The Hanoi People’s Committee has issued Decision 1845/QD-UBND listing 1,216 old villas built before 1954 in the city with the aim of tightening the management of the valuable architectural heritage.
Portraits of outstanding Vietnamese women, together with paintings praising the beauty of the country and love, are being displayed at an exhibition in Hanoi.
Authorities of Hoan Kiem district in downtown Hanoi decided to lift the medical lockdown imposed on its Chuong Duong ward at the stroke of September 12.
Hanoi is researching a project on zoning public space and trialling eco-oriented management of green space in Hoan Kiem district, in cooperation with Ile-de-France province of France and consultancy firm DE-SO.
On the morning of May 23, there was a “special ballot box” at Muong Thanh Hanoi Hotel (Tho Nhuom Street, Hanoi). This is a place where 67 foreigners are in quarantine and 4 Vietnamese are working as staff members.
The capital of Hanoi will allow bars, karaoke parlours and discos to reopen from tonight after the city has gone four weeks without new local COVID-19 cases.
The People's Committee of Hoan Kiem district in Hanoi has announced the capital city’s popular ‘walking streets’ will be temporarily closed from August 21.
Hoan Kiem lake in the downtown of Hanoi is set to feature a wide range of fairs and festivals between June 26 and June 28 as a means of boosting the capital’s tourism industry.
A photo exhibition on Hanoi was launched at the Hanoi Museum on March 12 to celebrate the 90th founding anniversary of the city’s Party organisation (March 17, 1930 – 2020).
The 2020 Spring Book Street was opened in Hanoi on January 27 as part of the activities to celebrate the 90th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3) and the traditional lunar New Year festival (Tet).
Many Hanoians have applauded a proposal by the People’s Committee of Hoan Kiem district to build an embankment around Hanoi's iconic site of Hoan Kiem (Returned Sword) Lake.
The Fund for the Poor of Hanoi received over 7.2 billion VND (309,600 USD) from organisations and individuals at a ceremony held in the capital city Hanoi on October 15 to launch the Month for the Poor.
An outright ban on smoking will be imposed in 30 popular tourist destinations in Hanoi under the capital city’s pilot plan to be implemented this month.
All 32 students of Vietnam attending the World Mathematics Invitational (WMI) 2019 competition in Fukuoka, Japan, have won awards, including three diamond, nine gold, eight silver, nine bronze and three consolation prizes.
In an effort towards a civilized, modern and smart city, Hanoi has installed free drinking water taps in some streets, which has received the enthusiastic responses from tourists and local residents.
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