Hanoi has approved the planning of a second airport with the construction expected to be started in 2040 and completed in 2050.

Once completed, the service would function as both a transportation route and a tourist itinerary linking cultural heritage sites.

The 11th international food festival, an annual event held by the Service Department for Diplomatic Corps since 2014, is set to get underway in Hanoi from December 9 to December 10.

Ho Guom Opera House, the only representative of Vietnam featured in the list, has been named among the world’s 10 best opera houses, as compiled by website 10best of the World Travel Awards (WTA).

The city is striving to use environmental packaging products instead of non-degradable nylon bags in wet markets, supermarkets, and shopping...

As the capital’s largest flower growing area, Tay Tuu village in Bac Tu Liem district of Hanoi has hurriedly begun efforts in order to care for and collect flowers to supply local markets ahead of the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

Hanoi has been honoured as the World’s Leading City Break Destination 2023 at the World Travel Awards presentation ceremony held recently in Dubai, the UAE, the municipal Tourism Department said on December 4.

A number of waster-to-energy power plants is set to become operational next year.

There are currently no dedicated or priority bicycle lanes in Hanoi.

The Hanoi Department of Education and Training has just requested local schools to warn parents and students not to eat food of unknown origin.

According to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ), traffic jams cause a loss of $1 billion to Hanoi every year. To settle the problem, the city needs VND1 quadrillion to build nine railway routes.

Around 4,000 bus employees are likely to lose their jobs in the coming time when Hanoi expands the use of e-tickets.

After nearly two years of piloting public bicycle services, the biggest difficulty was the lack of infrastructure for the vehicle.

The city is very interested in spending money to improve infrastructure, but the speed of infrastructure development has not kept up with the increase in vehicle numbers.

The Vietnamese capital ranked fourth among the top 100 worst air-polluted cities in the world on November 28, according to data released by Switzerland-based air quality monitor IQAir AirVisual.

Developing an intelligent and sustainable transportation system is a global trend for all cities, including Hanoi.

During his latest trip to Vietnam, Mark Wiens visited Hanoi, where he tasted three noodle soup dishes at a sidewalk shop.

An assessment of public transport service capacity after 12 years of implementing the urban railway network plan reveals that the bus system still plays a dominant role.

A series of exhibitions honouring the cultural heritage values of Hanoi have been opened at the Hanoi Museum, as part of the events celebrating Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day on November 23.

Along with dengue virus types DEN-1 and DEN-2 in circulation, health professionals in Hanoi have recently detected another type of DEN-3 in blood samples of several infected cases throughout the city.