Ha Noi has taken a bold and decisive step by merging its 2021-2030 plan, with a vision to 2050, with the revised master plan to 2045, with a vision to 2065, into a single, comprehensive, long-term strategy.

Việt Nam has assigned HCM City the country’s largest social housing target through 2030, tasking the southern metropolis with building more than 181,000 subsidised homes as the government steps up efforts to ease housing shortages and support low-income workers.

Việt Nam has issued a sweeping new regulation tightening exhaust emissions standards for more than 70 million motorbikes and mopeds nationwide, marking a major step to curb pollution from personal transport and improve urban air quality.

HCM City is turning vacant lands into temporary flower parks for Tết (Lunar New Year) in mid-February.

The Government has assigned social housing development targets to each locality to realise the goal of completing at least one million apartments for low-income people and industrial zone workers by 2030.

The Ministry of Construction has ordered the Mỹ Thuận Project Management Board and contractors to urgently accelerate work on unfinished sections of the Cần Thơ-Cà Mau expressway, warning that continued delays could jeopardise traffic safety and disrupt operations on the key Mekong Delta transport corridor.

According to HCM City’s department of construction, three social housing construction projects are expected to launch this January to build 5,568 total housing units.

Amid rapid urbanisation and mounting population pressures, Ha Noi is facing numerous challenges, including traffic congestion, flooding, environmental pollution, infrastructure overload, and issues related to public security and order. These problems not only affect quality of life but also hinder the sustainable development of the capital.

In the face of increasingly severe environmental pollution, green urban development not only reflects businesses’ responsibility in minimising negative impacts on the environment, but also meets residents’ growing demand for an all-round improvement in quality of life.

VNĐ3.66 trillion (US$146 million) will be invested into the expansion of Hà Nội-Bắc Giang Expressway this year.