This week, we highlight Hanoi’s push for cleaner air, smarter urban development, deeper international partnerships, job creation, housing expansion and cultural initiatives shaping the capital’s sustainable growth and global integration.
This week, we highlight Hanoi’s deeper ties with Japan, ASEAN digital leadership, growth and green transport reforms, Tet social support, cultural diplomacy, and the city’s push to take local products to global markets.
This week on The Hanoi Times podcast, we spotlight Hanoi’s digital governance achievements, innovation drive, cultural heritage, food safety networks, tourism growth and festive community life shaping the capital at year’s end.
Hanoi sets 2026 as a breakthrough year for healthcare reform, accelerating digital transformation, restructuring hospital networks and tightening food safety management under Politburo Resolution 72.
26 Feb, 10:47 PM
The new innovation center is designed to connect policy, technology and talent, aiming to accelerate digital transformation, support startups and position the capital as a global testing hub for emerging technologies and creative industries.
26 Feb, 10:21 PM
Young innovators from Vietnam and across ASEAN presented practical climate solutions in Hanoi, highlighting grassroots initiatives tackling plastic waste, renewable energy and sustainable livelihoods.
26 Feb, 05:00 PM
The goal is to turn policies into outcomes under the principle of “less talk, more action, effective results to the end, all for the capital and its people.”
26 Feb, 04:15 PM
Home to more than 680 million people, many in vulnerable coastal and low-lying areas, ASEAN is on the front line of climate change, facing rising seas, fiercer storms, prolonged droughts and accelerating biodiversity loss that endanger the region’s economic resilience and social stability.
26 Feb, 07:15 AM
Hanoi has unveiled an ambitious five-year plan to reform governance, mobilize public assets and restructure state enterprises, aiming to turn the state economy into a powerful engine of sustainable growth.
25 Feb, 09:55 PM
Hanoi launches comprehensive action plans to implement Politburo Resolutions 71, 72, 79 and 80, prioritizing people-centered reforms in education, healthcare, culture and state economic development.
25 Feb, 05:17 PM
More young Vietnamese families choose travel over staying home during the Lunar New Year holiday, seeking fresh experiences while keeping core traditions intact.
24 Feb, 09:58 PM