Hanoi, originally named Thang Long or "City of the Ascending Dragon”, was found in A.D. 1010 and located in the center of the Northern Delta, on the Red River. The name “Hanoi”, in fact, means "bend in the river" and denotes the city's strategic location along the vital waterway. Hanoi today has become the capital of Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Political - Economic - Cultural – Scientific and Technological center of the whole country.
Along with HaTay province and a part of Hoa Binh province joining in Hanoi in the middle 2008, the city population increases to over 6 million people living on an area about 3,200 km2. With the convenient geographical location, Hanoi is considered to be the traffic clue of the road way, water way, rail way and air way from Hanoi to other provinces of Vietnam as well as to other countries in region and over the world, and the important economic and international transaction center of the whole country. In addition, Hanoi is the largest centre of education in Vietnam with more than 50 universities and colleges. Generally, Hanoi city is keeping the high pace of economic growth, stable political-social security.
