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Huu Tiep Lake and the Downed B-52
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Lovegan
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459 ft$ • Chinese • American • Cafe
Kappou Ishida
16
0.2 mi$$$$ • Japanese • Asian
Achi Vegan House
16
0.1 mi$ • Asian • Vietnamese • Vegetarian Friendly
Batavia Restaurant & Cafe
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0.3 miAsian • Vietnamese • Indonesian • Halal
Cutisun Restaurant
52
0.3 mi$$ - $$$ • Steakhouse
Propaganda Cafe
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504 ft$$ - $$$ • Vietnamese
Cafe B52
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0.1 mi$
Hien Minh Tea House
52
0.5 mi$$ - $$$ • Dessert • Cafe • Asian
Tổng 9 Café
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254 within 6 miles
Botanical Gardens (Vuon Bach Thao)
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109 ftGardens
B52 Victory Museum
242
0.3 miSpeciality Museums
Old Quarter
28,502
1.8 miNeighborhoods • Historic Walking Areas
Presidential Palace Historical Site
3,600
0.5 miHistoric Sites
Ho Chi Minh's Stilt House
107
0.4 miHistoric Sites
Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
11,740
0.5 miHistoric Sites
Lake of the Restored Sword (Hoan Kiem Lake)
13,640
1.8 miBodies of Water
Ho Chi Minh Museum
1,248
0.5 miHistory Museums
Quan Thanh Temple
304
0.6 miReligious Sites
Fine Arts Museum (Bao Tang My Thuat)
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LoBommer
The Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield, UK1,532 contributions
Underwhelming pond
Oct 2019
Walked here from the Old Quarter, it is a little difficult to find and IMHO not really worth the effort. A small dirty pond with a bit of rusting metal in the middle. Not a lot else here to see or do as it is a residential area.
Best missed unless you are desperate for a wartime history lesson!
Written January 29, 2020
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r2thebizel
Pattaya, Thailand443 contributions
B52 Lake: Mesmerising
Oct 2023 • Couples
A very unique and special relic to witness. Quite mesmerising how it is simply left how it lay when shot down in the 1970s. Worth reading up, little information once there. Type in “ho b52” into Google Maps to find it and walk through the backstreets to find a secluded area.
Written October 18, 2023
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Vnvet68
Edmonds, WA323 contributions
Sobering
Dec 2013 • Solo
As a combat veteran of the "Vietnam-American" war, I find these sites especially interesting. I also find it interesting that some reviews I have seen here and elsewhere seem to have a negative view of seeing this sort of thing.

Vietnam did not attack the US. The US attacked Vietnam and they literally bombed parts of Hanoi into oblivion. The Vietnamese gallantly defended their homeland and this is a reminder, for me at least, that all the military might in the world cannot stop national pride and resolve of an occupied country.
Written February 8, 2014
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Brice B
Hanoi158 contributions
No reason to go there
Feb 2012 • Friends
The lake is now a small pond surrounded by chaotic constructions and with a piece of metal in the middle. Only go there if you're a VN vet.
Written February 9, 2012
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travelthr0ughtime
London, UK8 contributions
Difficult to find but well worth it!
Jul 2014 • Couples
Fascinating to see - parts of the plane sticking right out of the lake. Not easy to find as it's in the suburbs - we found Google Maps a necessity - but well worth it if you're interested in the Vietnam War.
Consider combining with trip to Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum - closest big attraction.
I've written more detail in a longer review here - https://annatravelsthroughtime.wordpress.com/2014/08/22/crashed-b-52-bomber-hanoi-vietnam/
Written January 14, 2015
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Charleygirl76
Seaview, UK1,185 contributions
An interesting find - in a residential area - good cafe nearby too
Sep 2014 • Couples
We came here from the Botanical Gardens and the walk through the narrow streets was fun.

This was an interesting find and we walked around - read the plaques and had a nice drink at the B52 Café near it - gotta love an enterprising local - that offers free Wi-Fi.
Written October 12, 2014
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Bernie D
Adelaide, Australia107 contributions
I THINK SOME PEOPLE FAILED TO LOOK A LITTLE FURTHER
Apr 2013 • Solo
The site of the downed B52 is indeed the greenish lake in the residential district - but that is where the similarities end. Walk a little further and you will find a fantastic museum devoted to the downing of this aircraft. It displays remnants of B52, some Vietnamese airforce fighters and some of the weapons used to shoot down the bombers - missiles, guns and their radar directors. It is a fantastic site - and sight.
I have visited there twice, as shown in a selection from my photos and the last visit was significantly enlivened by the last photo in the series I included. Despite the terrible nature of the war, life does go on.
Sorry, but I think the comments about the green lake and the 'bit of metal' are somewhat at odds with what is really to be found at the location of the B52 site. Walk a little further and you will be rewarded.
You have to love this Vietnamese museums where you can walk amongst and touch the exhibits.
Written October 25, 2013
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Oliver P
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Hard to find but interesting once found.
Apr 2013
The water is filthy but seeing the B52's remains sitting in the middle of a small town square, whilst people go about there daily business, is quite profound! Worth a stop.

This place is pretty hard to find. TripAdvisor and Googlemaps send you to the wrong place when you search for 'Hun Tiep Lake with downed B52'.

If you want to know where it is on GoogleMaps then search for 'Hồ B52'. That is the actual spot.

Hồ B52
Ngõ 55, Hoàng Hoa Thám, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi
http://goo.gl/maps/zn9y9
Written April 22, 2013
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Joe A
Cardiff, UK24 contributions
B52 Lake (Pond) Hanoi
Apr 2012 • Friends
I was quite disappointed. The lake is now more and than a pond in a built up area. The once mighty tail plane is nothing more than a twisted pile of steel and the remains of the landing gear of the once mighty bomber. I couldn’t help thinking of what happened to the downed crew. What made things worse was that the cyclo driver thought it was funny, that I wanted to visit the crash site. Hanoi is crazy place hot and sweaty, Saigon much nicer and friendlier place to visit.
Written May 18, 2012
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majordon666
Montreal, Canada39 contributions
Downed B-52 a downer
I went to see the wreckage of the downed B-52 in Hanoi in july of 2006. Not much to see really, the lake is small, maybe 150 meteres by about 70 meters, and the wreckage is at the back end of where you can view it from. All you can see is 3 or 4 tires from the landing assembly and a little bit of fuselage. It was very poignant really, and all I could do was feel sorry for the guys in the bomber, and the people on the ground. Not worth the trip to Hanoi certainly but worth a quick look if you have nothing better to do.
Written July 18, 2006
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