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Hanoi

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Ha·noi  (h-noi, h-)
The capital of Vietnam, in the northern part of the country on the Red River. Founded before the seventh century, it became the capital of French Indochina after 1887 and the capital of North Vietnam after 1954. The city was bombed heavily during the Vietnam War. Population: 1,830,000.

Hanoi [hæˈnɔɪ]
n
(Placename) the capital of Vietnam, on the Red River: became capital of Tonkin in 1802, of French Indochina in 1887, of Vietnam in 1945, and of North Vietnam (1954-75); university (1917); industrial centre. Pop. (urban area): 2 154 900 (1993 est.)
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Noun1.HanoiHanoi - the capital city of Vietnam; located in North Vietnam
Annam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Viet Nam, Vietnam - a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945


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At the same time, the company aims to use the occasion to further enhance the presence of its Hanoi Representative Office established last summer.
As a young fellow in Hanoi recently told me, "You Americans keep invading foreign countries while we Asians commandeer the global economy.
After he commandeered a plane in Thailand six years ago, flew it to Hanoi, and dropped leaflets over the city calling for a popular uprising, former South Vietnamese military pilot Ly Tong spent six years in a Thai prison and now faces extradition to Vietnam for his crime against the communist government.
 
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