Secretary Nguyen Duy Ngoc envisions Hanoi as “livable, pioneering” city

With the motto “discipline and professionalism – breakthrough and creativity – effectiveness and sustainability,” Hanoi has demonstrated strong determination to act, fully leveraging its role as a national center and locomotive to create foundations and momentum for the country’s development in a new era.

Below is Part 2 of the interview with Hanoi’s Party Secretary Nguyen Duy Ngoc.

At the recent fourth conference, the Hanoi City Party Committee focused on discussing the "trio" of “Institutions - Planning with a 100-year vision - Development Model”. Is this a methodical preparation for Hanoi to pioneer in the new era?

That is correct. For Hanoi to truly rise in the new era, along with important political tasks, the City Party Committee has reached a consensus on identifying and focusing on three strategic contents of long-term historical significance.

These include proposing a new resolution to replace Resolution No15 dated May 5, 2022, of the Politburo regarding "Directions and tasks for the development of the Capital to 2030, with a vision to 2045," amending the Law on the Capital, and building a master plan for the Capital with a 100-year vision.

This is the "three-legged stool" that creates a synchronous institutional foundation, opens new development spaces, and shapes a modern growth model, thereby creating momentum and room for the Capital's breakthrough development in the future.

The master plan with a 100-year vision not only designs urban and rural development spaces but, more importantly, shapes the stature, identity, and socio-economic structure of the Capital in the long term, placing Hanoi in close connection with the Capital Region, the country, and the world.

On that basis, the institutional regime, centered on the Politburo's Resolution and the Law on the Capital, serves as the political foundation and legal pillar to fundamentally remove bottlenecks in mechanisms and policies. They also create superior and powerful frameworks and tools to realize planning, transforming strategic orientations into specific, sustainable, and long-lasting development drivers.

On that basis, the development model is oriented toward a strong shift from growth based on resource exploitation and extensive investment to growth driven by science, technology, innovation, digital transformation, and high-quality human resources as the central engine.

With the motto of “breakthrough action, radiating results” the city is developing scenarios to strive for double-digit growth (from 11 percent or higher in 2026) and to maintain stability over many consecutive years, with very large investment capital needs (VND730 trillion this year alone).

To achieve this, the city is accelerating digital infrastructure projects, smart urban areas, urban railway systems, and green, digital, and circular economy models, while issuing an action plan to implement Politburo Resolution 57 on breakthroughs in science and technology development, innovation, and digital transformation in Hanoi in 2026. This is a systematic preparation for Hanoi not only to develop itself, but also to fully play its role as a growth engine, leading the capital region and the entire country forward in the new era.

To turn these strategic orientations into reality, how decisive is the human factor, the cadre contingent and the people’s consensus?

Any long-term planning or special mechanism, no matter how carefully crafted, will remain on paper without a cadre contingent with sufficient integrity and capability, and without the support and companionship of the people. Hanoi consistently views cadre work as the “key of keys,” requiring the building of a team that is firm in political stance, ideology, and ethics, while also professionally proficient, capable of innovation and creativity, and courageous enough to think, act, and take responsibility for the common good in the context of digital transformation and deep integration.

The reality of 2025 showed that there were very new and difficult tasks, with no shortage of initial anxiety or skepticism. However, when the entire City Party Committee demonstrated bravery and high political determination, the entire political system joined in, and the people trusted and contributed, Hanoi achieved results exceeding expectations. 

Those figures reflect not only economic development but, more deeply, vivid evidence of the strength of great national unity and the consensus of will and action throughout society.

In 2026, the first year of implementing the 14th National Party Congress Resolution, Hanoi clearly defines its action motto: "Discipline, professionalism - breakthrough, creativity - efficiency, sustainability." This requires every level and sector to operate synchronously along "4 axes": the Party - People's Council - People's Committee - Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations. This is especially true in resolving difficult tasks, linked with task assignments under the spirit of "6 clarities, 1 guiding thread" (clear person, clear task, clear responsibility, clear progress, clear efficiency, clear controls, and consistent throughout). These are regularly monitored and counted to ensure substance and create competitive motivation.

Tran Thuong