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In an effort to supervise and evaluate investment in Hanoi in 2018 and the coming years, the Municipal People’s Committee requests city’s departments and agencies to strictly implement the following tasks: Supervise and assess investment in the fields under their management according to Resolution No.   Hanoi requests units to supervise and assess investment in Hanoi in 2018 … [Read more...] about Hanoi encourages investment supervision and assessment

Meanwhile, fireworks will brighten the skies at a lower height in the remaining 22 venues throughout Hanoi’s urban and rural districts. Each pyrotechnic show is expected to last for 15 minutes, with the largest shows displaying 600 fireworks set to take place at Hoan Kiem Lake and My Dinh National Sports Complex. In addition to dazzling fireworks, revelers will also be treated to song-and-dance performances at the viewing areas, according to the capital city’s culture department. Following Hanoi's lead, Ho Chi Minh City will bring back fireworks for Lunar New Year. A Ho Chi Minh City-based travel company has been allowed to hold fireworks displays to celebrate the Lunar New Year at a local theme park. Three other low-range pyrotechnic performances will light up Dam Sen Theme Park (District 11), Cu Chi Tunnel (Cu Chi district), and Sac Forest (Can Gio district) on the midnight of February 15, 2018, the Eve of the Lunar New Year, according to Ho Chi Minh City People’s … [Read more...] about Hanoi plans 31 fireworks displays to celebrate Lunar New Year

The capital plans to host various culture programmes and fireworks displays to ring in the Lunar New Year. To ensure traffic order and safety, local authorities will ban vehicles around the surrounding areas of Hoan Kiem lake from 7:30 pm on February 15 to 1:00 am on February 16.   The pedestrian streets are popular destinations for Hanoians and tourists … [Read more...] about Ho Guom pedestrian street not be opened during Tet Holiday

Communal houses used to play a very important role in the Thang Long’s community. Statistics shows that currently, the Old Quarter still has more than 60 communal houses out of an existing  total of   over  100 religious structures. The main function of the communal houses in the Old Quarter is to worship the tutelary god - the guardian of the people in the area. In addition, many of the communal houses were set up to honor the guild founders who left their home villages in four regions surrounding the capital to establish their businesses here. Kim Ngan communal house worshiping founder of the goldsmith guild. … [Read more...] about Fourteen communal houses worshipping guild founders in the Old Quarter

Numerous investors had expressed keen interest in taking part in Hanoi railway projects since they were announced in 2016. In July 2017, the city announced a list of seven investors that had  registered to implement urban railway projects in the city. Five domestic investors and two foreign ones registered, including Vingroup, Xuan Thanh, Lung Lo 5, Tan Hoang Minh, Mosmetrotroy (Russia), and joint venture of Licogi – MIK and Lotte (South Korea). However, until now, only Vingroup and T&T Group have submitted detailed implementation proposals. Specifically, Vingroup proposed to invest in two routes, No. 5, from Van Cao to Hoa Lac (38.4km) and No. 2 from Tran Hung Dao Street to Thuong Dinh (5.9km). Meanwhile, the T&T Group plans to takes charge of the No. 4 route connecting Me Linh, Sai Dong and Lien Ha (54km). All projects are to be implemented under the Build-and-Transfer (BT) investment model. Both firms committed to raise the capital for pre-feasibility and … [Read more...] about Vingroup and T&T Group offer to fund Hanoi metro lines’ studies