IEEE R10 Meeting 2009 Proposal IEEE Vietnam Section

IEEE R10 MEETING  First time for IEEE Vietnam  Melia Hanoi Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam  February 28 – March 1, 2009

About Hanoi the Capital of Vietnam Hanoi seen from satellite

History of Hanoi In 1010, King Ly Thai To, the first ruler of the Ly Dynasty, moved the capital of Đại Việt ( 大越, the Great Viet, then the name of Vietnam) to the site of the Đại La Citadel. Claiming to have seen a dragon ascending the Red River, he renamed it Thanglong ( 昇龍, Ascending dragon) - a name still used poetically to this day. 大越 昇龍 In 1802, when the Nguyen Dynasty was established and then moved the capital down to present-day Hue, it was renamed as Hanoi ( 河内, can be translated as Between Rivers or River Interior). 河内 Hanoi was occupied by the French in 1873 and passed to them ten years later. The city was occupied by the Japanese in 1940, and liberated in 1945, when Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the independence of Vietnam. During Vietnam war, Hanoi was the capital of North Vietnam. Following the end of Vietnam war, Hanoi became the capital of Vietnam when North and South Vietnam were reunited on July 2, On August 1, 2008, Hanoi absorbed the neighboring province of Hatay, Vinhphuc’s Melinh district, and three communes from Luongson, Hoabinh, effectively tripling its size.

Some pictures of Hanoi The Center of HanoiThe Temple of Literature

Some pictures of Hanoi Old TownWest Lake

Hanoi Cuisine Ne m Ph o

Prospective Venue: Melia Hanoi Hotel Melia Hanoi Hotel (5*) Located in the city center: 28km from Hanoi International Airport (30-40 minutes by car) Add: 44b Ly Thuong Kiet Street Tel.: VN Call Fax: (84-4)

Prospective Venue: Melia Hanoi Hotel

Noibai International Airport, Hanoi  The airport is located 28 km from the city's downtown.  Vietnamese and other international airlines operate from Noi Bai Airport: Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines, AirAsia, Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong Airlines, Thai Airways, Lao Airlines, Nok Air and Tiger Airways.

Halong Bay  Aprroximately 300 km from Hanoi, Halong Bay is a National Landscape Site of Vietnam, covering an area of 1,553 km2 with 1,969 islands.  Halong Bay has been recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Area for its universal values of landscape, geology and geomorphology.