This is a list of capitals of Vietnam in history.
Capitals of Vietnam

Name
Location
Period

Phong Châu
Phú Thọ Province
Hồng Bàng Dynasty (2897 years BCE)

Cổ Loa
circa 20km to the west of central Hanoi
An Dương Vương empire (3rd centuries BCE) and again under Ngô Dynasty (938-967 CE)

Mê Linh
Vĩnh Phúc, circa 40km to the west of Present-day Hanoi
Rule of Trưng Sisters (40-43 CE)

Long Biên
Present-day Hanoi
Anterior Lý dynasty and Triệu Việt Vương (544–602)

Đại La
Present-day Hanoi



Hoa Lư
Ninh Binh Province
Đinh Dynasty and Anterior Lê Dynasty (968-1009)


Thăng Long
Present-day Hanoi
Trần Dynasty (1225–1400)


Tây Đô ("West Capital")
Thanh Hóa
Hồ Dynasty(1400-1407)


Đông Đô ("East Capital")
Present-day Hanoi
Hồ Dynasty


Đông Kinh (Tonkin - "East Capital")
Present-day Hanoi
Lê Dynasty (1428–1788), Trịnh Dynasty


Phượng Hoàng Trung Đô
Nghệ An
Tây Sơn Dynasty


Phú Xuân
Present-day Huế
Tây Sơn Dynasty (1788-1802) and Nguyễn Dynasty (1802-1945)


Hanoi

Capital of French Indochina (1887 to 1954)


Saigon
Present-day Ho Chi Minh City
Capital of South Vietnam (1954-1975)


Hanoi

Capital of North Vietnam 1954 -1975


Hanoi

Capital of Vietnam 1975 to present


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