The Hanoi Construction Department has sent a dispatch to the Ministry of Construction (MOC), asking for guidance on procedures that parties have to follow to transfer a part of the Ciputra urban area project.

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

The Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Department of Planning and Architecture has just submitted to HCMC People’s Committee a proposal for the project ‘Forming and Developing the Eastern highly interactive, innovative urban area in the period 2020-2025’.

Poor urban development planning and the intentional adjustment of development plans to serve certain interest groups will affect development of physical spaces for many generations.

The lack of parking areas has become a headache for Hanoians. According to the Hanoi Transport Department, tens of parking area projects in the 2003 program are still on paper.

VietNamNet Bridge - The number of apartment buildings has been increasing in new urban areas, but there are no clinics and schools in some of these areas. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first journalism museum in Viet Nam will open by June 21, 2015 to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Viet Nam Revolutionary Journalism.

Transport causes 60-70 percent of the pollution in urban areas and this is one of the most influencing factors to the air quality in the areas.

VietNamNet’s Le Anh Dung introduces the fancy gardens in Hanoi, which are located next to luxurious villas or unfinished construction projects.