Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has extended best wishes to religious dignitaries and followers in the city on the occasion of the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, which starts this weekend (January 25).
The Foreign Ministry, in coordination with the Hanoi People’s Committee, held a gathering on the occasion of the Vietnamese traditional New Year for the diplomatic corps in the capital city on January 14.
The construction of an interchange connecting Belt Road No 3 and the Ha Noi-Hai Phong Expressway and other related infrastructure started in Hanoi on January 6.
Hanoi collected 249.127 trillion VND (about 10.780 billion USD) to its coffer in 2019, representing 101.5 percent of its projection and 13.5 percent higher than the figure in 2018, according to a leading municipal taxation official.
The pedestrian space around Hoan Kiem Lake and surrounding areas in downtown Hanoi will be put into operation from January 1, 2020, after three years of trial operation, according to Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung.
Chief Representative of the UNESCO Office in Vietnam Michael Croft presented a certificate recognising Hanoi as an official member of the UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network to Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung at a a ceremony in the capital on December 13.
Hanoi attracted the most foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam during the first 11 months of this year with 7 billion USD, accounting for nearly a quarter of the total, according to the Hanoi Department of Planning and Investment.
Chairman of the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has affirmed that Hanoi always provides all possible support for foreign investors and those from Japan in particular.
Former Romanian Ambassador to Vietnam Valeriu Arteni was presented the title Honorary Citizenship of Hanoi on December 3 for his contributions to the capital city’s development.
More than 700 enterprises of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) took part in a business forum in Seoul on November 28 that was expected to help trigger a new wave of Korean investment in Vietnam.
Hanoi's health sector has improved its service in recent years, aiming to decrease the amount of money Vietnamese spend on treatment overseas, a figure that currently amounts to about 2 billion USD annually.
The relationship between localities and agencies of France and Hanoi is a model for bilateral relations between the two countries, said French Ambassador to Vietnam Nicolas Warnery.
Italian Ambassador to Vietnam Antonio Alessandro on November 23 presented his country’s Order of Merit to Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung.
Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has called on companies of the Republic of Korea to increase their investment in Hanoi in the time to come.
Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung said the capital city is ready to create favourable conditions for projects by businesses from the Republic of Korea (RoK).
A delegation of the Hanoi People’s Committee led by its Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung paid working visits to Israel and the UK from November 4-13 to seek ways to enhance cooperation between the Vietnamese capital and the two countries’ cities, partners and businesses.
Bilateral cooperation potential between Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi and Sri Lanka remains large, especially in the fields of agriculture, tourism, and cultural exchanges, a local official has said.
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