Waste in Hà Nội from lockdown areas to be treated as potentially-infectious waste

Hà Nội authority has paid more attention to the work of collection, transportation and treatment of household waste in the city, especially in residential areas where COVID-19 patients or people suspected of being infected with SARS-CoV-2 reside.

Official dispatch calls for stronger COVID-19 prevention and control measures The permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat has called for stronger efforts in the country's fight against the fourth wave of COVID-19 infections. 

Plastic waste recycling needs improvement to prevent pollution

Nguyễn Thị Hưởng, Head of the Hà Nội Sub-department of Natural Resources and Environment's Environment Assessment talks to the Tài nguyên & Môi trường (Natural Resources and Environment) online newspaper on how to make traditional plastic waste recycling craft villages become cleaner and greener.

Hà Nội to rebuild 30 old apartment buildings  Nineteen investors have been appointed by the Hà Nội People’s Committee to conduct research and draw up plans to renovate and rebuild 30 old apartment buildings in the city.

F1 CEO impressed with Mỹ Đình racetrack preparations Chase Carey, President and CEO of the Formula One Group, visited the Mỹ Đình racetrack in Hà Nội on Monday. He was impressed with the city’s preparations in collaboration with the Việt Nam Grand Prix Company for the F1 event in Hà Nội next year.

Six-lane expressway will be operational soon

The project to broaden Pháp Vân-Cầu Giẽ Expressway – the southern gateway to Hà Nội – from four to six lanes has nearly been completed and will be operational in a few weeks.

Hà Nội proposes to evacuate 2,200 households

Hà Nội authorities have proposed evacuating more than 2,200 households along the banks of the Red River in its adjusted plan on flood prevention to Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Deputy PM urges e-Gov’t acceleration

Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hoà Bình has urged ministries, sectors and localities to finish the build-up and promulgation of the e-Government architecture framework at ministerial and provincial levels before September this year, as Việt Nam is determined to accelerate the formation of the e-Government.

New life for old tunnel

Old archway tunnels that were built long ago as part of a transport route in Hà Nội had to be closed up many years ago. Now, many of the old archway tunnels will be opened up to be used to display art and other things.

Hà Nội’s vaults to get new lease of life

The Hà Nội authority has recently decided to give Gầm Cầu Street in Hà Nội’s Old Quarter a makeover by reconverting more than 100 vaults into galleries, exhibition space, handicrafts shops and cafés; something that could be the Viaduc des Arts of Việt Nam.