Hanoi's updated General Planning until 2045, with a vision to 2065, has given a solid shape to the city’s development orientations, particularly its urban spaces.

Traditional rural architectural treasures like stilt dwellings and communal houses are being commercialized and relocated to urban areas, undermining their original cultural and architectural integrity.

It is critical to put available riverbank land to good use in order to enhance landscape, cultural, economic, and tourism values while ensuring flood and disaster prevention.

Hanoi, with its thousand-year heritage and uniquely historical and cultural layers along the Red River, stands as one of Southeast Asia's most vibrant cities.

This is among a series of proposals made by the Hanoi People’s Committee to amend the Capital Law.

The future development of the capital's spatial landscape should be in line with the vision of a sustainable, environmentally friendly and smart city.

Hanoi's key economic drivers such as investment, exports and consumption should be the focus of further promotion.

Hanoi should position itself as a modern, civilized, and cultured city during the upcoming planning.

Once completed, the capital planning will serve as a crucial legal resource for Hanoi's authorities to guide, direct, and formulate policies, providing a catalyst for development.