Cashless parking payment is a key step in managing static traffic, solving parking issues, and serving as the underlying technology for a smart digital map of parking spaces throughout the city.

Hanoi’s new planning frameworks will serve as a critical foundation for developing policies, action plans, and investment projects that drive economic and social progress.

Step back in time with Fire from the Earth, a musical celebrating Hanoi's revolutionary legacy.

Hanoi People’s Council has recently issued Resolution 04/2017/NQ-HDND dated July 4, 2017 on approving project “Increasing management of road vehicles in order to reduce traffic jam and environmental pollution in Hanoi in the 2017-2020 period, vision to 2030”.

According to Resolution 09/NQ-HDND dated July 4, 2017, the Hanoi People’s Council approves supervision program for 2018.

During his working trip to the US, on July 17, the Chairman of Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung and the delegation have visited Utah states on the invitation of the Governor and Leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter – day Saints (the Mormons).

As part of his working visit to the US, on July 17, Chairman of Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung and the Capital`s delegation has paid a visit to San Francisco and had a meeting with the City Mayor. The Vietnamese General Consul in San Francisco, Mr Ho Xuan Son, also attended the meeting.

The Vice Minister of Transport Nguyen Hong Truong informs that on the upcoming July 20, the Ministry of Transport will have a meeting with Uber, Grab and related agencies to conclude a solution to manage this service.

Unauthorized stop or parking has been the major reason for traffic congestion in Hanoi. The Law on Road Traffic has listed forbidden activities which include illegal stop or parking. However, so far the law has not been strictly enforced as Hanoi has many narrow roads, roads with no signs and unnamed roads.

That is the direction of the Chairman of Hanoi People`s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung at the meeting of the IT Steering Committee. Participants included representatives of functional branches of the central and city leaders and departments of the people`s committees of districts, towns in the area.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has identified administrative reform as the focal task in 2017, as demonstrated in the first half of the year.

Hanoi People’s Committee has issued on July 13 the plan to increase population and family planning in Hanoi for the 2016-2020 period.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has requested relevant agencies to determine the population size in any urban planning. The move is deemed to be late but still it is expected to contain the housing boom in downtown districts which is exerting pressure on transport infrastructure and creating other unwanted consequences.

Hanoi People’s Committee has recently issued Announcement 699/TB-UBND on conclusion of Municipal People’s Committee Chairman and Head of Steering Committee for Applying Information Technology at the meetings of the steering committee.

Chairman of Hanoi People`s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung exchanged views on Hanoi`s areas of interest and expressed the wish that Massachusett State would share its management experience and help Hanoi access to the most advanced technologies in the field of medicine, information technology, as well as specific areas of cooperation.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has recently issued the Decision No. 4365/QD-UBND on approving the scheme “Organizing and operating the Children’s Council of Hanoi for the 2017 - 2020 period”.

Despite the boom of shopping malls and department stores, green markets or traditional markets are reminiscent of the past and currently serving the needs of Hanoians for their convenience. More than half of Hanoi people buy at green markets. The Hanoi authority has plans to build more and better control the green markets.

During the past years, Hanoi’s lakes have regained the clean environment after a series of measures taken by the authority. The most apparent changes are witnessed in Giang Vo Lake and Ngoc Khanh lake in Ba Dinh district.

To achieve rich green vegetation and a healthy ecosystem and environment for Hanoi is a long journey with various creative ways.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has just released the Report No. 196/BC-UBND on implementing the Decision No. 414/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister on improving the efficiency of implementing the National Target Program on building new style rural areas in association with agricultural restructuring in the Capital.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has recently issued Document 3322/UBND-KT, requesting city’s departments, agencies, sectors, People’s Committees of districts, suburban districts and towns to realize tax reform strategy for the period of 2016-2020.

In small streets of Hanoi, the increasing establishment of apartment complexes are threatening urban planning and putting pressure on infrastructure.

The Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh Tax Departments have sent messages and notices on tax declaration to Facebook account owners that operate online shops.