Welcome to another edition of Words on the Street. We're going to dig into some of Hanoi's most pressing issues.

During Tet, Vietnamese people decorate their homes and offices with ornamental plants to wish for prosperity and good luck.

The congress adopted the association's charter and outlined its strategic objectives.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has recently issued Official Letter No. 6449/UBND-KT, requesting relevant agencies, units and localities having forest to increase forest management and protection, fire fighting and prevention.

Hanoi is about to conduct the most expesive road built so far of US$339 million

The Capital of Hanoi has set a target of 10% growth for rural industrial production in 2018 to reach 98 trillion VND (4.32 billion USD).

The delegation commemorates victims in US’s 1972 airstrike in Kham Thien Street on December 26, 2017.

On December 25, the Hanoi Department of Information & Communications has launched the online business portal, with an aim to facilitate support for enterprises in the industrial revolution 4.0.

Hanoi authorities are installing fences along sidewalks in a pilot program to prevent vehicles from encroaching them.

Some expat in Hanoi have just launched the Hanoi Christmas Kitchen - a project of giving gifts for the city`s homeless.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has just released Plan No. 243/KH-UBND on deploying the scheme on strengthening solutions for assurance of road traffic order and safety in areas having industrial parks and clusters in the capital city according to Decision No. 2376/QD-BGTVT dated July 29, 2016 of the Ministry of Transport.

On the evening of December 20th, 2017, at Sen Tay Ho Restaurant, “The 9th Latin Music night” was held under the cooperation of the Hanoi Union of Friendship Organizations (HAUFO), the Vietnam – Cuba Friendship Association and Latin American Embassies in Vietnam.

Hanoi has signed some cooperation programs with international partners to promote the Capital City’s images abroad.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has proposed the Government to put in place a special mechanism to order developers to build more than 17,600 commercial apartments for resettlement purpose by 2020.

This is the subject of the seminar organized by Hanoi Party Committee on December 18, on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of Hanoi-Dien Bien Phu Victory (December 1972 -2017).

The Hanoi People’s Committee has recently issued Decision No. 8450/QD-UBND, approving project on reforming, developing cooperative economy in agricultural cooperatives in Ha Noi to 2020.

The Hanoi People’s Committee granted Official Letter No. 6371/UBND-DT on December 14, focusing on meeting people’s demands for travel as well as ensuring traffic safety and order during Tet Holiday of 2018.

Hanoi’s petroleum trading system is ready to fully switch from RON A92 petrol to E5 bio-fuel from January 1 next year as the Government’s regulation, according to the Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade.

According to statistics from the Hanoi Department of Planning & Investment, in the first 10 months of 2017, Hanoi has attracted FDI of 2.3 billion USD, up 3.7% compared to the same period of 2016, in which industrial processing and manufacturing contributed 40% of total investment.

The Hanoi People’s Committee released the Plan No. 240/KH-UBND on December 12, implementing the conclusion of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the Announcement No. 508/TB-VPCP dated October 31 on several major missions and measures for the city’s development in the coming time.

The Hanoi People’s Committee granted the Official Letter No. 6311/UBND-KGVX on December 11, implementing the Plan No. 60-KH/TU dated November 28, 2017 of the Municipal Party Committee.

Hanoi is drafting two key projects on starts-up in an aim to meet targets of becoming the country’s leading innovation start-up center with 200,000 newly established enterprises by 2020.

The Hanoi People’s Committee issued Official Letter No. 6165/UBND-KT dated December 4, requesting relevant agencies and sectors to increase management and supervision over the use of foreign loan capital.