Consultants have completed survey designs for an additional four bridges spanning the Red River in Hanoi to be built in the coming months.

Hundreds of karaoke parlors and bars in Hanoi have sent a group letter to the prime minister and concerned agencies calling for help so that they can resume services again after months of suspension due to fire safety issues.

The pavements in Hanoi’s old residential quarter have been occupied by petty merchants and used as parking lots and retail premises for many years. As a result, pedestrians have to walk on the roadbeds.

Hanoi has piloted installing smart road signs for remote alerts and vehicle detection, helping drivers choose appropriate travel plans, according to the municipal Department of Transport.

Thong Nhat, one of the biggest parks in Hanoi, has been transformed from a 'closed' to an 'open' park after its iron fences have been removed, making it easier for people to access the public space.

The city will reduce both the percentage of families with more than three children and the percentage of malnourished children under five years of age by 0.1 per cent.

The Hanoi People’s Committee officially launched the city’s information systems and applications for common use on February 9, part of local efforts to develop a digital administration.

Hanoi is set to become a globally-connected city with high living standards and quality of life, according to a new plan that aims to raise the Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) per capita to 36,000 USD by 2045.

The Government has issued an action plan to realize Politburo’s resolution on the objectives for Hanoi’s development until 2030, with a vision to 2045.

More than 10,000 rose trees are being planted to replace the fence which has just been removed at Thong Nhat Park in Hanoi.

Hanoi Party Committee Secretary Dinh Tien Dung said that two cities in the north and the west would serve as new growth poles of Hanoi as they would help ease population density in the inner city and develop the economy in poorer districts.

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have both been included in a list of the safest cities in Southeast Asia, as compiled by statistics site Numbeo.

The capital city of Hanoi encourages the expansion of safe fruit businesses while clamping down on fruit shops that do not comply with food safety protocols, specifically street vendors.

The implementation of Hanoi leaders’ promise to revive parks has begun: admission to Thong Nhat Park is now free after the removal of the fence, and Con Coc Flower Garden has a new look. However, there are still many things that need to be done.

Prices for apartments in Hanoi tend to increase as supply becomes short, according to the Vietnam Association of Realtors (VARS).

These urban areas are planned to become the new growth poles of the capital city.

The capital expects to welcome roughly 332,000 visitors, including 32,000 international guests, during the Lunar New Year holiday from January 21 to January 26, with total revenue anticipated to reach more than VND1 trillion.

Besides taking pictures with their families by smart phones, hundreds of photographers capture unique moments in the deserted morning of the first day of the Year of the Cat.

The capital city began another pilot programme of traffic navigation at the Nga Tu So - Lang intersection, aiming to alleviate the long-term congestion.

In the last days of the lunar year, it’s cold, dry and sunny. One can feel the spring atmosphere overwhelming the streets of Hanoi with endless streams of vehicles.