koreans and Japaneses who live in the Manor just rent it for their part time living . Hanoi's rich people prefer to have villas . Hanoi's upper class people own 80% luxury villas in Danang , some villas cost more than 10 millions dollars. ( while a condom like The Manor has maximum price : 200 000 USD)

U'd better live in Hanoi for a while and learn more about Hanoians . Don't sit their and read LinhSit's blog !

It's a complete overkill for Son to say that. I have seen some rich people prefer to live in hundred year old ba gian house with modern furniture, which they bought from prestigious family such as from Trinh lord and have hundred year old nhà rường from Hue mandarin to have it as worshipping house. They often own another condo in inner city such as pacific palace not on the outskirt like the manor or ciputra which are for the nouveau riche.
I, like most of you here, never fully know much wealth they really have. Last week, another Vietnamese take over 70% shares of Hilton Opera House in Hanoi.

You live in Hanoi and yet you thought the Manor was just a shopping mall. What does that say about your knowledge of Hanoi? LOL.

Im talking about the average Hanoians, you idiot. Of course there are a few super rich Viets who have several villas all over the country (or even overseas) and several Swiss bank accounts with hundreds of millions of Dollars. Most of them are very likely to be some high ranking Party members or have some connection to the Party. Such people have godlike status in VN. Of course they are not second class people, not even first class people. That´s nothing new to me. I dont need to live in Hanoi to know that, my little friend. LOL.

Okay , thanks for having noticed my tiny mistake to say The Manor is just a shopping mall . But if you ask a random Hanoian what The Manor is , she will tell you that it is just a shopping mall ! Because very little Hanoians think of renting an apartment and living in The Manor .

You talk about Vietnamese just like some stupid foreigners usually talk about Vietnam , they often use these words : first class , second class , godlike ...What the hell are those words ? We don't separate Hanoians into groups by qualities of life !

Hahaha...That was a weak argument, Rexchat! Not really convincing. I´ll come back after you´ve grown some more brain cells.