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.

President Tran Dai Quang attended an opening ceremony of the “Spring in all Regions Nationwide” Festival 2017 at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi on February 4.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has chaired the Standing Government meeting to discuss solutions for traffic congestion in the Capital of Hanoi. The meeting had a very important significance to the development of infrastructure, clearing the deadlock on mechanisms and policies, giving the Capital a strong momentum to rise in the context of the current traffic congestion.

The capital city held a ceremony on February 4 to launch the annual tree planting festival, which has become a custom practiced whenever a new year comes, at the southern intersection of Nhat Tan bridge in Phu Thuong ward, Tay Ho district.

According to statistics from BRT Transerco, in January - the first month Hanoi has operated the new public transport service, an estimated 375, 663 passengers travelled on the bus rapid transit (BRT) route of Kim Ma - Yen Nghia bus terminals.

Hanoi People’s Committee has recently issued Plan 17/KH-UBND on implementing Vietnam Day of Consumer Rights 2017 in Hanoi.

The capital city welcomed 371,980 visitors during the 2017 Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays 2017 from January 27-February 2, an increase of 8% compared to the same period in 2016, according to the statistics of the municipal Department of Tourism.

A groundbreaking ceremony for the Sun Group-invested Kim Quy cultural, tourism and amusement park in Vinh Ngoc commune in Hanoi’s suburban district of Dong Anh on September 2 last year reaffirmed determination of the city’s authorities to turn it into a world-class destination.

Dong Da festival in Hanoi was held on February 1 (the fifth day of the first lunar month) to commemorate the victory of King QuangTrung (Nguyen Hue) over Chinese Qing invaders.

The year of 2016 was considered as a success and vigorous diversification of Hanoi Transport Corporation (Transerco) with practical and effective changes for community benefits, for a civilized, modern and worth-living Capital.

Innovations in operating activities and determination in addressing the problems are widely commented in retrospecting a year`s work of Hanoi People`s Committee Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung.

On the occasion of the 2017 Lunar New Year, the delegation of Hanoi leaders offered incense to commemorate late President Ho Chi Minh at House No.67 in Hanoi on January 28, the first day of the Lunar New Year (Tet).

While paying the visit to the Party, government and people of Hanoi on January 28, the first day of the Lunar New Year, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong underscored the need for the city to take pioneer role in the building of Party and political system as well as administrative reform.

Mr Khalid M. Zamruni - Ambassador of Malaysia in Vietnam shared with the Economic & Urban Newspaper that he is impressed by the beauty of cultural traditions in the traditional Lunar New Year in Vietnam.

Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has required three investors to devise planning schemes to develop the areas along the iconic Hong (Red) River that ensure the city’s flood-resistant capability and create a modern urban area along the river, at the recent meeting.

Directorate for Roads of Vietnam has proposed two solutions to ease traffic congestion on the Hanoi’s Phap Van intersection to the Transport Ministry.

Chairman of Hanoi People`s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung received Country Director of World Bank (WB) in Vietnam Ousmane Dione on January 20.

Hanoi Journalists Association and the municipal Department of Information and Communications held a ceremony to close the Spring Newspaper Festival 2017 on January 18 after two days of ebullient activities.

On January, presided over the meeting to summarize the work of the Scientific Advisory Council, Chairman of Hanoi People`s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung said that Hanoi should have the overall investment project to preserve and promote the heritage to Thang Long Citadel to actually become cultural highlight of the Capital.

The Hanoi Metropolitan Railway Management Board and a joint venture of French contractors held a ceremony in Hanoi on January 17 to sign a deal on building a section of the urban metro connecting Nhon with the Hanoi station.

On January 17 morning, at Hanoi Friendship Cultural Palace, Spring Newspaper Festival 2017 has been officially opened with 23 booths of Central and Hanoi press agencies.