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South Vietnam time zone was changed to UTC+08:00 from 23:00, 31 December 1959, passing 60 minutes. North Vietnam confirmed official UTC+07:00 from 1 January 1968. Following the Fall of Saigon in April–May 1975, reunified Vietnam then observes UTC+07:00 with Saigon (and other southern parts) delaying 60 minutes on 13 June 1975.
In 1978, National Assembly (Vietnam) decided to expand Hanoi for the second time to 2,136 km 2, with a population of 2.5 million people. [86] By 1991, the area of Hanoi continued to change, decreasing to 924 km 2 (357 sq mi), but the population was still over 2 million people.
The Government is led by the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), which is headed by the CPV general secretary, often seen as the highest political post in Vietnam. The current government is the Government of Phạm Minh Chính (also known as the Government of the 15th National Assembly), which was established in accordance with the 2013 ...
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
Presidential Palace, Hanoi. The president is the head of state of Vietnam, and his main priority is to represent Vietnam internally and externally. [5] The officeholder is elected by the National Assembly of Vietnam, is responsible to it and reports to it. The tenure of the president is five years, the same as that of the National Assembly.
[4] [5] The airport's IATA code, HAN, is derived from the city's current name of Hanoi. Of the routes the airport offers, the Hanoi – Ho Chi Minh City route is the busiest flight in Southeast Asia and the fourth busiest in the world, serving 10,883,555 customers in 2023, an increase of 3% in comparison to 2022.
Thời sự (literally, 'Current Affairs'; also known as the News) is the main news program produced by the News Department of Vietnam Television (VTV). First broadcast on September 7, 1970, it is one of the oldest and most watched programs in Vietnam.
On 22 September 2023, the Hanoi People Committee approved Gia Lam to become the next urban district of Hanoi. Gia Lâm district is bordered by Bắc Ninh province to the east and north, Đông Anh district to the northwest, Long Biên district and Hoàng Mai district to the west, Thanh Trì district and Hưng Yên province to the south.