1) Ngoc Ha is flowers village 2) before 1990 ,Ngoc Ha is number 1 place when you Regarding to the floriculture, providing flowers

for Hanoi 3) This village form long time ago ... Ancient books have recorded that Ngoc Ha village is a part of royal garden of mandarins of Ly dynasty, so it dates back to 11th or 12th century 4) French time of the Ngoc Ha village flower very famous. It is not growing peach blossom as some other flower village in Hanoi, but during the year ... Roses, daisy, violet, gladious, ,especially with lilies and Phng flower (carnation) more ... Often the morning, elegant the girls , first round wire chit tissue gently to carry flower into town. Flowers are packaged in Rong- Dieng leaf, tied by a bamboo string very thin and then suspended door at each home or sell in market Through out many places around Hanoi ,they sell flowers, often for the French official, Vietnam official, the ancient trading city ... Many of her acquaintances in the sale of Dong Xuan market, the Hom maket, or delivery to shops selling flowers here ... Flowers of Ngoc Ha village were so popular that people of some provinces far away hundreds of kilometers come here to buy flowers or seedlings for planting Specifically, the fifteenth of the lunar month, the first of the month are busiest day of Ngoc Ha people because these day are important with vietnamese belief Each package has one flower and when someone put them on altars, they mix with mediation perfume incense to made a spiritual ambience of ancesters or Buddha in the recent 20 years, with the development of Hanoi as well as Vietnam, real estate price or housing price increase rapidly, so People sell the garden, built house for rent and gradually give up planting flowers. Ngoc Ha now is only small street and images of beautiful in the past is only in memory After the National resistance day, 20-12-1946 night, Ngoc Ha people combine with vietnam self-defend troops fought bravely to break through french's plan attacks to expand the western of Hanoi... In 12 day Dien Bien Phu in air, a part of the B52 was exposed at the sides of the lake in the Ngoc Ha village

B52 in Huu tiep lake

The B52 historical remains in Huu Tiep lake - Hanoi The B52 historical remains in Huu Tiep lake - Hanoi

The B52 historical remains in Huu Tiep Lake in Ngoc Ha Precinct, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, is hard evidence of the glorious victory of the people and the soldiers of Vietnam over Americans. From the end of 1967, the Vietnamese Communist Party and the Government had anticipated the expansion of the American war to the north with the participation of its B52 fleet in order to save the American Army from defeat. On December 18th, 1972, the American Army forces launched the expected. The bombing lasted for 12 days, from December 18th to December 29th. [ Although 40 years have passed, the memories of the US terrible carpet-bombing attack on Hanoi and some other cities in the North in the winter of 1972 are always in the minds of Hanoians. During the US 12 day long Linebacker II operation, 444 flights of B.52 bombers and over 1,000 flights of tactical airplanes dropped over 10,000 tonnes of bombs (equal to 5 atomic bombs of the kind that the US used to drop in Hirosima, Japan) on Hanoi with the aim of sending Hanoi back to the stone age. The attack killed 2,380 locals and injured 1,355 ] Thanks to improved forces, war strategies and an undaunted will, the army and people of Vietnam defeated the US air blitz on Hanoi, shooting down 34 B52 Stratefortresses out of 81 airplanes of different kinds and killing and capturing alive hundreds of pilots. The aerial victory 40 years ago has become a momentous historical event, showing the intelligence, solidarity and war strategy of the Vietnamese people. It was completely defeated by Hanoi citizens and soldiers: 25 B52 aircraft were shot down. Especially, the B52G was shot down on December 7th by battalion 72. The aircraft broke into pieces and fell on Ngoc Ha Precinct, particularly in Huu Tiep Lake. The remains are mostly under water. The visible part is about one-meter high, two wide and four long. It was the middle of the aircraft including the steering wheels. From the southeast side of the lake, you can see the America Air Force insignia: a white star in a black circle with a diameter of about 30cm. The B52 historical remains in the 38mx42m Huu Tiep Lake is the only vestige of the resounding "Dien Bien Phu in the air" battle. The remains were recognized as a national historical monument by the Ministry of Culture and Information on April 22nd, 1992.

Vietnam military history museum

After the great victory at Dien Bien Phu marking the triumph of the Vietnamese people ,On the 10th of October 1954, our army took over Hanoi. The Ministry of Defence made preparations for the building of the Army Museum - at the end of 1954. and on 22nd of December 1959, Museum was officially inaugurated in the witness of president Hochiminh, goverment leader and hanoi people on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of founding the Vietnam Peoples Army.

After its construction, the Army Museum moved on to develope its specific activities. When war spread throughout the country, the Museum changed its direction to suit its wartime role,

strengthening scientific research, preserving and protecting objects, collecting artifacts while remaining open to visitors. The museum also organized mobile exhibitions in many local army units so as to encourage officers, soldiers and people fighting and working to materialize the goal of liberating the South and reunifying the country.

After great victory in spring 1975, the country was reunified and peace returned. The whole nation entered a new era, focusing on the 2 strategic tasks of constructing and safeguarding the Vietnamese Fatherland.

In 2002 the Army museum changed its name into the Vietnam Military History Museum.The relics and arrangements of museum is divided into 6 main concepts: The history of vietnam from feudal institution and the advent of vietnam people's army, the resistance against France, the struggle against US to unify conutry, army in modern time, the solidarity of vietnamese people and army, outdoor with huge weapon. The museum has around 160,000 objects stored and 4000 on display, many of which are placed in object collections for future exhibition or research.