1. Hanoi has long been the center of in the north. From 1442 to the late 19th , the city was a major site of Vietnam’s periodic civil service examinations, tested knowledge of Confucianism, the foundation of the state’s system. Today the city is home to 19 universities colleges, including the University of Hanoi (1956), the Hanoi of Finance and Accounting (1963), and the Hanoi Institute of Technology (1956). Hanoi’s libraries and include the National Library of Vietnam (1919), the Army (1959), and the Vietnam Museum of Arts (1966). Numerous pagodas and several are located in the city. Thu Le Park, in the Ba Dinh sector, contains a small zoo.