Question: what was the capital of north vietnam in the mid 1950s
Answer: Capital Hanoi Languages Vietnamese ( official ) Government Unitary Marxist -- Leninist one - party socialist republic Party Chairman First Secretary 1945 -- 1956 Trường Chinh 1956 -- 1960 Hồ Chí Minh 1960 -- 1976 Lê Duẩn President 1945 -- 1969 Hồ Chí Minh 1969 -- 1976 Tôn Đức Thắng Prime Minister 1945 -- 1955 Hồ Chí Minh 1955 -- 1976 Phạm Văn Đồng Historical era Cold War Vietnam War Republic declared September 2 , 1945 Viet Minh reenters Hanoi October 10 , 1954 PAVN enters Saigon April 30 , 1975 North and South Vietnam m