The city is located in the northern part of the country, near the famous Halong Bay. Hanoi is often used as a starting point for tourists touring Vietnam and other Asian countries.
Hanoi's population is nearly 7 million, meaning about a tenth of Vietnam's population lives in the capital.
Hanoi was founded at the beginning of the XI century. From the very beginning, it had the status of the capital (it was founded as the main city of the state of Daikokovet, which existed for less than a century), and was a cultural and industrial center.
Even today, street names indicate the crafts practiced or practiced by the city's inhabitants: Silk, Jug, Sail, etc.
Today, Hanoi is one of the most attractive Asian cities for tourists (as acknowledged by the American magazine Travel + Leisure), as well as an important industrial center of Vietnam.
