Friday, 13 June 2014
Hanoi is the
capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in
2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the
metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most
important political centre of Vietnam. It was eclipsed by Hue, the imperial
capital of Vietnam during the Nguyen Dynasty (1802–1945), but Hanoi served as
the capital of French Indochina from 1902 to 1954. From 1954 to 1976, it was
the capital of North Vietnam, and it became the capital of a reunified Vietnam
in 1976, after the North's victory in the Vietnam War. Source
