Local time
Thu, 12:36 AM GMT+7Asia/Ho_Chi_MinhCityCapital
Hanoi
21.04° N, 105.85° E
- Population
- 4,378,000
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 2 of 59
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 59 cities of Vietnam in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Vietnam, so this is not a national ranking.
- Founded
- 1010
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Area
- 3,360 km²
- Total area from Wikidata (P2046). Where two statements differ by less than half a percent the smaller is shown; a larger disagreement (land area against total area, say) shows no row.
- Time zone
- Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
Traveler brief
Only what this atlas can source — no hours, prices, visas or safety advice.
Practical bearings for Hanoi, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Hanoi have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
Meaning "inside the river," the name comes from the Vietnamese words "ha" for river and "noi" for inside. It refers to Hanoi's location in a bend of the Red River.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
