It's still early in the summer and Hanoi's skies are a crystal clear blue as far as the eyes can see.

With the COVID-19 situation under control in Hanoi, municipal authorities have approved the reopening of indoor dining and drinking venues along with barbershops, effective from midnight tonight.

Hanoi is experiencing scorching hot days with recorded temperatures of 60 degrees centigrade outside.

The authorities of Hanoi will consider relaxing some Covid-19 prevention measures this week.

Hanoi targets to ensure that most local people have vaccinated as soon as possible and to bring social life back to normal.

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh and Ambassador Giorgio Aliberti, head of the European Union Delegation to Vietnam, discussed the building of the European Management University in Hanoi during their meeting on June 16.

A number of takeaway-only cafes in Hanoi have begun to clean their shops, waiting for the day the Hanoi authorities will allow them to re-open.

Relocating universities, hospitals, and polluted production facilities to reduce population pressure on the central areas of Hanoi is an important goal of the six residential planning projects in four core inner-city districts.

More than 93,000 students throughout Hanoi took part in the 10th grade entrance exam for the upcoming school year on June 12.

 The capital city identifies that culture is the key role for sustainable growth.

Hanoi will pilot the rental of electric bicycles to facilitate connection among local bus routes and the bus rapid transit (BRT) system since the third quarter of this year.

Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Dinh Tien Dung said that with a population of about 10 million, Hanoi needs more than VND1 trillion to realize the goal of giving free Covid-19 vaccinations (the first dose) for its people.

Hanoi will do everything possible to control the COVID-19 situation with the implementation of synchronous and comprehensive measures in all areas, while focusing on sealing off pandemic hotspots and preventing its spread.

Hanoi starts shutting down all food and beverage establishments as well as hair salons and beauty parlors from 12:00 on May 25 so as to contain the spread of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 which causes COVID-19.

In recent years, Hanoi authorities have focused on forming many new residential areas and expanding transport infrastructure to meet the rapid speed of urbanisation and population growth.

Urban development in the 1960s and 1970s in Singapore and Seoul could be valuable lessons for Hanoi to map out its sustainable development.

The Tokyo-Tshukoba urban railway line was funded by converting land in 18 projects along the route. The land price in these areas soared from $1 per square meter to $5,000.

The People's Committee of Danang City started to apply the “market coupon” policy throughout the city from May 8, 2021 to limit gatherings amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

“Hanoi: Reminiscences of Thousand Years”, the first of a series of 3D books about Hanoi not only provide useful information but also new and vivid visual experiences of landmarks of the capital. 

Hanoi has to tighten the enforcement of quarantine procedure to prevent the spreading of novel coronavirus.