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Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has signed decisions recognising two districts of Quoc Oai and Gia Lam in the capital city of Hanoi as new-style rural areas.

Hanoi had culled more than 387,500 farmed pigs infected with African swine fever (ASF), or 20.7 percent of the city’s total herd by June 16.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a programme in Hanoi on January 24 to help foreign diplomats and staff of international organisations, foreign cultural centres and major businesses learn more about Vietnam.

A Hanoi-based group keen on preserving the ancient values of communal houses will host its annual gathering featuring various traditional customs celebrating the Lunar New Year Festival on January 26 and 27 in the capital.

Residents must work closely with medical workers to prevent and control epidemics in areas where flood waters had been lingering in Hanoi’s Chuong My district for more than 10 days, said Nguyen Khac Hien, Director of the municipal Department of Health.

To prevent water-related incidents, local authorities have found a creative way to build natural swimming pools for for children to learn how to swim and also go swimming.

The live entertainment show “Tinh hoa Bac Bo” (The Quintessence of Tonkin) has received two entries in the Vietnam Guinness Book of Records.

Hanoi is working to address the aftermath of floods after heavy rain in many outlying districts last week.

The actors are no professional but actually farmers from Sai Son commune in Hanoi’s suburbs. The stories they are telling by body language revolve around farmers’ daily life in the past.

The live entertainment show “The Quintessence of Tonkin” recently won the Gold Stevie Award for Innovation in Media, Visual Communications & Entertainment, beating projects from all over Asia.

Ahead of Tet holiday, Hanoi’s streets are filled with flowers and colourful decorations, with people excited for the new year.

So Village’s communal house on the western outskirts of Hanoi will provide a platform to showcase the traditional customs of the Vietnamese Lunar New Year on February 10.

The capital city of Hanoi is striving to welcome 5.5 million foreigners among over 25.4 million tourists in 2018, confirming itself as an attractive destination in the region and the world.

Several major hospital construction projects that would have provided residents of the capital and its surroundings with thousands of beds have been abandoned over the past decade.

Agricultural production in the capital city remains small-scale and outdated, despite successful land reform and investment in irrigation networks for many years, says the Nong Thon Ngay Nay (Countryside Today) newspaper.

The Prime Minister has approved a programme on developing the supporting industry which is expected to meet 45 percent of the demand of domestic production by 2020 and 65 percent by 2025.

Several construction projects in Hanoi have been delayed for years, wasting land and hindering the city’s land management process while other social security constructions remain in need of space.

Various traditional customs of the Vietnamese Lunar New Year will be featured on January 22 at So Village’s communal house on the western outskirts of Hanoi.​

As many as 11 heritages, among 1,793 intangible cultural heritages in Hanoi require urgent protection.

Hanoi enjoyed relatively high economic growth in the first half of the year with good performances in the service and industry-construction sectors, officials said at a meeting on August 1.