Hanoi Capital

(CPV) - The Hanoi Department of Transport has allowed six traffic construction works to continue during the implementation of social distancing in the city.

(CPV) - On July 27, the Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade announced a list of locations selling essential consumer goods within the system of traditional markets, supermarkets and trade centres in Hanoi.

(CPV) - Immediately after Hanoi implemented social distancing to prevent and control the COVID-19 pandemic, Hanoi Post Office organized 472 points to sell essential goods at stabilized prices, according to the Vietnam Post Corporation.

(CPV) - The Hanoi Fatherland Front on July 22 received 100,000 Trueline COVID-19 Ag Rapid Test kits donated by Medicon Co., Ltd. to quickly trace possible cases for COVID-19 prevention and control.

(CPV) - An event was organized by the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Hanoi city on July 15 to receive 2.3 billion VND of donations to buy COVID-19 vaccine.

(CPV) - According to a document issued by the municipal People’s Committee, Hanoi suspends all outdoor sport activities starting 18:00 on July 8 due to the complex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to the Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long, the ministry will mobilise about 10,000 medical workers to aid Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City in the COVID-19 pandemic.

(CPV) - On July 5, deputy head of the department Pham Van Dai signed a proposal to allow students of all levels in the city back to school from July 10 to 24 to wrap up the 2020-21 school year.

(CPV) - According to the Hanoi Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, despite many difficulties due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, in the first 6 months of 2021, the whole city created jobs for nearly 100,000 workers, reaching more than 60% of the whole year's plan, an increase of more than 20% over the same period last year.

Vice Chairman of Hanoi City People's Committee Chu Xuan Dung, Standing Deputy Head of the Hanoi Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, signed and promulgated Document 1835/People's Committee-KGVX on June 11 on mastering the plan of COVID-19 vaccination for people in the city in the 2021-2022 period.

Vice Chairman of Hanoi City People's Committee Chu Xuan Dung, Standing Deputy Head of the Hanoi Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, signed and promulgated Document 1835/People's Committee-KGVX on June 11 on mastering the plan of COVID-19 vaccination for people in the city in the 2021-2022 period.

(CPV) - The Hanoi People’s Committee has permitted the resumption of certain outdoor physical and sport activities from June 26, given the local COVID-19 situation basically brought under control. This is part of the local authority’s move to ease restrictions on several activities.

(CPV) - So far, Vietnam has not opened to international tourists, thus, the number of foreigners to Hanoi during this time is low, mainly experts and workers staying in other localities.

(CPV) - The 16th Hanoi City People’s Council in its first session on June 23 has re-elected Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh for the position in the 2021-2026 term with the endorsement of 92 out of 94 deputies at present.

(CPV) - Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivan Balakrishnan has expressed his admiration for Hanoi’s long history and cultural richness, adding that Hanoi and Singapore can learn from each other’s experience in multiple fields, especially in developing green, sustainable and smart urban areas.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has issued a Plan implementing the One Commune One Product (OCOP) Program in 2021.

(CPV) - After nearly a month of suspending operations, a number of hair salons and indoor dining service establishments are allowed to reopen with social distancing measures still being properly enforced.

(CPV) - The Hanoi People’s Committee has issued Plan 147/KH-UBND on carrying out the campaign of all people exercising their body following Uncle Ho’s example in the 2021-2030 period.

Remarkable progress in the Vietnam – EU relationship is an important premise for Hanoi to increase multilateral cooperation with the EU in the future.

On June 15, the Steering Committee for the implementation of the project of preserving, embellishing and promoting the value of Thang Long Imperial Citadel and Co Loa Relic site had a meeting to discuss measures to preserve and promote the values of Thang Long Imperial Citadel and Co Loa Citadel.

As many as 24 collectives and 13 individuals were awarded certificates of merit for their achievements in the implementation of the One Commune One Product (OCOP) Program in Hanoi until 2020.

The Hanoi City Party Committee Commission of Popularization and Education has sent a document on the dissemination of the photo contest and exhibition on sea and islands to commissions of popularization and education of district-level party committees and relevant agencies.

Hanoi always identifies culture as the center of development policy, not only as a goal and motivation but also as an endogenous strength and an important resource for the capital development in the context of the international integration and globalization.

(CPV) - Hanoi’s trained workers will increase to 75-80 percent by 2030 according to a strategy on labour market development built by the municipal People’s Committee.

(CPV) On June 8, Deputy Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Nguyen Van Phong, Head of the Steering Committee for Program 06-CTr/TU of the Hanoi Party Committee on "Developing culture; improving the quality of human resources; building elegant and civilized Hanoians in the 2021-2025 period", paid a working visit to Hanoi Museum.

(CPV) - Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung on June 7 signed to issue a plan on implementing the action month for drug prevention in 2021 in the capital.

(CPV) - Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh presented VND100 billion to the Ministry of Finance to contribute to the national COVID-19 vaccine fund at the launching ceremony held on June 5 evening.

(CPV) - On May 31, at the working session with localities in Hanoi to discuss methods for COVID-19 prevention and control, Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung asked relevant forces to enhance management of concentrated quarantine areas and drastically implement measures to minimise cross-infection risks there.

(CPV) - Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport stops welcoming passengers from abroad from June 1 to 7 amid rising COVID-19 infections in the capital.

(CPV) - Over VND12.5 billion contributed by 19 businesses, organizations and individuals was presented to the Hanoi Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) on May 27 to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.