Amidst hustle and bustle, Hanoi still houses street corners reviving old memories.

Politburo member and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on November 13 joined the National Great Unity Festival at the residential area No.6 in Quan Thanh ward of Hanoi's Ba Dinh district.

The Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee and Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of Hanoi on November 12 presented relief aid to central and northwestern provinces to help them overcome disaster consequences.

Nearly 792,000 children aging from 12-17 years old in Hanoi are expected to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the fourth quarter of 2021 and first quarter of 2022.

Hanoi’s population, as of July 2021, reached over 8 million, increasing by almost 200,000 people per year on average.

Over 1.2 million labourers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Hanoi have received financial support from the municipal unemployment insurance fund, reaching 74.3 percent of the total employees eligible for the support.

The Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro line project was inaugurated and put into commercial operation on November 6 morning.

The Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro line project in Hanoi was officially inaugurated and put into commercial operation on November 6 morning.

Capital allocated to the Hanoi’s branch of the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) by the city’s budget not only helped clients rearrange their production and trade but also restore agricultural production.

A conference will be held in Hanoi on November 6 to seek ways to remove difficulties facing businesses in the capital city amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Hanoi Promotion Agency (HPA).

The Hanoi Union of Friendship Organisations (HAUFO) and the Panamanian Embassy in Vietnam held a programme on November 3 to present warm clothes to disadvantaged children living in the Birla Children’s Village.

Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Ngoc Dong on November 2 told the Vietnam News Agency that the Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro line project will be inaugurated and put into commercial operation before November 10.

Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung appreciated the World Bank (WB)’s aid for the capital while receiving WB Country Director for Vietnam Carolyn Turk on November 2.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on November 2 urged Hanoi to stay highly alert as the COVID-19 pandemic has already “penetrated very deeply into the community”.