Hanoi exhibition
| EXPO Hanoi 1902-1903 | |
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Palais d'expositions
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| Overview | |
| BIE-class | Unrecognized exposition |
| Name | Indo China Exposition Française et Internationale |
| Building | Palais d'expositions designed by Adolphe Bussy |
| Area | 41 acres (17 ha) |
| Organized by | Paul Doumer |
| Location | |
| Country | Vietnam |
| City | Hanoi |
| Timeline | |
| Opening | 15 November 1902 |
| Closure | 15 or 16 February 1903 |
The Hanoi Exhibition (Exposition de Hanoi) was a world's fair held in Hanoi between November 16, 1902 and February 15 or 16, 1903.
Hanoi had become the capital of French Indochina earlier in 1902 replacing Saigon. Earlier activities to mark the change included a festival on 26 February 1902 attended by emperor Thành Thái and the governor general Paul Doumer and the opening of the Paul Doumer (now Long Biên) Bridge. The exhibition was the idea of Paul Doumer.
The site of the fair was the racecourse established in the early 1890s, and its main building was the Palais d'expositions designed by Adolphe Bussy. This was intended as a permanent structure, but was destroyed in World War II.
The fair left Hanoi's budget in deficit for a decade.
The fair showed products from France and her colonies, and from other territories in Southeast Asia: Dutch Indies, Burma,China, Formosa (now Taiwan), Japan, Korea,Malaysia, Malacca, the Philippines and Siam.
As well as country displays there was a machine gallery, a La Grand Roue amusement ride, and art in the French Section of Fine Arts including work by Carolus-Duran.
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