Crowds flock to Hanoi's ' The Shark Jaw' building for final check-in before demolition


Lots of residents and tourists are flocking to The Shark Jaw for one last visit and farewell photos. - Photo: VNS

HANOI: As news spread that the five-storey building, nicknamed 'Ham Ca Map' (The Shark Jaw), one of Hanoi’s most controversial contemporary buildings on the northern bank of Lake Hoan Kiem, is set to be demolished, crowds of residents and tourists flocked to the site for one last visit.

The iconic building is being torn down before April 30 and large numbers have been heading to the lake to see it for themselves and, of course, for one last farewell photo.

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