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Hanoi [a] (Vietnamese: Hà Nội ⓘ) is the capital and second-most populous city of Vietnam. The name "Hanoi" translates to "inside the river," [15] – Hanoi is bordered by the Red and Black Rivers. As a municipality, Hanoi consists of 12 urban districts, 17 rural districts, and one district-level town.
Vietnam Museum of Revolution, [13] Hanoi University of Foreign Studies, and Electricity Water Resources Academy established. Vietnam Military History Museum inaugurated. [13] 1960 Foreign Trade University and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hanoi established. Population: 414,620 city; 643,576 urban agglomeration. [20] 1961 Cultural College of ...
Vietnam's ethnic mosaic results from the peopling process in which various peoples came and settled the territory, leading to the modern state of Vietnam by many stages, often separated by thousands of years over a duration of tens of thousands of years. Vietnam's entire history, thus, is an embroidery of polyethnicity. [11]
Front entrance. The Vietnam National Museum of History (Vietnamese: Viện Bảo tàng Lịch sử Việt Nam) is in the Hoan Kiem district of Hanoi, Vietnam.The museum building was an archaeological research institution of the French School of the Far East under French colonial rule (Louis Finot École Française d'Extrême-Orient EFEO) of 1910, was extensively refurbished in 1920.
This is a timeline of Vietnamese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Vietnam and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Vietnam. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Prehistory ...
The Văn Miếu is one of several temples in Vietnam which is dedicated to Confucius, sages, and scholars. The temple is located to the south of the Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long . The various pavilions, halls, statues, and stelae of doctors are places where offering ceremonies, study sessions, and the strict exams of the Đại Việt took ...
The Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long (Vietnamese: Hoàng thành Thăng Long; chữ Hán: 皇城 昇龍) is a complex of historic buildings associated with the history of Vietnam located in the centre of Hanoi, Vietnam. Its construction began in 1010 and was completed in early 1011 under the reign of Emperor Lý Thái Tổ of the Lý dynasty.
Hanoi: 1945–1976: Vietnam, later North Vietnam: Democratic Republic of Vietnam: Presidential Palace: Hanoi: Saigon: 1945-1954: French Occupation: Indochinese Federation: Governor-General Palace: Ho Chi Minh City: 1946–1949: Cochinchina (under French Occupation) Autonomous Republic of Cochinchina: Gia Long Palace: 1949–1955: South Vietnam