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Hanoi (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell; Template:Langx Template:IPA; Template:Langx) is the capital and second-most populous city of Vietnam. The name "Hanoi" translates to "inside the river"<ref name="dantri" /> (Hanoi is bordered by the Red and Black Rivers). As a municipality, Hanoi consists of 12 urban districts, 17 rural districts, and 1 district-level town. The city encompasses an area of Template:ConvertTemplate:Cn and as of 2024, a population of 8,718,000.<ref name="p105"/> Hanoi had the second-highest gross regional domestic product of all Vietnamese provinces and municipalities at US$51.4 billion in 2022,<ref name=hanoigrdp>Template:Cite book</ref> behind Ho Chi Minh City.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In the third century BCE, the Cổ Loa Capital Citadel of Âu Lạc was constructed in what is now Hanoi. Âu Lạc then fell under Chinese rule for a thousand years. In 1010, under the Lý dynasty, Vietnamese emperor Lý Thái Tổ established the capital of the imperial Vietnamese nation Đại Việt in modern-day central Hanoi, naming the city Thăng Long (Template:Lang Template:IPA, 'ascending dragon'). In 1428, King Lê Lợi renamed the city to Đông Kinh (Template:Lang Template:IPA, 'eastern capital'), and it remained so until 1789. The Nguyễn dynasty in 1802 moved the national capital to Huế and the city was renamed Hanoi in 1831. It served as the capital of French Indochina from 1902 to 1945 and French protectorate of Tonkin from 1883 to 1949. After the August Revolution and the fall of the Nguyễn dynasty, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) designated Hanoi as the capital of the newly independent country. From 1949 to 1954, it was part of the State of Vietnam. It was again part of the DRV ruling North Vietnam from 1954 to 1976. In 1976, it became the capital of the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam. In 2008, Hà Tây Province and two other rural districts were annexed into Hanoi, almost tripling Hanoi's area.

Hanoi is the cultural, economic and education center of Northern Vietnam. As the country's capital, it hosts 78 foreign embassies, the headquarters of Vietnam People's Army (VPA), its own Vietnam National University system, and many other governmental organizations. Hanoi is also a major tourist destination, with 18.7 million domestic and international visitors in 2022.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The city hosts the Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Hoàn Kiếm Lake, West Lake, and Ba Vì National Park near the outskirts of the municipality. Hanoi's urban area has a wide range of architectural styles, including French colonial architecture, brutalist apartments typical of socialist nations, and disorganized alleys and tube houses stemming from the city's rapid growth in the 20th century.

Names

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Hanoi has had various names throughout history. It was known first as Long Biên (Template:Lang, Template:Literal translation), then Tống Bình (Template:Lang, Template:Literal translation) and Long Đỗ (Template:Lang, Template:Literal translation). Long Biên later gave its name to the famed Long Biên Bridge, built during French colonial times, and more recently to a new district to the east of the Red River. Several older names of Hanoi feature long (Template:Lang, Template:Translation), linked to the curved formation of the Red River around the city, which was symbolized as a dragon.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="dantri" /><ref name="hanoitv" />

In 866, it was turned into a citadel and named Đại La (Template:Lang, Template:Literal translation). This gave it the nickname La Thành (Template:Lang, Template:Literal translation). Both Đại La and La Thành are names of major streets in modern Hanoi. When Lý Thái Tổ established the capital in the area in 1010, it was named Thăng Long (Template:Lang).<ref>Anh Thư Hà, Hồng Đức Trần A Brief Chronology of Vietnam's History 2000– Page 40 "Taking this as a good omen, he named the new capital Thăng Long (City of the Soaring Dragon), now Hanoi. Lý Thái Tổ reorganized the administration"</ref><ref>Patricia M. Pelley Postcolonial Vietnam: New Histories of the National Past 2002– Page 213 "When Lý Thái Tổ relocated the capital in 1010."</ref> Thăng Long later became the name of a major bridge on the highway linking the city center to Nội Bài Airport, and the Thăng Long Boulevard expressway in the southwest of the city center. In modern times, the city is usually referred to as Thăng Long – Hà Nội, when its long history is discussed.

During the Hồ dynasty, it was called Đông Đô (Template:Lang, Template:Literal translation).<ref name="dantri" /><ref name="laodong" /> During the Ming occupation, it was called Đông Quan (Template:Lang, Template:Literal translation).<ref name="dantri" /><ref name="hanoitv" /><ref name="laodong" /> During the Lê dynasty, Hanoi was known as Đông Kinh (Template:Lang),<ref>For the de facto capital city of Japan, see Tokyo (Template:Lang).</ref> which gave the name to Tonkin and Gulf of Tonkin. A square adjacent to the Hoàn Kiếm lake was named Đông Kinh Nghĩa Thục after the reformist Tonkin Free School under French colonization.<ref name="dantri" /><ref name="laodong" />

After the end of the Tây Sơn had expanded further south, the city was named Bắc Thành (Template:Lang, Template:Literal translation).<ref name="dantri" /><ref name="hanoitv" /><ref name="laodong" /> Minh Mạng renamed the city Hà Nội (Template:Lang) in 1831. This has remained its official name until modern times.<ref name="dantri" /><ref name="hanoitv" /><ref name="laodong" />

Several unofficial names of Hanoi include: Template:Lang (Template:Lang, Template:Literal translation), Template:Lang (Template:Literal translation), Template:Lang (short for Template:Lang, 'citadel of Thăng Long'), Template:Lang ('capital city'), Template:Lang (short for Template:Lang, 'city of Hanoi'), and Template:Lang ('capital').<ref name="dantri">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="hanoitv">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="laodong">Template:Cite web</ref>

Arab manuscripts between the 9th and 12th century referred to Hanoi as Template:Lang (Template:Lang), a term derived from Longbian (Middle Chinese: Template:Lang), and was originally used by Muslim traders to mention the Vietnamese.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

History

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Pre-Thăng Long period

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Many vestiges of human habitation from the late Palaeolithic and early Mesolithic ages can be found in Hanoi. Between 1971 and 1972, archaeologists in Ba Vì and Đông Anh discovered pebbles with traces of carving and processing by human hands that are relics of Sơn Vi Culture, dating from 10,000 to 20,000 years ago.<ref name=cl>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Sfn In 1998–1999, the Museum of Vietnamese History (now National Museum of Vietnamese History) carried out the archaeological studies in the north of Template:Interlanguage link (Sơn Tây, Hanoi), finding various relics and objects belonging to the Sơn Vi Culture dating back to the Paleolithic Age around 20,000 years ago.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> During the mid-Holocene transgression, the sea level rose and immersed low-lying areas; geological data clearly show the coastline was inundated and was located near present-day Hanoi, as is apparent from the absence of Neolithic sites across most of the Bac Bo region.Template:Sfn Consequently, from about 10,000 to approximately 4,000 years ago, Hanoi in general was completely underwater.<ref name="cl" /> It is believed that the region has been continuously inhabited for the last 4,000 years.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

Kingdom of Âu Lạc and Nanyue

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In around third century BC, An Dương Vương established the capital of Âu Lạc north of present-day Hanoi, where a fortified citadel is constructed, known to history as Cổ Loa,Template:Sfn the first political center of the Vietnamese civilization pre-Sinitic era,Template:Sfn with an outer embankment covering 600 hectares. In 179 BC, the Âu Lạc Kingdom was annexed by Nanyue, which ushered in more than a thousand years of Chinese domination. Zhao Tuo subsequently incorporated the regions into his Nanyue domain, but left the indigenous chiefs in control of the population.Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn For the first time, the region formed part of a polity headed by a Chinese ruler.Template:Sfn

Hanoi under Chinese rule

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In 111 BC, the Han dynasty conquered Nanyue and ruled it for the next several hundred years.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Han dynasty organized Nanyue into seven commanderies of the south (Lingnan) and now included three in Vietnam alone: Giao Chỉ and Cửu Chân, and a newly established Nhật Nam.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

In MarchTemplate:Sfn of 40 AD, Trưng Trắc and Trưng Nhị, daughters of a wealthy aristocratic family of Lac ethnicityTemplate:Sfn in Mê Linh district (Hanoi), led the locals to rise up in rebellion against the Han.Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn It began at the Red River Delta, but quickly spread both south and north from Jiaozhi, stirring up all three Lạc Việt regions and most of Lingnan,Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn gaining the support of about 65 towns and settlements.Template:Sfn Trưng sisters then established their court upriver in Mê Linh.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn In 42 AD, the Han emperor commissioned general Ma Yuan to suppress the uprising with 32,000 men, including 20,000 regulars and 12,000 regional auxiliaries.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn The rebellion was defeated in the next year as Ma Yuan captured and decapitated Trưng Trắc and Trưng Nhị, then sent their heads to the Han court in Luoyang.Template:Sfn

By the middle of the fifth century, in the center of ancient Hanoi, a fortified settlement was founded by the Chinese Liu Song dynasty as the seat of a new district called Tống Bình (Songping) within Giao Chỉ commandery.Template:Sfnp The name refers to its pacification by the dynasty. It was elevated to its own commandery at some point between AD 454 and 464.Template:Sfnp The commandery included the districts of Yihuai (義懷) and Suining (綏寧) in the south of the Red River (now Từ Liêm and Hoài Đức districts) with a metropolis in present-day inner Hanoi.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Protectorate of Annam

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By the year 679, the Tang dynasty changed the region's name to Annan (Template:Cjkv), with Songping as its capital.<ref name="en.hanoi.vietnamplus.vn">Template:Cite web</ref>

In the latter half of the eighth century, Zhang Boyi, a viceroy from the Tang dynasty, built Luocheng (Template:Cjkv) to suppress popular uprisings. Luocheng extended from Thu Le to Quan Ngua in what is now Ba Đình district. Over time, in the first half of the ninth century, this fortification was expanded and renamed as Jincheng (Template:CJKV). In 863, the kingdom of Nanzhao, as well as local rebels, laid siege of Jincheng and defeated the Chinese armies of 150,000.<ref name="ZZTJ250">Tư trị thông giám, quyển 250.</ref>Template:Sfn In 866, Chinese jiedushi Gao Pian recaptured the city and drove out the Nanzhao and rebels.Template:Sfn He renamed the city to Daluocheng (Template:Cjkv). He built a wall around the city measuring 6,344 meters, with some sections reaching over eight meters in height.Template:Sfn Đại La at the time had approximately 25,000 residents, including small foreign communities of Persians, Arabs, Indian, Cham, Javanese, and Nestorian Christians.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It became an important trading center of the Tang dynasty due to the ransacking of Guangzhou by the Huang Chao rebellion.<ref name="ZZTJ250" /> By early tenth century AD, modern-day Hanoi was known to the Muslim traders as Luqin.Template:Sfn

Hanoi under Independent Vietnam

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Thăng Long, Đông Đô, Đông Quan, Đông Kinh

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In 1010, Lý Thái Tổ, the first ruler of the Lý dynasty, moved the capital of Đại Việt to the site of the Đại La Citadel. Claiming to have seen a dragon ascending the Red River, he renamed the site Thăng Long (昇龍) – a name still used poetically to this day. Thăng Long remained the capital of Đại Việt until 1397, when it was moved to Thanh Hóa, then known as Tây Đô (西都), the "Western Capital". Thăng Long then became Đông Đô (東都), the "Eastern Capital".

In 1408, the Chinese Ming dynasty attacked and occupied Vietnam, changing Đông Đô's name to Dongguan (Template:CJKV). In 1428, the Lam Sơn uprising, under the leadership of Lê Lợi, overthrew the Chinese rule. Lê Lợi founded the Lê dynasty and renamed Đông Quan to Đông Kinh (東京) or Tonkin. During 17th century, the population of Đông Kinh was estimated by Western diplomats as about 100,000.Template:Sfn Right after the end of the Tây Sơn dynasty, it was named Bắc Thành (北城).

During Nguyễn dynasty and the French colonial period

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When the Nguyễn dynasty was established in 1802, Gia Long moved the capital to Huế. Thăng Long was no longer the capital, and its chữ Hán was changed from 昇龍 (Template:Literal translation) to the homophone 昇隆 (Template:Literal translation), in order to reduce any loyalist sentiment towards the old Lê dynasty.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Emperors of Vietnam usually used dragon (龍 long) as a symbol of their imperial strength and power. In 1831, the Nguyễn emperor Minh Mạng renamed it Hà Nội (河內). Hanoi was conquered and briefly occupied by the French military in late 1873 and passed to them ten years later. As Hanoi, it was located in the protectorate of Tonkin and became the capital of French Indochina in 1902. Nominally it still belonged to the sovereignty of Vietnam (Nguyễn dynasty) under French protectorate in Tonkin, but since 1888 it had been a French concession and had directly been ruled by the French like Cochinchina.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

During WWII, First Indochina War, and the Vietnam War

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French High Commissioner in Indochina and State of Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyễn Phan Long visit Hanoi, 27 January 1951.

French Indochina including Hanoi was occupied by the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces in September 1940, after the Japanese invasion of French Indochina. Japan overthrew the French rule in Hanoi in March 1945. After the fall of the Empire of Vietnam, it became the capital of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) when Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the independence of Vietnam on 2 September 1945. However, the French returned and reoccupied the city in February 1947. After France recognized Vietnam's nominal independence with the Hạ Long Bay Preliminary Agreement on 5 June 1948, Hanoi became under the control of the State of Vietnam from 1949 to 1954, an associated state within the French Union.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> This state gained full independence with the Matignon Accords on 4 June 1954.Template:Sfn After nine years of fighting between the French and DRV forces, Hanoi became the capital of North Vietnam when this territory became a sovereign country and Vietnam became divided on 21 July 1954. The army of the French Union withdrew that year and the People's Army of Vietnam of the DRV and International Control Commission occupied the city on 10 October the same year under the terms of the 1954 Geneva Conference.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

During the Vietnam War between North and South (1955–1975), Hanoi and North Vietnam were attacked by the United States and South Vietnamese Air Forces. Following the end of the war with the fall of Saigon, Hanoi became the capital of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam when North and South Vietnam were reunited on 2 July 1976.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Modern Hanoi

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A local police station in a French Colonial building by Hoàn Kiếm lake.

On 21 December 1978, the National Assembly of Vietnam approved a law to expand Hanoi's borders, absorbing the districts of Ba Vì, Thạch Thất, Phúc Thọ, Đan Phượng, Hoài Đức, and the town of Sơn Tây from Hà Sơn Bình Province, and the districts of Mê Linh and Sóc Sơn from Template:Interlanguage link. The five districts annexed from Hà Sơn Bình would be given to Hà Tây and Mê Linh to Vĩnh Phúc in 1991; they would be re-annexed into Hanoi in 2008.

After the Đổi Mới economic policies were approved in 1986, the Communist Party and national and municipal governments hoped to attract international investments for urban development projects in Hanoi.<ref name="Logan 2005 559–575">Template:Cite journal</ref> High-rise commercial buildings did not begin to appear until ten years later due to the international investment community being skeptical of the security of their investments in Vietnam.<ref name="Logan 2005 559–575" /> Rapid urban development and rising costs displaced many residential areas in central Hanoi.<ref name="Logan 2005 559–575" /> Following a short period of economic stagnation after the 1997 Asian financial crisis, Hanoi resumed its rapid economic growth.<ref name="Logan 2005 559–575" />

On 29 May 2008, it was decided that Hà Tây Province, Vĩnh Phúc Province's Mê Linh District and four communes in Lương Sơn District, Hòa Bình Province be merged into the metropolitan area of Hanoi from 1 August 2008.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Hanoi's total area then increased to 334,470 hectares in 29 subdivisions<ref name="dantri.com.vn">Template:Cite web</ref> with the new population being 6,232,940,<ref name="dantri.com.vn" /> effectively tripling its size. The Hanoi Capital Region (Template:Lang), a metropolitan area covering Hanoi and six surrounding provinces under its administration, will have an area of Template:Convert with 15 million people by 2020.

Hanoi has experienced rapid expansion in its modern period, accompanied by a construction boom. Skyscrapers, appearing in new urban areas, have dramatically changed the cityscape and have formed a modern skyline outside the old city. In 2015, Hanoi is ranked 39th by Emporis in the list of world cities with most skyscrapers over 100 m; its two tallest buildings are Hanoi Landmark 72 Tower (336 m, second tallest in Vietnam after Ho Chi Minh City's Landmark 81 and third tallest in south-east Asia after Malaysia's Petronas Towers) and Hanoi Lotte Center (272 m, also, third tallest in Vietnam).

Public outcry in opposition to the redevelopment of culturally significant areas in Hanoi persuaded the national government to implement a low-rise policy surrounding Hoàn Kiếm Lake.<ref name="Logan 2005 559–575" /> The Ba Đình District is also protected from commercial redevelopment.<ref name="Logan 2005 559–575" /> On 12 September 2023, at least 56 people died in a huge fire in an apartment block in Hanoi. The fire highlighted the lack of adequate fire safety measures in many newly constructed apartments in the rapidly expanding city.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Geography

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Location, topography

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Hanoi is a landlocked municipality in the northern region of Vietnam, situated in Vietnam's Red River Delta, nearly Template:Convert from the coast. Hanoi contains three basic kinds of terrain, which are the delta area, the midland area and the mountainous zone. In general, the terrain becomes gradually lower from north to south and from west to east, with the average height ranging from 5 to 20 meters above sea level. Hills and mountainous zones are located in the northern and western parts of the city. The highest peak is at Ba Vì with 1281 m, located west of the city proper.

Environment

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Hanoi frequently ranks among the most polluted cities, with several days each year when it is the most air-polluted city in the world, with fine dust levels reaching dangerous thresholds for human health.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> According to the 2018 Global Air Quality Report, Hanoi's fine dust concentration was four times higher than the WHO's recommended limit (40.8 μg/m3 compared to the recommended 10 μg/m3).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> A report by Vietnam's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment stated that Hanoi is the most air-polluted city in the country, with a high proportion of days classified as having poor, bad, or hazardous air quality.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In addition, the rivers flowing through Hanoi (Nhuệ River, Tô Lịch River, Kim Ngưu River, Lừ River, and Sét River) and many lakes are heavily polluted, as 78% of Hanoi's wastewater is discharged directly into rivers and lakes without treatment. Each of these rivers receives tens of thousands of cubic meters of wastewater daily.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Climate

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Template:Climate chart When using the Köppen climate classification, Hanoi is categorized as having a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> with plentiful precipitation like other places in Northern Vietnam.<ref name="Peel">Template:Cite journal</ref> The city experiences the typical climate of Northern Vietnam, with four distinct seasons.<ref name="climate">Template:Cite web</ref> Summer, from May to September, is characterized by hot and humid weather with abundant rainfall, and few dry days.<ref name=vietnamUNEP>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Rp<ref name="climate" /> Hot, dry conditions caused by westerly winds during summer are rare.<ref name="vietnamUNEP" />Template:Rp From October to November comprise the fall season, characterized by a decrease in temperature and precipitation, this time in the year mostly are warm and mild.<ref name="climate" /> Winters, from December to February, are characterized as being cool by the northeast monsoon, giving Hanoi a dry winter and large amount of sunshine. Spring, from March until the end of April, Hanoi is usually characterized with large amounts of drizzle and little sunshine due to the strong activity of the southeast monsoon blowing moisture from the sea inland.<ref name="climate" /><ref name="vietnamUNEP" />Template:Rp The city is usually cloudy and foggy in this time, averaging only 1.5 hours of sunshine per day in February and March. The city occasionally experiences cold waves from the Northeast originating from the Siberian High. Hanoi is the only capital of Southeast Asia with a subtropical climate.

The region has a positive water balance (i.e. the precipitation exceeds the potential evapotranspiration).<ref>Template:Cite report</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Hanoi averages Template:Convert of rainfall per year, the majority falling from May to October. There are an average of 114 days with rain.<ref name="climate" /> The average annual temperature is Template:Convert, with a mean relative humidity of more than 80%. The coldest month has a mean temperature of Template:Convert and the hottest month has a mean temperature of Template:Convert. The highest recorded temperature was Template:Convert in May 1926, while the lowest recorded temperature was Template:Convert on 12 January 1955.<ref name="climate" /> The city have also experienced extremely hot weather on 4 June 2017 due to La Niña, with the temperature reached up to Template:Convert in a week. Hanoi can sometimes experience snow in winter. The most recent snow happened on Ba Vì mountain range, and the temperature fell to Template:Convert on 24 January 2016.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Administrative divisions

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Administrative divisions of Hanoi

Hà Nội is divided into 12 urban districts, 1 district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. When Hà Tây was merged into Hanoi in 2008, Hà Đông was transformed into an urban district while Sơn Tây is demoted to a district-level town. They are further subdivided into 22 commune-level towns (or townlets), 399 communes, and 145 wards.

Administrative divisions of Hanoi
Name Area (km2) Population Population density Subdivisions
12 urban districts (Quận)
Ba Đình district 9.21 223,100 24223.7 14 wards
Bắc Từ Liêm district 45.25 359,200 7938.1 13 wards
Cầu Giấy district 12.38 294,500 23788.4 8 wards
Đống Đa district 9.95 377,900 37979.9 21 wards
Hà Đông districtHT 49.64 435,500 8773.2 17 wards
Hai Bà Trưng district 10.26 293,900 28645.2 18 wards
Hoàn Kiếm district 5.35 140,200 26205.6 18 wards
Hoàng Mai district 40.19 539,800 13431.2 14 wards
Long Biên district 60.09 342,700 5703.1 14 wards
Nam Từ Liêm district 32.17 290,500 9030.2 10 wards
Tây Hồ district 24.38 166,600 6833.5 8 wards
Thanh Xuân district 9.17 293,400 31995.6 11 wards
Subtotal 308.04 3,757,300 {{#expr:floor(3,757,300/308.04)}} 166 wards
1 district-level town (Thị xã)
Sơn TâyHT 117.20 156,500 1335.3 9 wards, 6 communes
17 rural districts (Huyện)
Ba Vì districtHT 421.80 307,600 729.3 1 commune-level town, 30 communes
Chương Mỹ districtHT 237.48 351,200 1478.9 2 commune-level towns, 30 communes
Đan Phượng districtHT 77.83 186,100 2391.1 1 commune-level town, 15 communes
Đông Anh district 185.68 411,700 2217.3 1 commune-level town, 23 communes
Gia Lâm district 116.64 299,800 2570.3 2 commune-level towns, 20 communes
Hoài Đức districtHT 84.92 282,300 3324.3 1 commune-level town, 19 communes
Mê Linh district 141.29 254,400 1800.6 2 commune-level towns, 16 communes
Mỹ Đức districtHT 226.31 210,200 928.8 1 commune-level town, 21 communes
Phú Xuyên districtHT 173.56 231,900 1336.1 2 commune-level towns, 25 communes
Phúc Thọ districtHT 118.50 195,300 1648.1 1 commune-level town, 20 communes
Quốc Oai districtHT 151.22 204,400 1351.7 1 commune-level town, 20 communes
Sóc Sơn district 305.51 361,200 1182.3 1 commune-level town, 25 communes
Thạch Thất districtHT 187.53 226,000 1205.1 1 commune-level town, 22 communes
Thanh Oai districtHT 124.47 225,900 1814.9 1 commune-level town, 20 communes
Thanh Trì district 63.49 294,100 4632.2 1 commune-level town, 15 communes
Thường Tín districtHT 130.13 263,800 2027.2 1 commune-level town, 28 communes
Ứng Hòa districtHT 188.24 215,900 1146.9 1 commune-level town, 28 communes
Subtotal 2934.6 4,518,800 {{#expr:floor(4,518,800/2,934.6)}} 377 communes và 21 commune-level towns
Total 3,359.84 8,435,600 2510.7 175 wards, 383 communes và 21 commune-level towns
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HT – formerly an administrative subdivision unit of the defunct Hà Tây Province.

Demographics

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During the French colonial period, as the capital of French Indochina, Hanoi attracted a considerable number of French, Chinese and Vietnamese from the surrounding areas. In the 1940s the population of the city was 132,145.<ref>Baron & La Salle. Dictionnaire des Communes administratif et militaire, France métropolitaine et France d'outre-mer. Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle & Cie, 1949.</ref> After the First Indochina War, many French and Chinese people left the city to either move south or repatriate.

Hanoi's population only started to increase rapidly in the second half 20th century. In 1954, the city had 53 thousand inhabitants, covering an area of 152 km2. By 1961, the area of the city had expanded to 584 km2, and the population was 91,000 people. In 1978, National Assembly (Vietnam) decided to expand Hanoi for the second time to 2,136 km2, with a population of 2.5 million people.<ref name="papin">Template:Cite book</ref> By 1991, the area of Hanoi continued to change, decreasing to Template:Cvt, but the population was still over 2 million people. During the 1990s, Hanoi's population increased steadily, reaching 2,672,122 people in 1999.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After the most recent expansion in August 2008, Hanoi has a population of 6.233 million and is among the 17 capitals with the largest area in the world.<ref name="morong">Template:Cite news</ref> According to the 2009 census, Hanoi's population is 6,451,909 people.<ref name="TK2009">Template:Cite book</ref> As of 1 April 2019, Hanoi had a population of 8,053,663, including 3,991,919 males and 4,061,744 females.<ref name="census2019" /> The population living in urban areas is 3,962,310 people, accounting for 49.2% and in rural areas is 4,091,353 people, accounting for 50.8%. Hanoi is the second most populous city in the country, after Ho Chi Minh City (8,993,082 people). The average annual population growth rate from 2009 to 2019 of Hanoi is 2.22%/year, higher than the national growth rate (1.14%/year) and is the second highest in the Red River Delta, only after Bắc Ninh Province (2.90% / year).

Nowadays, the city is both a major metropolitan area of Northern Vietnam, and also the country's cultural and political centre, putting a lot of pressure on the infrastructure, some of which is antiquated and dates back to the early 20th century. It has over eight million residents within the city proper and an estimated population of 20 million within the metropolitan area.

The number of Hanoians who have settled down for more than three generations is likely to be very small when compared to the overall population of the city. Even in the Old Quarter, where commerce started hundreds of years ago and consisted mostly of family businesses, many of the street-front stores nowadays are owned by merchants and retailers from other provinces. The original owner family may have either rented out the store and moved into the adjoining house or moved out of the neighborhood altogether. The pace of change has especially escalated after the abandonment of central-planning economic policies and relaxing of the district-based household registrar system.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Hanoi's telephone numbers have been increased to 8 digits to cope with demand (October 2008). Subscribers' telephone numbers have been changed in a haphazard way; however, mobile phones and SIM cards are readily available in Vietnam, with pre-paid mobile phone credit available in all areas of Hanoi.

Religion

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The three teachings (Template:Langx) of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism have been the main religions of Hanoi for many years. Most people consider themselves Buddhist, though not all of them regularly follow religion.

Ethnic groups

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Template:See also There are more than 50 ethnic groups in Hanoi, of which the Viet (Kinh) is the largest; according to official Vietnamese figures (2019 census), accounting for 98.66% of the population, followed by Mường at 0.77% and Tày at 0.24%.<ref name="census2019" />

Economy

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Headquarters of the State Bank of Vietnam

According to a recent ranking by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will be amongst the fastest-growing cities in the world in terms of GDP growth from 2008 to 2025.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the year 2013, Hanoi contributed 12.6% to GDP, exported 7.5% of total exports, contributed 17% to the national budget and attracted 22% investment capital of Vietnam. The city's nominal GDP at current prices reached 451,213 billion VND (US$21.48 billion) in 2013, which made per capita GDP stand at 63.3 million VND (US$3,000).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Industrial production in the city has experienced a rapid boom since the 1990s, with average annual growth of 19.1 percent from 1991 to 1995, 15.9 percent from 1996 to 2000, and 20.9 percent during 2001–2003.Template:Citation needed In addition to eight existing industrial parks, Hanoi is building five new large-scale industrial parks and 16 small- and medium-sized industrial clusters. The non-state economic sector is expanding fast, with more than 48,000 businesses operating under the Enterprise Law (as of 3/2007).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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A shopping center in Hanoi owned by Vingroup

Trade is another strong sector of the city. In 2003, Hanoi had 2,000 businesses engaged in foreign trade, having established ties with 161 countries and territories. The city's export value grew by an average 11.6 percent each year from 1996 to 2000 and 9.1 percent during 2001–2003.Template:Citation needed The economic structure also underwent important shifts, with tourism, finance, and banking now playing an increasingly important role. Hanoi's traditional business districts are Hoàn Kiếm, Hai Bà Trưng and Đống Đa; and newly developing Cầu Giấy, Nam Từ Liêm, Bắc Từ Liêm, Thanh Xuân and Hà Đông in the west.

Similar to Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi enjoys a rapidly developing real estate market.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The most notable new urban areas are central Trung Hòa Nhân Chính, Mỹ Đình, the luxurious zones of The Manor, Ciputra, Royal City in the Nguyễn Trãi Street (Thanh Xuân District) and Times City in the Hai Bà Trưng District. With an estimated nominal GDP of US$42.04 billion as of 2019, it is the second most productive economic area of Vietnam (after Ho Chi Minh City).

Agriculture, previously a pillar in Hanoi's economy, has striven to reform itself, introducing new high-yield plant varieties and livestock, and applying modern farming techniques.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

After the economic reforms that initiated economic growth, Hanoi's appearance has also changed significantly, especially in recent years. Infrastructure is constantly being upgraded, with new roads and an improved public transportation system.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Hanoi has allowed many fast-food chains into the city, such as McDonald's, Lotteria, Pizza Hut, KFC, Popeyes, Dimino's Pizza, Jolibee and others. Locals in Hanoi perceive the ability to purchase "fast-food" as an indication of luxury and permanent fixtures.<ref name="Lincoln 2008 261–265">Template:Cite journal</ref> Similarly, city officials are motivated by food safety concerns and their aspirations for a "modern" city to replace the 67 traditional food markets with 1,000 supermarkets by 2025. This is likely to increase consumption of less nutritious foods, as traditional markets are key for consumption of fresh rather than processed foods.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

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The Hanoi Stock Exchange in downtown Hanoi

Over three-quarters of the jobs in Hanoi are state-owned. Nine percent of jobs are provided by collectively owned organizations and 13.3% of jobs are in the private sector.<ref name="FORBES 2001 68–84">Template:Cite journal</ref> The structure of employment has been changing rapidly as state-owned institutions downsize and private enterprises grow.<ref name="FORBES 2001 68–84" /> Hanoi has in-migration controls which allow the city to accept only people who add skills Hanoi's economy.<ref name="FORBES 2001 68–84" /> A 2006 census found that 5,600 rural produce vendors exist in Hanoi, with 90% of them coming from surrounding rural areas. These numbers indicate the much greater earning potential in urban rather than in rural spaces.<ref name="Lincoln 2008 261–265" /> The uneducated, rural, and mostly female street vendors are depicted as participants of "microbusiness" and local grassroots economic development by business reports.<ref name="Lincoln 2008 261–265" /> In July 2008, Hanoi's city government devised a policy to partially ban street vendors and side-walk based commerce on 62 streets due to concerns about public health and "modernizing" the city's image to attract foreigners.<ref name="Lincoln 2008 261–265" /> Many foreigners believe that the vendors add a traditional and nostalgic aura to the city, although street vending was much less common prior to the 1986 Đổi Mới policies.<ref name="Lincoln 2008 261–265" /> The vendors have not able to form effective resistance tactics to the ban and remain embedded in the dominant capitalist framework of modern Hanoi.<ref name=":5">Template:Cite journal</ref>

Hanoi is part of the Maritime Silk Road that runs from the Chinese coast through the Strait of Malacca towards the southern tip of India to Mombasa, from there through the Red Sea via the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean, there to the Upper Adriatic region to the northern Italian hub of Trieste with its rail connections to Central Europe and the North Sea.<ref>Marcus Hernig: Die Renaissance der Seidenstraße (2018) pp. 112.</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Jianglin Zhao "21st-century Maritime Silk Road Initiative" (2020), pp. 204.</ref>

On Vietnam's Provincial Competitiveness Index 2023, a key tool for evaluating the business environment in Vietnam's provinces, Hanoi received a score of 67.15. This was an improvement from 2022 in which the province received a score of 66.74. In 2023, the province received its highest scores on the 'Labor Policy' and 'Time Costs' criterion and lowest on 'Access To Land' and 'Proactivity'.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Development

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Infrastructural development

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A development master plan for Hanoi was designed by Ernest Hebrard in 1924, but was only partially implemented.<ref name="FORBES 2001 68–84" /> The previous close relationship between the Soviet Union and Vietnam led to the creation of the first comprehensive plan for Hanoi with the assistance of Soviet planners between 1981 and 1984.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> It was never realized because it appeared to be incompatible with Hanoi's existing layout.<ref name="FORBES 2001 68–84" />

In recent years, two master plans have been created to guide Hanoi's development.<ref name="FORBES 2001 68–84" /> The first was the Hanoi Master Plan 1990–2010, approved in April 1992. It was created out of collaboration between planners from Hanoi and the National Institute of Urban and Rural Planning in the Ministry of Construction.<ref name="FORBES 2001 68–84" /> The plan's three main objectives were to create housing and a new commercial center in an area known as Nghĩa Đô, expand residential and industrial areas in the Gia Lâm District, and develop the three southern corridors linking Hanoi to Hà Đông and the Thanh Trì District.<ref name="FORBES 2001 68–84" /> The result of the land-use pattern was meant to resemble a five cornered star by 2010.<ref name="FORBES 2001 68–84" /> In 1998, a revised version of the Hanoi Master plan was approved to be completed in 2020.<ref name="FORBES 2001 68–84" /> It addressed the significant increase of population projections within Hanoi. Population densities and high rise buildings in the inner city were planned to be limited to protect the old parts of inner Hanoi.<ref name="FORBES 2001 68–84" /> A rail transport system is planned to be built to expand public transport and link the Hanoi to surrounding areas. Projects such as airport upgrading, a golf course, and cultural villages have been approved for development by the government.<ref name="FORBES 2001 68–84" />

In the late 1980s, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Vietnamese government had designed a project to develop rural infrastructure.<ref name="FORBES 2001 68–84" /> The project focused on improving roads, water supply and sanitation, and educational, health and social facilities because economic development in the communes and rural areas surrounding Hanoi is dependent on the infrastructural links between the rural and urban areas, especially for the sale of rural products.<ref name="FORBES 2001 68–84" /> The project aimed to use locally available resources and knowledge such as compressed earth construction techniques for building. It was jointly funded by the UNDP, the Vietnamese government, and resources raised by the local communities and governments. In four communes, the local communities contributed 37% of the total budget.<ref name="FORBES 2001 68–84" /> Local labor, community support, and joint funding were decided as necessary for the long-term sustainability of the project.<ref name="FORBES 2001 68–84" />

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Part of the goals of the Đổi Mới economic reforms was to decentralize governance for purpose of economic improvement. This led to the establishment of the first issue-oriented civic organizations in Hanoi. In the 1990s, Hanoi experienced significant poverty alleviation as a result of both the market reforms and civil society movements.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Most of the civic organizations in Hanoi were established after 1995, at a rate much slower than in Ho Chi Minh City.<ref name="ReferenceA">Template:Cite journal</ref> Organizations in Hanoi are more "tradition-bound", focused on policy, education, research, professional interests, and appealing to governmental organizations to solve social problems.<ref name="ReferenceA" /> This marked difference from Ho Chi Minh's civic organizations, which practice more direct intervention to tackle social issues, may be attributed to the different societal identities of North and South Vietnam.<ref name="ReferenceA" /> Hanoi-based civic organizations use more systematic development and less of a direct intervention approach to deal with issues of rural development, poverty alleviation, and environmental protection. They rely more heavily on full-time staff than volunteers. In Hanoi, 16.7% of civic organizations accept anyone as a registered member and 73.9% claim to have their own budgets, as opposed to 90.9% in Ho Chi Minh City.<ref name="ReferenceA" /> A majority of the civic organizations in Hanoi find it difficult to work with governmental organizations. Many of the strained relations between non-governmental and governmental organizations results from statism, a bias against non-state organizations on the part of government entities.<ref name="ReferenceA" />

Landmarks

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One Pillar Pagoda (Chùa Một Cột)

As the capital of Vietnam for almost a thousand years, Hanoi is considered one of the main cultural centres of Vietnam, where most Vietnamese dynasties have left their imprint. Even though some relics have not survived through wars and time, the city still has many interesting cultural and historic monuments for visitors and residents alike. Even when the nation's capital moved to Huế under the Nguyễn Dynasty in 1802, the city of Hanoi continued to flourish, especially after the French took control in 1888 and modeled the city's architecture to their tastes, lending an important aesthetic to the city's rich stylistic heritage. The city hosts more cultural sites than any other city in Vietnam,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and boasts more than 1,000 years of history; that of the past few hundred years has been well preserved.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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A street in Hanoi's Old Quarter

The Old Quarter, near Hoàn Kiếm Lake, maintains most of the original street layout and some of the architecture of old Hanoi. At the beginning of the 20th century Hanoi consisted of the "36 streets", the citadel, and some of the newer French buildings south of Hoàn Kiếm lake, most of which are now part of Hoàn Kiếm district.Template:Sfn Each street had merchants and households specializing in a particular trade, such as silk, jewelry or even bamboo. The street names still reflect these specializations, although few of them remain exclusively in their original commerce.Template:Sfn The area is famous for its specializations in trades such as traditional medicine and local handicrafts, including silk shops, bamboo carpenters, and tin smiths. Local cuisine specialties as well as several clubs and bars can be found here also. A night market (near Đồng Xuân Market) in the heart of the district opens for business every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evening with a variety of clothing, souvenirs and food.

The city's more than six decades of French colonization, as well as centuries of sociocultural influence from China, have influenced the designs of the old houses in Hanoi. The Franco-Chinese or hybrid architectural styles can be reflected in the front of a house in the co-existence of French-styled columns, Confucian scrolls, the Taoist yin-yang sign, and the Buddhist lotus sculpture.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Imperial sites

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Front gate of the Temple of Literature

Imperial sites are mostly in Ba Đình District and a bit of Đống Đa District. They are juxtaposed with French colonial architecture (villas, administrative buildings and tree-lined boulevards). Some prominent edifices from feudal time include the Temple of Literature (Văn Miếu), site of the oldest university in Vietnam which was started in 1010, the One Pillar Pagoda (Chùa Một Cột) which was built based on the dream of king Lý Thái Tông (1028–1054) in 1049, and the Flag Tower of Hanoi (Cột cờ Hà Nội). In 2004, a massive part of the 900-year-old Hanoi Citadel was discovered in central Hanoi, near the site of Ba Đình Square.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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A city between rivers built on lowlands, Hanoi has many scenic lakes and is sometimes called the "city of lakes". Among its lakes, the most famous are Hoàn Kiếm Lake, West Lake, Trúc Bạch Lake and Bảy Mẫu Lake (inside Thống Nhất Park). Hoàn Kiếm Lake, also known as Sword Lake, is the historical and cultural center of Hanoi, and is linked to the legend of the magic sword. West Lake (Hồ Tây) is a popular place for people to spend time. It is the largest lake in Hanoi, with many temples in the area. The lakeside road in the Nghi Tam – Quang Ba area is perfect for bicycling, jogging and viewing the cityscape or enjoying the lotus ponds in the summer. The best way to see the majestic beauty of a West Lake sunset is to view it from one of the many bars around the lake, especially from The Summit at Pan Pacific Hanoi (formally known as Summit Lounge at Sofitel Plaza Hanoi).

Colonial Hanoi

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The Tonkin Palace used to host the French Governor of Tonkin.
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The Hanoi Opera House, taken in the early 20th century, from rue Paul Bert (now Trang Tien street).
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The Hotel Metropole was opened in 1901

Hanoi was the capital and the administrative center for French Indochina for most of the colonial period (from 1902 to 1945). The French colonial architectural style became dominant,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and many examples remain today: tree-lined boulevards (such as Phan Dinh Phung street, Hoang Dieu street and Tran Phu street) and many villas, mansions, and government buildings. Some notable colonial structures are an eclectic mixture of French and traditional Vietnamese architectural styles, such as the National Museum of Vietnamese History, the Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts and the old Indochina Medical College. Gouveneur-Général Paul Doumer (1898–1902) played a crucial role in colonial Hanoi's urban planning. Under his tenure there was a major construction boom.<ref>Michael G. Vann, "Building Whiteness on the Red River: Race, Power, and Urbanism in Paul Doumer's Hanoi, 1897–1902," Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques, 2007</ref>

French Colonial buildings in Hanoi are mostly in Ba Đình District and Hoàn Kiếm District, the two French Quarters of the city. Notable landmarks include:

In Ba Đình district:

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Museums

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Vietnam Museum of Revolution, Hanoi

Hanoi is home to a number of museums:

Suburbs

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Perfume Pagoda in western Hanoi

Hanoi's western suburbs, previously Hà Tây Province, offers a number of important religious sites:

Tourism

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Approximation of Hanoi's Old Quarter and French Quarters

According to Mastercard's 2019 report, Hanoi is Vietnam's most visited city (15th in Asia Pacific), with 4.8 million overnight international visitors in 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Hanoi is sometimes dubbed the "Paris of the East" for its French influences.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> With its tree-fringed boulevards, more than two dozen lakes and thousands of French colonial-era buildings, Hanoi is a popular tourist destination.

The tourist destinations in Hanoi are generally grouped into two main areas: the Old Quarter and the French Quarter(s). The "Old Quarter" is in the northern half of Hoàn Kiếm District with small street blocks and alleys, and a traditional Vietnamese atmosphere. Many streets in the Old Quarter have names signifying the goods ("hàng") the local merchants were or are specialized in. For example, "Hàng Bạc" (silver stores) still have many stores specializing in trading silver and jewelries. Two areas are generally called the "French Quarters": the governmental area in Ba Đình District and the south of Hoàn Kiếm District. Both areas have distinctive French Colonial style villas and broad tree-lined avenues.

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Hanoi Train Street, a popular tourist destination in Hanoi.

The political center of Vietnam, Ba Đình has a high concentration of Vietnamese government headquarters, including the Presidential Palace, the National Assembly Building, and several ministries and embassies, most of which used administrative buildings of colonial French Indochina. The One Pillar Pagoda, the Lycée du Protectorat and the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum are also in Ba Dinh.

South of Hoàn Kiếm's "French Quarter" has several French colonial landmarks, including the Hanoi Opera House, the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi hotel, the National Museum of Vietnamese History (formerly the École française d'Extrême-Orient), and the St. Joseph's Cathedral. Most of the French-Colonial buildings in Hoan Kiem are now used as foreign embassies. Northwest of the historic center, the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology opened in 1997, and consists of two major exhibition halls and an Architecture Garden. It is one of the most important Asian collections of traditional architecture. Since 2014, Hanoi has consistently been voted in the world's top ten destinations by TripAdvisor. It ranked eighth in 2014,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> fourth in 2015<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and eighth in 2016.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Tourism in Hanoi also faces several issues and negative aspects.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Lonely Planet website warns about situations where foreign tourists are scammed by taxis and buses into being taken to fake hotels and charged exorbitant prices. Around the Hoàn Kiếm Lake area, gay male tourists may be lured into karaoke bars where the bill for just a few drinks can reach $100 or more.<ref name=":0" />

Entertainment

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Performance of the water puppet theatre Thăng Long

A variety of options for entertainment in Hanoi can be found throughout the city. Modern and traditional theaters, cinemas, karaoke bars, dance clubs, bowling alleys, and an abundance of opportunities for shopping provide leisure activity for both locals and tourists. Hanoi has been named one of the top 10 cities for shopping in Asia by Water Puppet Tours.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The number of art galleries exhibiting Vietnamese art has dramatically increased in recent years, now including galleries such as "Nhat Huy" of Huynh Thong Nhat. Nhà Triển Lãm at 29 Hang Bai street hosts regular photo, sculpture, and paint exhibitions in conjuncture with local artists and travelling international expositions. A popular traditional form of entertainment is water puppetry, which is shown, for example, at the Thăng Long Water Puppet Theatre.

Education

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The Hanoi Medical University was the first modern university in Vietnam, established in 1902 during French colonial rule.

Hanoi, as the capital of French Indochina, was home to the first Western-style universities in Indochina, including Indochina Medical College (1902) – now Hanoi Medical University - HMU, Indochina University (1904) – now Vietnam National University - VNU (Hanoi) (the largest), and École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochina (1925) – now Vietnam University of Fine Art - VNUFA (Hanoi).

After the Communist Party of Vietnam took control of Hanoi in 1954, many new universities were built, most prominently the Hanoi University of Science and Technology. Recently ULIS (University of Languages and International Studies) was rated as one of the top universities in south-east Asia for languages and language studies at the undergraduate level.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Other universities that are not part of Vietnam National University or Hanoi University include Hanoi School for Public Health, Hanoi School of Agriculture, Electric Power University and University of Transport and Communications. It is estimated that 62% of the scientists in Vietnam are living and working in Hanoi.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Admission to undergraduate study is through entrance examinations, which are conducted annually and open to everyone who has successfully completed their secondary education in the country. The majority of universities in Hanoi are public, although in recent years a number of private universities have begun operation. Thăng Long University, founded in 1988 by Vietnamese mathematics professors in Hanoi and France,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> was the first private university in Vietnam. Because many of Vietnam's major universities are located in Hanoi, students from other provinces (especially in the northern part of the country) wishing to enter university often travel to Hanoi for the annual entrance examination. Such events usually take place in June and July, during which a large number of students and their families converge on the city for several weeks around the intense examination periods. In recent years, these entrance exams have been coordinated by the Ministry of Education, but entrance requirements are decided independently by each university.

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The Hanoi University of Science and Technology, one of the most prestigious in Vietnam.

Although there are state owned kindergartens, there are also many private ventures that serve both local and international needs. Pre-tertiary (elementary and secondary) schools in Hanoi are generally state run, but there are also some independent schools. Education is equivalent to the K–12 system in the U.S., with elementary school between grades 1 and 5, middle school (or junior high) between grades 6 and 9, and high school from grades 10 to 12. There are several specialised schools (also known as high schools for the gifted) in Hanoi where students with the most academic prowess attend.

Education levels are much higher within the city of Hanoi in comparison to the suburban areas outside the city. About 33.8% of the labor force in the city has completed secondary school in contrast to 19.4% in the suburbs.<ref name="FORBES 2001 68–84" /> 21% of the labor force in the city has completed tertiary education in contrast to 4.1% in the suburbs.<ref name="FORBES 2001 68–84" />

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Country-wide educational change is difficult in Vietnam due to the restrictive control of the government on social and economic development strategies.<ref name="Duggan 2001 193–212">Template:Cite journal</ref> According to Hanoi government publications, the national system of education was reformed in 1950, 1956 and 1970.<ref name="Duggan 2001 193–212" /> It was not until 1975 when the two separate education systems of the former North and South Vietnam territories became unified under a single national system.<ref name="Duggan 2001 193–212" /> In Hanoi in December 1996, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam stated that: "To carry out industrialization and modernization successfully, it is necessary to develop education and training strongly [and to] maximize human resources, the key factor of fast and sustained development."<ref name="Duggan 2001 193–212" />

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Hanoi railway station

Hanoi has 1,370 streets and roads with the total length of over Template:Convert; 573 bridges, of which 483 small to middle bridges, 13 light overpasses for vehicles, 70 pedestrian overpasses and seven main bridges (Chương Dương, Vĩnh Tuy, Thanh Trì, Nhật Tân, Đông Trù, Thăng Long, and Phùng); 115 tunnels, including nine main tunnels, 39 pedestrian tunnels and 67 underpass. In total, the proportion of land for traffic in the city as of 2021 is 10.3%. The city also has Template:Convert of inland waterways, which include Yến stream, Hai stream, Cà Lồ and Đáy river.<ref name="Figure1">Template:Cite web</ref>

Hanoi is served by Noi Bai International Airport, located in Soc Son District, approximately Template:Convert north of Hanoi. The new international terminal (T2), designed and built by Japanese contractors, opened in January 2015 and is a big facelift for the airport. In addition, a new highway and the new Nhat Tan cable-stay bridge connecting the airport and the city center opened at the same time, offering much more convenience than the old road (via Thang Long bridge). Taxis are plentiful and usually have meters, although it is also common to agree on the trip price before taking a taxi from the airport to the city centre.

Hanoi is also the origin or departure point for many Vietnam Railways train routes in the country with 6 national railway lines passing through the city with a total length of Template:Convert.<ref name="Figure1" /> The Reunification Express (tàu Thống Nhất) runs from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City from Hanoi station (formerly Hang Co station), with stops at cities and provinces along the line. Trains also depart Hanoi frequently for Hai Phong and other northern cities. The Reunification Express line was established during the French colonial rule and was completed over a period of nearly 40 years, from 1899 to 1936.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Reunification Express between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City covers a distance of Template:Convert and takes approximately 33 hours.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> As of 2005, there were 278 stations on the Vietnamese railway network, of which 191 were located along the north–south line.

The main means of transport within Hanoi are motorbikes, buses, taxis, and a rising number of cars. In recent decades, motorbikes have overtaken bicycles as the main form of transportation. Cars are the most notable change in the past five years as many Vietnamese people have started to purchase them for the first time. The increasing number of cars is the main cause of gridlocks, as roads and infrastructure in older parts of Hanoi were not designed to accommodate them.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On 4 July 2017, the Hanoi government voted to ban motorbikes entirely by 2030 to reduce pollution, congestion, and encourage the expansion and use of public transport.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The number of vehicles registered in Hanoi as of July 2022 is over 7.6 million, including more than 1 million cars, over 6.4 million motorcycles of and 179,000 electric motorbikes. This figure does not include vehicles of the armed forces, diplomatic missions and other localities' vehicles operating in Hanoi.<ref name="Figure1" />

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Interior of the Cát Linh Metro Line

People on their own or traveling in a pair who wish to make a fast trip around Hanoi to avoid traffic jams or to travel at an irregular time or by way of an irregular route often use "xe ôm" (literally, "hug bike"). Motorbikes can also be rented from agents within the Old Quarter of Hanoi, although this falls inside a grey legal area.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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View of Văn Miếu Line at the Chùa Hà Station

There are two metro lines in Hanoi, as part of the master plan for the future Hanoi Metro system.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Line 2A opened on 6 November 2021,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> while Line 3 began operations on 8 August 2024.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Elevated section of Line 3 of Hanoi Metro passing over Xuan Thuy road in 2024

Sports

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Mỹ Đình National Stadium

There are several gymnasiums and stadiums throughout the city of Hanoi. The most approved ones are Mỹ Đình National Stadium (Lê Đức Thọ Boulevard), Quần Ngựa Sports Palace (Văn Cao Avenue), Hanoi Aquatics Sports Complex and Hanoi Indoor Games Gymnasium. The others include Hàng Đẫy Stadium, Hà Đông Stadium or Thanh Trì Stadium. The third Asian Indoor Games were held in Hanoi in 2009. The others are Hai Bà Trưng Gymnasium, Trịnh Hoài Đức Gymnasium, Vạn Bảo Sports Complex. Some of these venues held events at the 2003 and 2021 SEA Games, both hosted in Hanoi.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On 6 November 2018, it was announced that in 2020, Hanoi would become the host of the first FIA Formula 1 Vietnamese Grand Prix on a street circuit on the outskirts of the city. The race was initially postponed and later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the inaugural edition of the event postponed to Template:F1.<ref name="cancelled">Template:Cite web</ref> The Grand Prix was removed from the 2021 calendar because of the arrest of Hanoi People's Committee Chairman Nguyễn Đức Chung on corruption charges unrelated to the Grand Prix. As a result, the race was permanently cancelled.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Hanoi has two basketball teams that compete in the Vietnam Basketball Association (VBA), the Hanoi Buffaloes and Thang Long Warriors. The city also has three professional football clubs participating in V.League 1, including Hanoi FC, Hanoi Police and The Cong-Viettel.

Health care and other facilities

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Some medical facilities in Hanoi:

City for Peace

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On 16 July 1999, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) presented the title "City for Peace" to Hanoi because the city met the following criteria: exemplary action against exclusion and in support of the dialogue between communities, exemplary urban action, exemplary environmental action, exemplary action to promote culture, exemplary action in the field of education and especially civic education.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Hanoi is the only city in Asia-Pacific that was granted this title.

Honor

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The name of Hanoi has been used to name many species of organisms.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

The name Hanoi has also been given to asteroid 7816 Hanoi, which was discovered in 1987 and has a diameter of nearly 3 km.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

International relations

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Hanoi is a member of the Asian Network of Major Cities 21 and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group.

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  • Hồ Chí Minh city (Sài Gòn), Vietnam

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