Quoc Tu Giam street, Van Chuong, Van Mieu and Quoc Tu Giam ward, Dong Da district, Hanoi, Vietnam.
It’s 600m long, from Ngo Si Lien to Ton Duc Thang, passing Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam’s gate.
In 1076, Vietnam's first university, the "Quoc Tu Giam" or Imperial Academy, was established within the temple to educate Vietnam's bureaucrats, nobles, royalty and other members of the elite. The university remained open from 1076 to 1779. In 1802, the Nguyen monarchs founded the Hue capital where they established a new imperial academy.
