List of historical capitals of Vietnam

This list of historical capitals of Vietnam includes former capital cities as well as the current capital of Vietnam which is Hanoi in time order. The capitals in bold indicate long-term or important capitals in Vietnamese history while the capitals in italic indicate short-lived or transient capitals.

Some secondary unofficial capitals also existed throughout Vietnamese history. These secondary capitals were established by dynasty founders merely as symbolic capitals to pay tribute to their ancestors.

• Dinh Bang at Bắc Ninh Province during Later Lý dynasty, existed along with Thăng Long capital
• Thiên Trường at Nam Định Province during Trần dynasty, existed along with Thăng Long capital
• Lam Kinh at Thanh Hóa Province during Later Lê dynasty, existed along with Đông Kinh capital
• Dương Kinh at Haiphong during Mạc dynasty, existed along with Đông Kinh capital
• Phuong Hoang Trung Do at Nghệ An Province during Tây Sơn dynasty, although only in planning and was never completed, existed along with Phú Xuân capital
• Da Lat at Lâm Đồng Province during French colonial era as summer capital, existed along with Hanoi capital
• Việt Bắc at northern Vietnam during First Indochina War as Việt Minh's headquarter, existed along with de jure Hanoi capital

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