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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. [62]
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
1976 — City becomes capital of Socialist Republic of Vietnam. 1978 — Noi Bai International Airport opens. 1979 — Population: 879,500. [25] 1980 — Hanoi Institute of Theatre and Cinema founded. [26] 1984 — Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra revived. 1985 Chương Dương Bridge built. Hanoi – Amsterdam High School established.
The accords called for a cease fire in the war, the independence of Vietnam, its division at the 17th parallel of latitude into two provisional states, North Vietnam and the State of Vietnam (South Vietnam), and the establishment of a demilitarized zone 10 kilometers (6 miles) wide separating the two provisional states. Viet Minh soldiers were ...
From 1960, the North Vietnamese government went to war with the Republic of Vietnam via its proxy the Viet Cong, in an attempt to annex South Vietnam and reunify Vietnam under a communist party. [54] North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces and supplies were sent along the Ho Chi Minh trail .
The Soviet Union announces that it has shipped rockets to North Vietnam. 1966: 15 May: The South Vietnamese army besieges Da Nang. 29 June: Vietnam War: U.S. planes begin bombing Hanoi and Haiphong. 4 July: North Vietnam declares general mobilization. 7 July: A Warsaw Pact conference ends with a promise to support North Vietnam. 24 July
The fall of Saigon [9] was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by North Vietnam on 30 April 1975. The event marked the end of the Vietnam War and the collapse of the South Vietnamese state, leading to a transition period and the formal reunification of Vietnam into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam under communist rule on 2 ...
On 27–28 February 2019, the 2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit was held between North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. president Donald Trump in Hanoi, Vietnam. [ 37 ] According to the World Bank , Vietnam has been a development success story.