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Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City remained among the global Top 10 most dynamic growing cities in JLL’s Short-Term City Momentum Index (CMI) 2019, which tracks socio-economic and commercial real estate growth in 131 cities over a three-year period.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 9 (the 5th of the first lunar month) offered incense at a Hanoi ceremony to celebrate the 230th Dong Da victory against the Qing invaders.

A wide range of activities are being held in a Lunar New Year (Tet) celebrating programme that kicked off on the December 19 Book Street in Hanoi on February 7.

The People’s Committee of Hanoi has set a gross regional domestic product (GRDP) growth of 7.4-7.6 percent and an export growth of 7.5-8 percent for the capital city in 2019.

With its unique fragrance and sweetness, Dien pomelo, grown in Phu Dien ward, Bac Tu Liem district, Hanoi, is a precious gift for the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

Chairman of the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung visited the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (North) and the Hanoi Evangelical Church on February 1, ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Thirty-two cases of measles were recorded in Hanoi in the first three weeks of 2019, mostly children who are under five years old and have not been fully vaccinated.

Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hanoi Nguyen Duc Chung and a municipal delegation paid a pre-Tet visit to the Hanoi Centre for Disabled Children Adoption on January 30.

Hanoi received more than 2.4 million tourists in January, a year-on-year increase of 10.4 percent, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.

Chairman of the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung hosted a reception in the capital city on January 29 for the newly-accredited Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam, Deborah Paul.

Hanoi needs to use a different approach in order to attract and effectively use foreign direct investment (FDI), given new opportunities and challenges that are expected to pop up in the next 10 years, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said at a working session with municipal leaders on January 29.

Hanoi’s traditional dragon boat race is scheduled for February 16 and 17, the first weekend after the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

Hanoi has set a goal this year to limit the imbalance of the sex ratio at birth and keep the rate at 113 girls per 100 boys.

Hanoi’s export revenue in January reached 1.18 billion USD, up 1.3 percent over the previous month and 7.3 percent year on year, reported Bao Dau tu (Investment Review).