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Vietnam: A modern Hanoi woman smokes a pipe with her servant in attendance (early 20th century).

Vietnam: A modern Hanoi woman smokes a pipe with her servant in attendance (early 20th century).

Hanoi is the capital and second-largest city in Vietnam. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political center in the country, but was eclipsed by Hue during the Nguyen Dynasty as the capital of Vietnam. Hanoi served as the capital of French Indochina from 1902 to 1954, and from 1954 to 1976, it was the capital of North Vietnam.

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