(2002 est. pop. 1.3 million). Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, is located in the center of the northern part of the country and is bounded by the Red River to the north and east. It is considered one of Asia's most beautiful cities, boasting a...

Located in the center of the Hoan Kiem District in the Old Quarter area of Hanoi, Hoan Kiem Lake (Ho Hoan Kiem or Ho Guom) is the spiritual and social heart of the city and serves as a major gathering point during national holidays such as Vietnam...

Also known as Tay Do (Capital of the West) or Thanh Nha Ho (Ho Dynasty Citadel), the Ho Dynasty Citadel is located in Tay Giai village in Hoa Binh Province, approximately 150 kilometers west of Hanoi. It was built in 1397 under the rule of Ho Quy Ly....

Hanoi (Vietnamese: Hà Nội, Hán Tự: 河内) pronunciation (help·info), estimated population 3.398.889 (2007) [1], is the capital of Vietnam. From 1010 until 1802, it was the political centre of an independent Vietnam with a few brief...

A DARK CLOUD has fallen across the prospect of expeditious normalization of relations between the United States and Vietnam. It lies in a document of 1972 first found by an American researcher, Stephen Morris, in the old Soviet files and transmitted to the American...

President Clinton has decided to nominate outgoing Rep. Pete Peterson (D-Fla.), a prisoner of war in Vietnam for 6 1/2 years, to be the first U.S. ambassador to Hanoi. Peterson, a popular moderate who was assured of reelection, said last fall that he...

Four Vietnamese-American activists urged President Bush on Tuesday to press Vietnam to respect human rights and said the United States should openly support democratic forces working to bring change to Hanoi.The White House meeting was meant to send a message of disapproval to Vietnam on...