A Vietnam Question Tour

Cities 1: This city, the third largest in Vietnam, was the first in Indochina to receive electric power

Cities 2: During the Nguyen dynasty, this was the capital of Vietnam.

Cities 3: Important port city located on the Han River

Cities 4: This city, nicknamed the Western Metropolis, is known for its edible wrappers called Banh Trang.

Artificial Landmarks 1: Former Confucian university located in Hanoi known for its stone statues of turtles, which symbolize students who passed the royal exam.

Artificial Landmarks 2: Ruins of a Hindu temple complex built by the Cham people

Artificial Landmarks 3: Tomb commissioned by the emperor of Vietnam in the 1920s that blends European and Vietnamese design

Artificial Landmarks 4: Name for the 250-kilometer tunnel complex used by the Viet Cong

Natural Landmarks 1: This famous bay's name means "bay of descending dragons" after the dragons who allegedly created its islands from emeralds to guard Vietnam against intruders.

Natural Landmarks 2: Lake whose name means "Returned Sword" after a legend in which King Le Loi returned a divine sword to its turtle god. It's located in the center of Hanoi.

Natural Landmarks 3: National park known for its cave system, one of the largest in the world.

Natural Landmarks 4: These five peaks, whose individual names come from the five Chinese elements, are home to caves containing Buddhist and Confucian shrines and wartime hospitals

People 1: These sibling monarchs ruled an independent Vietnam for three years until dying in battle against the Han Dynasty

People 2: Founder of the Nguyen Dynasty

People 3: Communist revolutionary who led the Vietnamese independence movement against French rule

People 4: One of the leaders of negotiations to end the Vietnam War, for which he was offered a Nobel Peace Prize (although he would turn it down)

History 1: Ancient culture known for its bronze drums and rice cultivation

History 2: Battle in the year 939 CE that led to Vietnamese independence after a millennium of Chinese rule

History 3: Franco-Spanish campaign that led to the conquest of the Nguyen Dynasty by France, waged from 1858 to 1862

History 4: "Viet Cong" is an exonym for the forces that sought to annex South Vietnam into North Vietnam. What was their actual name?

Culture 1: Main formal dress of Vietnam. A white version is the standard high school dress code for girls, and it's also worn at weddings and funerals

Culture 2: Instrument related to zithers known for only having one string

Culture 3: Holiday based on the arrival of spring known for an offensive that took place on it.

Culture 4: Martial art founded by Nguyen Loc in 1938