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The square usually plays host to major national events and is also a tourism hotspot for both locals and travel ers. The rally to launch the uprising to seize power in the country was organised by the Viet Minh Front at the Hanoi Opera House on August 19, 1945. The Government Guest House is a classic French building located at 12 Ngo Quyen street and was used to be known as Tonkin Palace. The house was originally built in 1918 and survived both the French and American wars. In 1945, President Ho Chi Minh moved into the site and it changed its name to Bac Bo Phu. Trang Tien street was previously known as Rue Paul Bert during the French colonial period and was the most modern street throughout the capital at that time. Situated in Hang Dao ward of Hoan Kiem district in Hanoi, the house at 48 Hang Ngang street is a historical place where President Ho Chi Minh penned the Declaration of Independence. An array of historical objects are kept in

Hanoi welcomed roughly 422,000 tourists, including locals and foreigners, during the National Day holiday which lasted from September 1 to September 4.  Visitors are walking in downtown Hanoi during the National Day, which falls on September 2. Photos: The Hanoi Times According to the Hanoi Department of Tourism, the average occupancy rate of hotels in Hanoi is around 40.5%, of which the number of nights spent by domestic visitors was 23.5% and that of foreign travel ers 17%.  During the two first days of the national holiday (September 1-2), the city welcomed 242,200 tourists, earning a total revenue of more than VND740 billion ($31.5 million). Of the visitors, the number of international arrivals was estimated at 12,000 while the number of domestic travel ers reached 230,000. Director of the Hanoi Department of Tourism Dang Huong Giang said due to the fear of crowds at distant tourist destinations, many Hanoians chose to travel around the capital and to tourist a