Cuu village in Van Tu commune, in Hanoi’s outlying district of Phu Xuyen boasts of many old French-style villas which were built between 1920-1945. House owners were villagers who worked as tailors for French residents in that period. Let’s take a tour around the village:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A villa with garden and well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A gate connecting two villas of an owner. The balcony is not a feature of traditional houses in northern Vietnam.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




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