Hanoi, Vietnam

According to abbreviationfinder, Hanoi is the capital city of Vietnam. Located on the banks of the Red River. During the period that the Han dynasty was in power, the city was the administrative center of China under the colonial system that that country established in the region. It is the economic nucleus of Vietnam and despite the fact that it only has 3.6% of the country’s population and 0.3 percent of the national territory, it contributes more than 8% of GDP and 45 percent of the national economy..

Hanoi is located on the right bank of the Red River, specifically between the coordinates: 21 ° 2′0 ″ N 105 ° 51′0 ″ E at about 308 masl (meters above sea level), occupying an area of 921 km², according to the 2005 census. The city has an estimated population of 3,145,300 residents. Between 1954 and 1976 it was the capital of North Vietnam.

History

During the period that the Han dynasty was in power, the city was the administrative center of China under the colonial system that this country established in the region. In 1873, when the city was occupied by the French, the city was influenced by Western culture, which brought with it a Western-style urban transformation and by 1887 Hanoi had become the capital of French Indochina.

In 1940 the famous city was occupied by the Japanese but just five years later it was liberated by China, after which it became the seat of the Vietnamese government.

Between 1946 and 1954, the attacks to reconquer the important city took off again, which is why Hanoi was again involved in a great battle against the French who tried to regain control of this country by taking control of the strategic capital, but were defeated by the Vietnamese from which the city became the capital of North Vietnam.

The 2 of July of 1976 after culminating the famous Vietnam War, came the reunification of Vietnam in the north and Vietnam in the South and Hanoi became the capital of the nascent state, which was rebuilt due to disasters left by the war, especially those suffered by the bombings that destroyed its bridges and railways that had left the great Asian city practically isolated.

Geography

The city is located on the right bank of the famous Red River, between the coordinates: 21 ° 2′0 ″ N 105 ° 51′0 ″ E at about 308 masl (meters above sea level) and occupying an area of 921 km².

Climate

It has a climate where the summers are hot and humid and the winters are relatively cool and dry, which is typical of the north of the country.

Precipitation

Most of the year’s rainfall occurs in the summer months, covering the months from May to September, although some rains can be recorded in the spring. The average annual rainfall is 1,682 ° mm. See population of Vietnam.

Temperatures

The winter months are relatively dry and cover the stage between the months of November and March. The minimum temperature in winter in Hanoi can drop to 6–7 ° C, while in summer it can reach 38 – 40 ° C.

Population

Hanoi is an important metropolitan area in northern Vietnam that has 3,145,300 residents according to the 2005 census. It is a great city that is in constant growth and constant changes and its population is a faithful reflection of this.

It is said that by nature Hanoians are people of great discipline, cordiality, kindness, modesty, culture and education among many other values, which, it is said, is a reflection of the past when many of the talents in the arts arose and were grouped in it. and education of the country, as well as of the system strongly entrenched in Confucian values where modesty and consideration of others had more priority than their own.

Economy

Hanoi is the economic nucleus of Vietnam and although it only has 3.6% of the country’s population and 0.3 percent of the national territory, it contributes more than 8% of the GDP and 45 percent of the economy. national.

Since 1990, the city has experienced accelerated growth in its economy, clearly reflected in the rapid increase in industrial production, which for 2003 registered an average annual growth of over 20.9%. In this economic activity, the city has more than eight industrial parks and many others that are in the completion phase.

The branch of commerce is another sector that has taken on a lot of growth in the city, which is expressed in the more than 2,000 businesses that Hanoi had already involved in foreign trade by 2003 and the establishment of relations with more than 161 countries and territories.

The non-governmental economic sector is also rapidly expanding, with more than 25,000 businesses operating under the Business Law.

Exports have grown extraordinarily and major changes in the economic structure have yielded excellent results, notably the extraordinary leaps in the sphere of tourism, finance and the banking sector, all of which together place Hanoi as the city. with the highest human development index among cities in Vietnam.

Districts

The city is divided into nine inner and five outer districts. The nine interiors are:

• Ba Đình
• Cầu Giấy
• Đống Đa
• Hoàn Kiếm
• Hai Bà Trưng
• Hoàng Mai
• Long Well
• Tây Hồ
• Thanh Xuân

The five exteriors are:

• Đông Anh
• Gia Lâm
• Từ Liêm
• Thanh Trì
• Sóc Sơn