After 20 years since being awarded the title 'City for Peace', Hanoi has constantly made efforts to become a modern city imbued with a rich national identity, preserving the title awarded by UNESCO.
In July 1999, Hanoi was the only city in Asia-Pacific to be honoured as a ‘City for Peace' by UNESCO (Photo: VNA)
Compared with 20 years ago, Hanoi has expanded its land area, with a bigger population and more modern new appearance (Photo: VNA)
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Lang-Hoa Lac road (Photo: VNA)
Tu Liem district (formerly) are now Nam Tu Liem and Bac Tu Liem districts (Photo: VNA)
Part of Dong Da and Thanh Xuan districts along Tay Son and Nguyen Trai roads (Photo: VNA)
Cau Giay district by night (Photo: VNA)
Truc Bach lake and West Lake inside the city (Photo: VNA)
Long Bien district today (Photo: VNA)
Dong Tru bridge in Long Bien district (Photo: VNA)
Nhat Tan bridge, one of seven bridges over the Red River (Photo: VNA)
Four-storey interchange of Khuat Duy Tien – Nguyen Xien – Nguyen Trai in Thanh Xuan district creates a new face for the city and helps ease traffic jam (Photo: VNA)
Cat Linh – Ha Dong Railway to be put into commercial operation soon (Photo: VNA)
Authorities of Hanoi have decided to earmark more 124 billion VND (over 5.3 million USD) each year for promoting sustainable poverty reduction in the locality, towards having no poor households by the end of this year.
Hanoi is home to many tourist attractions with more than 5,000 historical, cultural and architectural relics and thousands of unique traditional festivals.
The east of Hanoi leads the new supply of landed property, covering 80 percent of the total new launch in the first half of 2019, property consultancy CRBE Vietnam announced in an event to review the capital city’s real estate market from January to June and the future trends.
Hanoi will increase activities to improve its population quality in the time ahead, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Health Hoang Duc Hanh stated on July 9.
The capital city of Hanoi has set a target of having 30 new industrial clusters (ICs) by the end of this year, said Le Hong Thang, Director of the municipal Department of Industry and Trade.
The tentative total investment for the North-South high-speed railway, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), is about 26 billion USD, 32.7 billion USD less than the previous proposal by the Ministry of Transport (MoT).