Hanoi Syllabification: (Ha·noi)Pronunciation: /haˈnoi, hə-/Definition of Hanoi the capital of Vietnam, on the Red River, in the northern part of the country; population 2,632,100 (est. 2009). It was the capital of French Indo-China 1887–1946 and of North Vietnam before the reunification of North and South Vietnam. Hanoi in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Hanoi in the British & World English dictionary