Photo exhibition features Hanoi’s socioeconomic achievements

Nearly 150 photos are being displayed at the exhibition, featuring changes in the city and outstanding achievements attained in the 2008-2023 period.
Photo exhibition features Hanoi’s socioeconomic achievements ảnh 1Delegates cut ribbons to official open the exhibition. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – An exhibition on socio-economic development in the capital city of Hanoi in the period from 2008 to 2023 opened on August 1 at the Exhibition House on 93 Dinh Tien Hoang Street in Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi.

It is part of activities to mark the 15th anniversary of Resolution No 15/2008/NQ-QH12 of the 12th National Assembly on the adjustment of the capital city’s administrative boundary.

Nearly 150 photos are being displayed at the event, featuring changes in the city and outstanding achievements attained in 2008-2023 period.

Addressing the event’s opening ceremony, Tran Thi Van Anh, deputy director of the municipal Department of Culture and Sports said with the expansion of administrative boundaries, Hanoi becomes the largest urban area in the country and one of the 17th biggest capitals in the world.

Photo exhibition features Hanoi’s socioeconomic achievements ảnh 2Delegates take a look at exhibited photos at the launch of the exhibition. (Photo: VNA)

With great efforts and determination, the city has had success in many important achievements, creating profound changes in all fields, she said.

It reflects the strategic vision and historical significance of the policy on expanding the administrative boundary for the cause of construction and development of the capital in the modernizstion and industrialisation process and deeper international integration, she noted.

The exhibition will run until August 7./.

VNA

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