Saturday, 10. October 2009, 12:01:46
In 1010, Lý Thái Tổ, the first ruler of the Lý Dynasty, moved the capital of Đại Việt ( the Great Viet, then the name of Vietnam) to the site of the Đại La Citadel. Claiming to have seen a dragon ascending the Red River, he renamed it Thăng Long (Ascending dragon) - a name still used poetically to this day.
t remained the capital of Vietnam until 1397, when the capital was moved to Thanh Hóa, also known as Tây Đô ( Western Capital). Thăng Long then became Đông Đô ( Eastern Capital).
In 1408, Vietnam was invaded by Chinese troops from the Ming Dynasty and Đông Đô was renamed Đông Quan ( Eastern Gateway) by the Chinese. In 1428, Vietnam was liberated from Chinese rule by Lê Lợi, the founder of the Le Dynasty and Đông Quan was renamed Đông Kinh ( Eastern Capital ).
In the XIX century, Nguyen Dynasty moved capital to Hue and renamed Đông Kinh as Hà Nội
In 1882: french Colonist invaded HaNoi
In 1954: Hanoi was liberated by Communist of Vietnam.
In 1966-1968: American air force started to bomb Hanoi
In 1972: Nixon decided to bomb Hanoi again with his aim to make North Vietnam return to Stone Age but he lose. Many of B52 were failed. Then the US had get out of Vietnam
Our capital has a long history and it's really a heroic capital city

