Fifty eight years aft🏅er its liberation fromFrench occupation, Hanoihas now taken on a new face with bright pros𓃲pects, worthy of being the heart ofthe country.
The spirit and tradition of the CapitalLiberation Day (October 10, 1954-2012) have been nurtured over the past morethan half a century,ಌ giving Hanoimore vitality in its renewal path.
From a small and backward town with an areao🍸f around 130 sq.km and nearly 400,000 people, Hanoi has grown into a large and modern city coveringmore than 3,300 sq.km with a 6.5 million population.
After the success of the anti-Frenchresistance war that completely liberated Hanoi,the municipal Party Committee, authorities and people imm🥂ediately set out tore-build the capitalꦑ city.
Over the past decades, Hanoi has always maintained its leadingposition with a GDP growth rate 1.5 times higher than the country’s averagelevel and co♐ntributing more than 20 percent of the nationa💮l GDP.
After its administrative boundaries wereexpanded on August 1, 2008, Hanoinow has a new position. Under the Party Politburo’s resolution on the capitalcity’s development in the 2011-2020 period, Hanoi will serve as a political-administrativecent💜re of the country, a major centre of culture, science, education, economicsand international transactions, playing as a driving force for💝 the developmentof the Red River Delta, the northern key economic region and the whole country.
The recently-approved CapitalSocio-economic Development Master Plan by 2020 with a vision to 2030 and theCapital Construction Master Plan by 2030 with a vision to 2050 are consideredimportant premises for Hanoito enter a new stage – building and developing a mode♕rn capital city.
Besides its achievements, Hanoi has stillseen many weaknesses and limita♒tions such as uneven economic development; lowcompetitiveness; lack of key products; limited linkages and cooperation withother localities, ministries and centrally-run agencies; and poor urbanplanning, construction and management.
To overcome these challenges, the city hasbeen determined to speed up administrative reforms, reno𒆙vate personnel work andfocus resources on developing technical and social infrastructure, especially transport,water suꦬpply and drainage, and environmental pollution treatment systems.
Amid numerous difficulties andunpredictable changes in the domestic and global situation, Hanoi, with i🦹ts dynamic and methodical steps,has recorded great achievements in curbing inflation, stabilising the macroeconomy and ensuring social security.
Hot issues such as houses for low-incomeearners, traffic infrastructure improvement, delayed projects, shortage ofschools, and environmental pollution have been solved. Poverty ꧋reduction andsupport for policy beneficiaries have also seen satisfactory results.
Hanoi has helped an average 20,000 hou🅠seholds escape from poverty eachyear while eliminating dilapidated houses and building new homes for more than3,700 households with difficulties. The development gap between urban and 🎉ruralareas has been gradually narrowed.
Celebrating the 58th anniversaryof the Liberation Day and entering a new stage of development, Hanꦯoi isdetermined to creatively apply the Party’s resolutions and bring into full playits c♍ombined strengths, both materially and spiritually, in order to deserve tobe the heart of the nation.-VNA
