From sunrise workouts in bustling parks to cleaner meals on family tables, Vietnam is quietly embracing a lifestyle centred on health and wellness.

Locals look forward to the holiday season, and Hanoi's Old Quarter is a hive of activity as Christmas preparations get underway.

The "Bach Hoa Bo Hanh" or "Parade of Flowers" is a celebration of the Vietnamese national attire, showing young people's love and pride for the nation's cultural heritage.

The 15th Hanoi People’s Council at its second plenary session on August 3 passed a resolution on naming and adjusting the length of a number of roads, streets and public buildings in the city.

The Hanoi People`s Committee on August 2 approved the proposal of Thanh Xuan district to build Nguyen Quy Duc St into a walking street

Under Hanoi’s Transportation Plan for 2030, with a vision towards 2050, travelling across the rivers of Hong, Duong, Day and Da will be made easier with more bridges. Particularly, 11 more bridges and an underwater tunnel crossing Hong River are being planned, along with the current seven bridges.

Hanoi People`s Committee recentlty held a ceremony to reveal its transport planning for 2030 with a vision towards 2050.

Under the Hanoi`s Master Transport Plan for 2030, with a vision to 2050, the city will build several new interprovincial coach terminals in urban centers and satellite urban areas.

The flamboyant tree - also called royal poinciana and flame tree - is listed as the urban green tree category by the Ministry of Construction and Hanoi People`s Committee.

Hanoi strives to become a green and modern urban area. The city targets to increase the rate of public transportation to 20-25%, zone off 10-13% of urban land for transportation and green the city with planting one million trees in the 2016-2020 period.

Hanoimoi newspaper and Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports jointly held a ceremony to launch the 43rd Hanoimoi Newspaper Open Running Tournament for Peace 2016 at the Quan Ngua Palace on June 21.

Instead of a plastic glove, woman and housewives should move using the bag and basket which are made of natural ingredients and easy to destroy, Chairman of Hanoi People`s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung urged at the ceremony on June 5 to kick start a series of activities in response to the 2016 World Environment Day.

Hanoi People’s Committee held a ceremony to launch the 2016 Action Month for children, themed “For safe lives, preventing accidents and injuries for children”, from June 1-30, at Dan Phuong district on May 25.

Transport Ministry held a ceremony to put Hoang Minh Giam-Nguyen Chanh flyover into traffic in Hanoi on May 21.

Hanoi Department of Culture and Sport opened a photo exhibition themed "Festival of all people" at the Ly Thai To Monument Flower Garden on May 17.

The Hanoi Transport Corporation (Transerco) put into operation a new bus route, the No 86 route, connecting downtown Hanoi with Noi Bai international airport on April 30.

Hanoi People`s Committee recently instructed all the city`s levels, branches, agencies, People`s Committees of districts, towns to use energy saving in public lighting system.

With the efforts to meet increasing demand of passengers during the upcoming holiday, many transport businesses have set up plans to put more coaches into service.

At a press conference chaired by the Hanoi Party Committee’s Commission for Information and Education on April 12, the Hanoi Fire Fighting and Prevention Police Department said the department will increase the maintenance of fire safety systems at apartment buildings from one to four times annually.

EVN Hanoi commits to limiting power cuts during hot days, Vice Director of Electricity of Vietnam in Hanoi (EVN Hanoi) Vu Quang Hung said at the regular press conference of Hanoi Party Committee on April 5.

A ceremony to sign a contract that Renault Vietnam provides 100 electric cars for the Mai Linh Taxi Company, will be held at the French Embassy in Vietnam, 57 Tran Hung Dao street, on April 8.

Hanoi People’s Committee on April 1 urged municipal departments, sectors and relevant offices to accelerate the construction of key transport projects to reduce traffic congestion in the city.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Hanoi People’s Committee and the Vietnam Olympic Committee held a ceremony to launch the Olympic Run Day for Public Health 2016 in Hoan Kiem Lake on March 26.