Gia Ngu Street

Stretching from Hang Be- Dinh Liet intersection to Hang Dao street, Gia Ngu street is 268m long. 

In the past, the nearby area had a large lake with the name Thai Cuc Lake. Relying on the lake with so many fishes, people here made meets end mainly on fishing. In Gia Long dynasty (1801-1819), it was named Hang Ca and in Minh Mang Dynasty, the king renamed it to Gia Ngu Village . By the late 19th century, Thai Cuc lake was filled. 

In the French colonial time, Gia Ngu street was divided into two streets which were often called Gia Ngu alley and Nguyen Du street. In the time of temporary occupy, the two streets are merged into one again. In 1945, the State officially give it the name Gia Ngu street.Like many other streets in the Old Quarter of Hanoi, Gia Ngu has Dai Loi temple that a house at number 50. 

Over the years, Dai Loi has become a spiritual world of the people in the Old Quarter. Nowadays, Gia Ngu is a small street, bringing many features of ancient streets with old houses. For several last decades, the street has been tightly filled with shops selling fashions for mothers and babies, and other kinds of clothes, attracting many domestic as well as international customers to visit and shop.