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Ha Noi launched an electric car service around the tourist
favourite West Lake in Tay Ho district on Feb. 3 to mark the 82nd founding
anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).
The 18-km route takes tourists to 21 relic sites and beautiful sceneries around
the West Lake such as Tran Quoc and Tao Sach Pagodas, Vong Thi, Quan Thanh and
Co Le Temples and Ly Tu Trong Flower Garden.
The West Lake has a long history associated with the formation and development
of the capital city of Thang Long-Hanoi.
Also on Feb. 3, a pair of ceramic dragons, the largest of their kind in Vietnam,
were inaugurated in the West Lake area.
The two ceramic dragons are made after the dragon style of the Ly dynasty. They
are 7.5 metres tall each, including the base, and their bodies are decorated by
ceramic plates.
The work was made by artisans from Bat Trang pottery craft village in Hanoi at a
total cost of nearly 2.6 billion VND. Earlier, the pair set the Vietnam Guinness
record as the largest ceramic dragons and they were on display on the occasion
of the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi in 2010 before being moved to
the new site.
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