Quang An Street in Tay Ho district, Hanoi, has been listed among the 30 coolest streets in the world by the British travel magazine Time Out.

Air travel data provider OAG has released its rankings of the 10 busiest domestic air routes in the world during 2023. The Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City route secured fourth position, serving more than 10.88 million passengers, behind three routes in the Republic of Korea and Japan.

Hanoi has maintained its position as the leading destination in Vietnam for foreign direct investment (FDI), bringing in nearly 2.53 billion USD in registered capital during the first nine months of 2023 and representing nearly 12.5% of the country’s total.

Hanoi has been voted among the world’s top 20 food destinations in 2023 by Tripadvisor readers.

Hanoi has made a huge jump in improving the quality of public administration by making it for the first time into the top 10 localities in the 2021 Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI)

For many years, pedestrian streets have been considered a unique tourism product of the capital city.

The Hanoi Medical University has started the first phase of clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine ARCT-154 with the participation of 100 volunteers.

Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Phu Quoc have made it onto the global list of 100 greatest places to explore on Earth as voted by Time magazine.

Hanoi sets a target of jumping five steps in the Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) rankings every year.

Hanoi’s forest area totalled 18,847.48ha as of December 31, 2020

The capital city has recorded economic expansion of 3.94 percent this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is expecting to regain momentum to secure growth of around 7.5 percent in 2021.

Hanoi is among major economic hubs of Vietnam.

Hanoi has honoured ten exemplary citizens of the capital city in 2020, praise good persons, good deeds and outstanding entrepreneurs.

The Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade has planned four scenarios to ensure sufficient supply of goods for people in quarantine zones amid epidemic outbreak.

Hanoi University of Science and Technology moves up 100 places compared to its ranking last year while Can Tho University enters the QS ranking among Agriculture and Forestry schools, the only Vietnamese entry in the list.

A project of planting flowers and hanging house number signs is successfully carried out in many rural areas in Hanoi.