Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam, one of Hanoi's most important cultural landmarks, attracts thousands of visitors each Tet.

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.

According to the Official Letter No. 5124/VP-DT issued on June 2, the Office of the Hanoi People’s Committee asked relevant departments, sectors, agencies and units to deploy solutions for appropriate development of transport forms in centrally – run cities.

A round-table on air quality of Hanoi has been recently organized by the French Culture Center in Hanoi, attracting members of Institute of Environmental Technology (Hanoi University of Technology), GreenID Vietnam and lecturers from Faculty of Energy (Hanoi University of Science and Technology).

The Hanoi Party Committee has recently issued Resolution 11-NQ/TU on increasing environment protection in Hanoi to 2020 and the next years.

Hanoi People’s Committee has recently issued Announcement 484/TB-UBND, stating instruction of Chairman Hanoi People’s Committee and Head of Steering Committee for Applying Information Technology at the meeting on smart traffic.

The Hanoi Department of Information and Communication has recently organized an awarding ceremony for the contest of “Hanoi - A Green, Clean and Beautiful Capital City” in 2016. The event drew the participation of Vice Chairman of Hanoi People’s Committee Ngo Van Quy.

The Hanoi People’s Committee, BRG Group and Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation signed a cooperation agreement on developing Nhat Tan-Noi Bai urban project with total investment of more than 4 billion USD, aiming to build the most modern smart city of Southeast Asia in the north of Hanoi.

On Saturday (June 3), temperature in Hanoi hit a record high of more than 40 degrees Celsius (around 104 degrees Fahrenheit).

At a working session with Queen of the Netherland Maxima Zorreguieta Cerruti in Hanoi on June 1, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung made the statement that a national strategy on an inclusive financial system is needed to promote socio-economic sustainable development in Vietnam.

Hanoi People’s Committee has recently issued Official Letter 4633/VP-TKBT, urging city’s departments, agencies, sectors, People’s Committees of districts, suburban districts and towns to report performance in May and key tasks for June of 2017.

Chairman of Hanoi’s People Committee Nguyen Duc Chung had a meeting with newly appointed ambassadors and heads of Vietnamese foreign missions on May 30, in Hanoi.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has just granted the Decision No. 2913/QD-UBND on approving the project “Promoting Hanoi’s export in the integration period up to 2020 with an orientation to 2025”.

The Ministry of Health has recently organized a meeting to respond to the World No Tobacco Day (May 31) under the theme "Tobacco – a threat to development" and launch the National non-smoking week from May 25-31.

That`s comment of Korean President`s special envoy during the meeting with Chairman of Hanoi`s People Committee.

The Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has just granted the Official Letter No. 1104/SNN-QLCL on recommending People’s Committees of districts, towns and subordinate units to strengthen building, development of safe food supply chains in the area.

According to Official Letter 4370/VP-KT, Office of Hanoi People’s Committee asks relevant agencies and sectors to implement decision on approving Project on enhancing capacity to manage protected area system to 2025, vision to 2030.

According to Document 2403/UBND-KT, Hanoi People’s Committee requested city’s agencies, departments and sectors to report implementation of socio-economic development plan in the first six months of 2017.

Hanoi’s leader has promised to solve all issues in the daily lives of all workers in the city soon, including shortages of housing, cultural activities, kindergartens and medical centres at industrial zones.

The 23rd Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT 23) of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum officially opened at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi on May 20 in the presence of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Measures to mitigate impacts of natural disasters and climate change on children were discussed at a conference jointly held by the Central Steering Committee for Disaster Prevention and Control and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Hanoi on May 18.

Officials from Hanoi Fatherland Front, led by its President Vu Hong Khanh, have studied experience in rallying the mass and raising fund in Switzerland.