Definition von hanoi im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
the capital city of Vietnam, on the Red River. City (pop., 1993 est: 2,154,900), capital of Vietnam. Located in northern Vietnam on the western bank of the Red River, it became the capital of Vietnam's Ly dynasty in 1010. It was the main capital of Vietnam until 1802, when the Nguyen dynasty transferred the capital south to Hue. Under French rule, Hanoi again became an important administrative centre, and in 1902 it was made the capital of French Indochina. It became the capital of North Vietnam after the French defeat in 1954. During the Vietnam War, many of its monuments and palaces were destroyed by U.S. bombing. As the capital of a united Vietnam since 1975, it has steadily been rebuilt and its industrial base has grown
woman that was employed by North Vietnamese troops during the Vietnam War to deliver propaganda messages to enemy soldiers in an effort to lower the soldiers' morale