As the New Year and Lunar New Year approach, the streets of Hanoi are adorned with vibrant decorations, including flags, flowers, and festive slogans, to celebrate the arrival of 2025 and the country’s major holidays.

With the New Year just around the corner, let The Hanoi Times take you on a tour of the most exciting celebrations taking place in Hanoi!

Once a year, Hanoi's faithful gather to celebrate Christmas and pray for a peaceful year ahead.

The street corners, street vendors, festivals and small hamlets of 1980’s Hanoi were lively and truthfully depicted through the len of photographer John Ramsden.

KTĐT - The Hanoi People's Committee started the construction on Vietnam’s biggest wastewater treatment station with a daily capacity of 270,000 cubic metres started in Thanh Liet commune, Thanh Tri district, on October 7. 

The fifth international workshop and exhibition on water was held in Hanoi on October 3 with the participation of approximately 700 domestic and international delegates from nearly 20 countries worldwide.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue, Head of the Central Steering Committee for the National New Rural Construction Programme has signed a decision on recognising Hanoi`s Dong Anh district as the new rural area in the country in 2015.

According to the State Bank of Vietnam’s Hanoi branch, the commercial banks in the city committed at a conference on September 27 to set aside 150 trillion VND as a credit support package, aiming to help local enterprises increase production to stabilise the market with the Lunar New Year approaching.

On October 13 evening, Hanoi City organized a conference on developing a plan to support the new construction and repair of houses for the State-favored people towards the 70 anniversary of the Viet Nam`s War Invalids and Martyrs Day.

The Hanoi Urban Environment Company in collaboration with Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO) held a ceremony to launch the Vietnam’s first industrial waste power-generating system in Hanoi’s suburban district of Soc Son on September 16.

Traditional medical treatment long-term attached to the livelihoods of Dao Ethnic in Ba Vi Commune, Ba Vi district. Through esoteric remedies of his own peoples, Dao people accumulated experience to draw medication and treatment for patients throughout the area

At present, most of districts and wards in the capital have completed fundamental preparations for teaching, learning, and training, with teachers ready to serve more than 1.7 million students at all levels.

KTĐT - Hanoi People's Committee held a meeting on August 24 to discuss a detailed pilot scheme to free up roads for pedestrians around Hoan Kiem Lake.

The Ministry of Construction held a ceremony in Hanoi on August 11 to announce the decision approving adjustments to the Hanoi Capital Region Construction Master Plan to 2030 with a vision to 2050.

Hanoi started providing the e-government system in 144 wards of 10 districts from August 10 after successfully piloting the model in two other districts of Long Bien and Nam Tu Liem.

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.