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French colonial era tube houses remain popular in Vietnamese capital

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A report on Hanoi tube houses that traces their continued popularity back to French colonial era influences. The segment explains how narrow facades, stacked floors and decorative balconies emerged from limited urban land and colonial planning and how these features combined with Vietnamese living patterns.

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