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Hanoi : a City of Peace
CHAP. In the early days of
2019, the attention of the
whole world was paid to
Vietnam where the 2nd US-
North Korea Summit was
held (February 27-28, 2019).
The event is more meaning-
ful when 2019 marks the
20th anniversary of Hanoi
being recognized as a “City
for Peace” by The United
Nations Educational, Scien-
tific and Cultural Organiza-
tion (UNESCO). Hanoi is the
only Asia Pacific country
granted this title by UNES-
CO.
22 iF Magazine |April 2019
H
H
anoi is situ-
ated on both
sides of the Red
River - an im-
portant river
of Vietnam’s
wet rice cultivation culture, 1760 km
from Ho Chi Minh City. Hanoi, the
thousand-year-old cultural capital of
Vietnam, features a long-term his-
tory with many famous cultural and
architectural works and historical rel-
ics. Hanoi ranks first in the number
of relics, including 3,840 out of near-
ly 40,000 relics in Vietnam. Hanoi is
really a big tourist center of Vietnam,
one which attracts many domestic
and foreign tourists.
A safe and open city
To be recognized by UNESCO as
one of the five typical cities in the
world and to represent the Asia-Pa-
cific region to be granted the title of
“City For Peace” by UNESCO, Ha-
noi met a series of criteria such as:
typical achievements in activities to
improve people’s life, promote social
solidarity, cultural and educational
development and solve urbanization
and environmental issues.…
To this day Hanoi has been the only
capital of the Asia-Pacific region
honored as “City for peace”. The ap-
preciation of the international com-
munity has sharply increased the