Local time
Sun, 8:09 AM GMT+7Asia/Ho_Chi_MinhCityCapital
Hanoi
21.04° N, 105.85° E
- Population
- 4,378,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 2 of 52
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 52 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.
- 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