Situado a orillas de un caudaloso río, el río Rojo, Hanoi ha servido Vietnam como su capital por más de mil años. La encantadora ciudad ha experimentado una gran cantidad de influencias extranjeras y preserva el impacto cultural de todas estas conquistas. La cultura se ha convertido por lo tanto, variado y lo convierte en un tema muy interesante de estudio. Inicialmente, devastada por la guerra, Vietnam se convirtió en accesible a los turistas from1989 y más después de eso, ya que se han tomado medidas para desarrollar la nación del sudeste asiático como un destino turístico exótico. Turismo para todos los países es importante, ya que abre nuevas vías para una economía fuerte, así como la construcción de nuevas relaciones. La belleza geográfica, así como el origen étnico cultural ha atraído a un gran número de turistas a este destino maravillosa isla.
For many years, Vietnam formed part of the French colony of Indochina, along with Cambodia and Laos. In 1941, the Japanese occupied Vietnam during their WWII sweep through South East Asia. The resistance to the Japanese was led by the Indochinese Communist Party.
Communist revolutionary Ho Chi Minh established the Viet Minh during WWII to gain independence from France. Fighting continued until 1954 when the French surrendered to the Viet Minh at Dien Bien Phu and Hanoi became the capital of North Vietnam. But Ho Chi Minh was determined to reunite the whole country.
The USA came to the support of South Vietnam, and full-scale war broke out in 1965. The Americans withdrew in 1973, and fighting continued until 1975 when Saigon fell to North Vietnamese troops. Vietnam was reunited under Hanoi and communist rule the following year.
For many years after the war, Hanoi had a reputation as an austere city, unwelcoming to visitors. Life was hard for the residents as the city and country rebuilt itself. Hanoi had been continuously bombed by the Americans throughout the Vietnam War, but with the lifting of the American trade embargo in 1994 and the reinstatement of diplomatic relations the following year, Hanoi cautiously embraced economic reform, helped by the instinctive entrepreneurism of its residents.
If you're particularly enthusiastic about quality textiles, clothes and handicrafts, shopping in Hanoi will not disappoint.
The city also has a good range of day and night markets, both indoors and outdoors and you'll find that night markets are more of a social than shopping occasion but that doesn't preclude finding bargains at night.
There's a good arts scene alive in Hanoi and let's face it; in a city this size with a shopaholic population you're going to find a lot to buy but under less stressful conditions than frenetic Ho Chi Minh City.
Hanói (en vietnamita: Hà Nội) es la ciudad capital de Vietnam. Tiene una población estimada de 3. 145. 300 habitantes (en 2005). Anteriormente fue la capital de Vietnam del Norte de 1954 a 1976. La ciudad se encuentra ubicada en la orilla derecha del río Rojo. Su industria incluye la fabricación de herramientas, químicos y artesanías.
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