( UTC+7 ) Website www.hanoi.gov.vn Hanoi seen from Spot Satellite Hanoi  ( Vietnamese : Hà Nội), estimated population nearly 6.5 million (2009), [1]  is the  capital  and second-largest city of  Vietnam . From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam.  It was eclipsed by  Huế  during