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Hanoi is the capital city of
Vietnam, on the right bank of the Red River. It
is the transportation hub of the country, with
two airports (Noi Bai International and Gia Lam
Domestic) and rail connections to Kunming, China,
as well as to the main Chinese system centering
on Beijing; it is also linked by rail with Haiphong
and Ho Chi Minh City. Manufactures include machine
tools, plywood, textiles, chemicals, matches,
automobiles, tires, building materials, and handicrafts.
The city is known for its European-style public
squares and tree-lined boulevards. It is also
a cultural center; in the city are the National
Univ. (formerly Hanoi Univ.), the National History
Museum, the Revolution Museum, and several historic
monuments, including the Temple of Literature,
the Mot Cot Pagoda, and the Temple of the Trung
Sisters.
Hanoi became (7th cent.) the
seat of the Chinese rulers of Vietnam. Its Chinese
name, Dong Kinh or Tong King, became Tonkin and
was applied by Europeans to the entire region.
Hanoi was occupied briefly by the French in 1873
and passed to them 10 years later. It became the
capital of French Indochina after 1887. The French
developed Hanoi industrially, centering railway
repair shops and small processing industries there.
Occupied by the Japanese in 1940,
Hanoi was liberated in 1945, when it became the
seat of Vietnam's government. From 1946 to 1954,
it was the scene of heavy fighting between the
French and Viet Minh forces. After the French
evacuated Hanoi in accordance with the Geneva
Conference (July, 1954), the city became the capital
of North Vietnam. Under the North Vietnamese it
was greatly expanded industrially.
During the Vietnam War its transportation
facilities were continually disrupted by the bombing
of bridges and railways, which were, however,
immediately repaired. The city remained remarkably
intact despite heavy U.S. bombings, although widespread
destruction occurred after the massive attacks
of Dec. 18–30, 1972, when many nonmilitary
targets, including the French embassy and large
residential areas, were hit. Much of the civilian
population had been evacuated and factories had
been dismantled and reassembled in forested and
rural areas. After the cease-fire, much of the
machinery was returned and functioned again in
ruined structures. Hanoi was established as the
capital of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on
July 2, 1976.
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