Hanoi to build two heritage routes

Hanoi is planning to build two tourism routes on the theme of exploring the Nam Thang Long heritage road with an aim to develop tourism associated with heritage, relic sites and craft villages.
Hanoi to build two heritage routes ảnh 1My Duc silk and lotus silk craft (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi is planning to build two tourism routes on the theme of exploring the NamThang Long heritage road with an aim to develop tourism associated with heritage,relic sites and craft villages.

One route starts from downtown Hanoi and goes through Thanh Tri, Thuong Tin and Phu Xuyen districts, and the other runs from downtown Hanoi through Thanh Oai, Ung Hoa to My Duc district.

The highlights of the first will be thevillages of Ngau (Thanh Tri), Phuc Am (Thuong Tin) and Cuu (Phu Xuyen). Ngau is known far and wide for wine making, while Phuc Am is renowned for votive papers, and Cuu isfamous for its ancient houses with European architecture.

Hanoi to build two heritage routes ảnh 2Phuc Am village is renowned for votive papers (Photo: hanoimoi.com.vn)
Meanwhile, the second will include Noi BinhDa communal house (Thanh Oai) which is home to a national treasure -- a bas-relief of the nation's legendary ancestor Lac Long Quan, the Quang Phu Cau incense craft village (Ung Hoa), and the My Duc silk and lotus silk craft (My Duc).

The municipal Tourism Authority on December26-27 organised fact-finding trips to the localities to soon develop the two routes./.
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