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The State Appraisal Council has approved the appraisal plan for the Hanoi Urban Railway Project No. 5, from Van Cao to Hoa Lac, with a total investment of over 65.4 trillion VND (2.7 billion USD).

(VEN) - In recent years, Hanoi has continuously organized trade promotion programs to develop the city’s One Commune One Product (OCOP) program and improve the value of the products, bring them to consumers and target exports.

(VEN) - Experts say that Hanoi needs to build an appropriate urban government model to improve the quality and efficiency of State management, better serve people’s needs, and meet the requirements of sustainable urban development and international integration.

Hà Nội plans to construct an underground tunnel with a cost of VNĐ700 billion in order to reduce traffic congestion once the Vĩnh Tuy 2 Bridge is open to traffic.

The capital city of Hà Nội has focused on building linkage chains from production to consumption to stabilise the prices of agricultural products, improve the value of those products and control food safety, according to the Hà Nội Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Wednesday attended the opening of the second-phase Vĩnh Tuy Bridge, which spans the Hồng (Red) River and connects Hà Nội's Hai Bà Trưng and Long Biên districts.

In a move towards advanced urbanisation, the People's Committee of Hà Nội has rolled out an ambitious blueprint, aligning with directives from the Hà Nội Party Committee.

Plans are in place to launch a bus route from Gia Lâm to the airport to meet the public travel demands.

Products under the “One Commune-One Product” programme, handicrafts and other farm produce are being introduced at a week-long event, which kicked off in Hanoi’s outskirts district of Thach That on August 17.

Residents in the capital city of Hanoi can experience public bicycle-sharing service in inner districts from August.

(VEN) - Hanoi City has identified digital transformation as a regular and continuous task for a city of 10 million residents.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has approved the adjustments of the detailed planning for the construction of a smart city in the area along the Nhat Tan – Noi Bai road with about 140.23 hectares in the city’s outskirts district of Dong Anh.

After 15 years of administrative boundary adjustment under Resolution No 15/2008/QH12 dated May 29, 2008 by the National Assembly, Hanoi has made great strides, contributing to the overall achievements of the country.

(VEN) - The capital city of Hanoi is determined to accelerate important infrastructure projects as part of its socioeconomic development plan for 2024, creating a foundation to boost the local economic growth.

(VEN) - In the first half of 2023, Hanoi's Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) recorded a growth rate of 5.97 percent compared to the same period last year.

Farmers in many co-operatives in Hà Nội have used unmanned aerial vehicles in pesticide spraying, fertilising and rice planting to reduce costs and maximise profits.

Hà Nội joins Wellington and Auckland of New Zealand, Perth of Australia, and Bucharest of Romania in the top five cities in the world to make the most significant improvements to their overall livability rankings, according to CNN.

(VEN) - Over the past years, Hanoi industrial promotion has affirmed its important role in promoting the development of the city’s rural industry, creating more jobs for local workers.

Hanoi has been ranked first in the list of the top 20 trending cities for solo travel while Ho Chi Minh City ranked sixth, according to a report by UK-based adventure travel company Explore Worldwide.

In the first months of this year, Hanoi has focused on removing difficulties to and facilitating industrial production, export-import, public investment, and foreign investment attraction, according to a local official.

(VEN) - Hanoi's agricultural policy implementation has been sluggish, yielding limited results that fail to align with the city's potential and strengths.

Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Manh Quyen has appreciated contributions by the Hanoi Association of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to the development of local businesses.

(VEN) - Hanoi's Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) rose by 5.8 percent in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022. While this growth rate is lower than the 5.91 percent achieved the same period of in 2021, it is nevertheless impressive given the global economic downturn and decline in global trade.

(VEN) - The Hanoi Tourism Festival 2023 themed “Connecting heritage for tourism development” contributed to making the capital more attractive to visitors.

(VEN) - Hanoi is ready to facilitate and provide necessary arrangements to attract Singaporean investors.

A 820-metre long bridge named Thượng Cát crossing Hồng (Red) River in Hà Nội will be constructed with an investment of nearly VNĐ8.3 trillion.

The Singapore International Foundation (SIF), in partnership with Hanoi Medical University (HMU) and Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), closed their five-year Haemodialysis Care Project in Hanoi on 12 March 2023.

(VEN) - Chair of Hanoi People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh is urging the Government and National Assembly to provide the capital with greater power to speed up public investment.

(VEN) - Hanoi’s total retail sales of goods and services increased 18 percent in January compared with the same period last year. The capital has also identified 22 targets for socioeconomic development in 2023.

Hanoi’s transport department is planning to introduce a unified electronic ticketing system for its public bus and metro services in 2024.