Hanoi Beer-Alcohol-Beverage Corporation was established in 1890, spanning over 52,000 m2. The facility is still operational on Hoang Hoa Tham Street of Ba Dinh District.
At first, the factory was named Hommel and only produced 150 liters of beer a day. In 1954, it changed its name to Hanoi Beer Factory.
In accordance with an urban planning scheme approved by the Hanoi People's Committee in March 2021, the factory's land area will serve multiple purposes, including the site for a high school, housing, trees and parking lots.
The Hanoi Alcohol Factory on Lo Duc Street of Hai Ba Trung District was built by France's alcohol brand Fontaine back in 1898. This is the largest factory among five factories built in Indochina at the time. It is now the Hanoi Liquor and Beverage company.
In 2013, the prime minister agreed to let part of the facility become sites for social projects like schools and public entertainment venues.
The Gia Lam Train Factory - Hanoi Railway Transport Company, located on Nguyen Van Cu Street of Long Bien District, was established in 1905 and spanned over 200,000 m2. The facility included the company's headquarters and the factory for train maintenance.
The area has been planned to become public land, and the factory is expected to be relocated in the next five years.
The Thang Long Tobacco Company, the vanguard of Vietnam's tobacco industry, was established in 1957 on Nguyen Trai Street of Thanh Xuan District, spanning over 64,000 m2.
In accordance with an urban planning scheme approved by the municipal People's Committee, the area will become public land, and there will be malls, kindergartens, schools and trees at the site. The factory will need to be relocated in the next five years.
In 1960, the Thuong Dinh industrial area, the first large-scale industrial area in Hanoi on Nguyen Trai Street, was opened with several factories, including the Thang Long Tobacco, Sao Vang Rubber and Hanoi Soap companies.
The Sao Vang Rubber factory was established in 1960, spanning 62,000 m2. Several years ago, the factory was relocated away from downtown areas due to severe environmental pollution.
In 2016, the factory cooperated with the Hoanh Son business to conduct the Sao Vang-Hoanh Son commerce and housing complex project. However, the project has not yet been put into motion.
Next to Sao Vang Rubber Company is the Hanoi Soap Company, which was established in 1960 and specialized in making soap, dishwashing liquid, detergent and toothpaste, among other products. Its land plot is now empty as the factory has been relocated out of downtown areas.
The ThuongDinh Paper Company, located on Nguyen Trai Street, was established in 1957 and produced fabric shoes.
Nowadays, there are six complete assembly chains of the company, all located in Thanh Xuan District. Amid demands to expand production, the company has conducted a project for a second facility in the Dong Van industrial area of Ha Nam.
In 1961, the Rang Dong Light Source and Vacuum Flask Company in Thanh Xuan District was established, becoming the first facility to produce such products in Vietnam and Indochina.
In August 2019, fire engulfed a factory spanning 6,000 m2 at the site, causing environmental pollution.
The Van Dien Fused Magnesium Phosphate Fertilizer Company was established in 1960 in Thanh Tri District.
The factory was built in over a year, with two blast furnaces, each capable of processing 10,000 tons of material a year. In April 1961, the project was fundamentally completed and produced its first 595 tons of fertilizers. However, due to several technical and environmental issues, the factory had to stop operation to resolve them.
The factory officially opened in 1963.
The Dong Xuan Knitting Company was established in 1959. The factory was originally located on Nguyen Cong Tru Street but was then relocated to Minh Khai Street.
When it was first established, the facility had 380 workers and 180 knitting machines, capable of producing 1 million products a year. From 1964 to 1979, the factory mainly produced products for the armed forces, including clothing and belts to hold ammunition.
The Hai Chau Confectionary company on Mac Thi Buoi Street was established in 1965, producing various food products. It currently has three large-scale factories in Hung Yen, Nghe An and Vinh Long.
The pictured site used to be the Yen Phu power factory. Parts of its generators remain to this day, as the Vietnam Electricity tower can be seen next to it.
The French built the factory in 1925 and operated it for seven years, at a capacity of 7.5 MW. By 1960, it became the largest power production facility in northern Vietnam, with a capacity at 22.5 MW.
The industrial relics of numerous factories and workshops were built from the French colonialism era to the era of the development of socialism.
At a conference on industrial legacies in Hanoi on Nov. 23, architect Dinh Hai Yen of the Vietnam Association of Architects said the city has 185 industrial facilities of value, but there are only 95 left today.
