Hanoi -- a real blast from the past.

Vietnamese News Agency | January 28, 2009 | Copyright

Hanoi, January 28 (VNA) -- Sitting in his house on a bustling street, Nguyen Vinh Phuc, an expert in Hanoi studies, searched through his encyclopaedic memory, remembering the people, places, and buildings in Hanoi and the changes that have taken place over the years.

Nostalgia, a siren song from long ago

His love of Hanoi is fuelled by his nostalgic memory; to him, Hanoi is not just the modern-day city, but a siren song from the past.

"Every inch of land here possesses its own, unique history and, in that history is something that keeps me ...

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