Hanoi will stage fireworks displays at 33 locations, with 34 launch sites, to welcome Lunar New Year 2026 (Tet), featuring a range of modern presentation formats while ensuring absolute safety for spectators.

Unseasonal weather and a leap year have led peach trees in Hanoi to bloom weeks ahead of schedule, prompting growers to spend millions of VND each day in efforts to delay the harvest and protect their Tet (Lunar New Year) season.

The Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi is offering a variety of cultural, ceremonial, and interactive activities to celebrate Lunar New Year (Tet) 2026, aiming to preserve traditional values and engage both locals and visitors.

Hanoi is facing mounting urban traffic congestion as the rapid growth of private vehicles, combined with heavy inflows from neighbouring provinces, overwhelms infrastructure and directly constrains the capital’s socio-economic development.

Hanoi begins construction of two large-scale multi-purpose urban zones to support relocation and sustainable growth.

Residents in Hanoi’s Trieu Khuc neighborhood have raised concerns over the presence of hundreds of symbolic graves in the Gio Ga cemetery, suspected to be linked to unauthorized cemetery land transactions.

Hanoi tax department to receive administrative tax documents at 31 public service centers from February 2, offering boundary-free access across the city.

Hanoi’s strategy to relocate 860,000 inner-city residents can only succeed if livelihoods and infrastructure go hand-in-hand, urban planning experts caution.

Even on a weekday, Hanoi's Hoan Kiem Lake is drawing flocks of young women dressed in traditional ao dai, all eager to capture the festive beauty of Tet through stunning photoshoots.

As the country’s leading tourism hub, Hanoi is stepping up comprehensive preparations in terms of products, services and cultural–tourism activities to welcome a large influx of visitors during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday 2026.

Hanoi’s agricultural and forestry exports were estimated to exceed $2 billion in 2025, maintaining steady growth and reinforcing the capital’s role in the national agricultural supply chain.

A 100-year blueprint for the capital envisions a strategic restructuring of the city, tackling long-standing issues while paving the way for sustainable development.

Major roads in central Hanoi will be closed or restricted on Jan 31 for a public celebration at August Revolution Square.

The capital city is preparing for one of the largest urban restructuring efforts in its history, targeting inner-city density and unlocking new growth.

As part of adjustments to the Capital’s master plan with a 100-year vision, Hanoi has proposed urban restructuring and inner-city population decongestion, with plans to relocate more than 860,000 people during the 2026–2045 period.

A Hanoi resident who discovered more than VND2 billion (over $80,000) unexpectedly deposited into her bank account has been praised for her honesty after turning to local police for help in returning the money.

Hanoi’s recent moves haven’t yet resolved the deep-rooted difficulties of a city with nearly 9 million residents. But they mark something important: the city has begun confronting its toughest urban bottlenecks directly.

Peach blossoms in Nhat Tan, Hanoi, are blooming beautifully ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet), offering a stunning variety of colors and shapes that are already luring early-bird shoppers.

An exhibition introducing new and innovative handicraft products and design samples opened at the Quang Phu Cau incense-stick craft village tourist site in Ung Thien commune, Hanoi, on January 28.