Hưng Yên is a city within the Red River Delta and the Hanoi metropolitan area. It is on the northern bank of the Red River, about 60 km from downtown Hanoi. It covers 46.8 sq km and has a populaiton of 123,000 people (2011 estimate).
While the city itself has nothing much to offer, it is the site of Pho Hien, the ancient port city and today a major tourist destination within the outskirts of Hanoi.
The specialty of Hưng Yên is longan (Dimocarpus longan).
Visiting Hưng Yên
Places of Interest in Hưng Yên
- Pho Hien
Site of ancient port city with its old temples and other historic buildings.
Vietnamese Confucius Temple in Hung YenSource: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:V%C4%83n_mi%E1%BA%BFu_X%C3%ADch_%C4%90%E1%BA%B1ng_02.JPG
Author: Nguyen Thanh Quang
Author: Nguyen Thanh Quang
Temple of Literature of Hung Yen ProvinceSource: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:V%C4%83n_mi%E1%BA%BFu_X%C3%ADch_%C4%90%E1%BA%B1ng_05.JPG
Author: Nguyen Thanh Quang
Author: Nguyen Thanh Quang
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