Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung stressed that it is necessary to create unanimity, and called for joint efforts from the community to achieve the set goal. Hanoi has reaped great successes in socio-economic development the country’s Renewal (Doi Moi) Process, becoming one of the leading cities of the nation.He underlined the need to renovate the working style of public offices and improve order at public places, noting that 2016 is the third year the city makes urban order and civilisation the focus of its working agenda.
Hanoi has paid special attention to urban development and management, mobilising all resources to invest in building modern technical and social infrastructure. Some major projects in this field can be named, such as the T2 terminal of the Noi Bai International Airport, the elevated ring road No.3, the Nhat Tan-Noi Bai highway, the extended National Highway No.5, key bridges across the Red River including Nhat Tan and Vinh Tuy, and seven flyovers inside the city to ease traffic jams.
Work has also started on the construction of two urban railway routes – the Ha Dong-Cat Linh line and the Nhon-Hanoi line and Railway Station, while surveying is underway for the Nam Thang Long-Tran Hung Dao route. Many new urban areas and trading centres have sprouted across the city.
At the same time, Hanoi has made strides in socio-cultural development, remarkably improving the cultural and spiritual lives of people of all walks of life. Hanoi leads the country in terms of the human development index, and in the scale and quality of education and training. The city has always maintained security and political stability as well as social order, ensuring a safe environment for its residents and visitors. In recent years, the municipal authorities launched numerous movements in a bid to remove negative practices and habits in the community - towards becoming a prosperous, smart and civilised city.
Accordingly, the city will synchronously develop and modernise infrastructure in both urban and rural areas, continue to push administrative reform, improve the investment climate and quality of investments, raise production and trade efficiency, and better the quality of human resources.
Hanoians will continue to lead elegant, civilised lives and develop comprehensively in a bid to meet the new period’s requirements. The National Assembly’s approval of the Law on the Capital City has created favourable conditions for Hanoi’s specific mechanisms and policies, thus facilitating management and administration that will turn Hanoi into a civilised, modern city.
In the 2011 – 2015 period, the city completed planning for branches and sectors as well as administrative planning in districts, towns and satellite urban areas, moving toward rapid, sustainable development. In conclusion, the city leader confirmed that the resolve of the entire municipal Party, army and people will serve as great momentum to turn Hanoi into a more wealthy, civilised, modern capital city.
