Hanoi (VNA) – The following are the top 10events that shaped the development of the capital city of Hanoi as announced bythe municipal Party Committee on December 27.

1. NA adopts resolution on pilotingurban administration model in Hanoi

The 14th National Assembly passed a Resolution on piloting an urbanadministration model in Hanoi at its eight session on November 27. Thisprovides an important basis for the capital city to improve operationefficiency of its political system, streamline payroll, arrange apparatus, andimprove state management in 177 wards across the city.

2.Party and political system building work bear fruits

In 2019, the municipal Party Organisation continued its efforts to promote the Partybuilding work in a comprehensive manner, channeled focus on building a strongand pure political system, and paid due attention to the studying and followingof President Ho Chi Minh’s thought, morality and lifestyle.

The city drastically carried out Directive No. 15-CT/TU on strengthening theleadership of the party committees at all levels in the reception of citizensand the settlement of complaints and denunciations in the city, and ResolutionNo.15-NQ/TU on building strong and pure party committees and ensuring socialorder in all communes, wards and towns.

Besides re-arranging and streamlining the political apparatus, the city alsopromoted the role of the Fatherland Front and socio-political organisations soas to build the great all-people solidarity bloc and develop a prosperous city.

3.Hanoi witnesses robust economic growth, takes lead in FDI attraction

Hanoi’sgross regional domestic product (GRDP) is estimated to reach a four-year highgrowth rate of 7.62 percent in 2019.

Thanks to the city’s efforts to improve its business and investment climate, moreinvestors have shown their interest to land investment in the city. Hanoi lured8.05 billion USD in foreign investment in 2019, the highest amount after 30years of reform and integration. It has led the nation in terms of FDIattraction for the second year in a row.

This year, the city welcomed over 28.9 million visitors, up 10.1 percent yearon year, of which around 7 million are foreign visitors. Total tourism revenuein the year was estimated to surge 34 percent to 103.81 trillion VND (4.49billion USD).

4. Hanoi obtains significant resultsafter ten years building new style rural areas

After ten years of implementation, the National Target Programme on New StyleRural Areas and the Party Committee’s Programme No.02-Ctr/TU on developingagriculture, building new-style rural area and improving local livelihoods haveshown positive results. To date, the city has six districts and 356 communes(or 92 percent of the total communes) recognised as new-style rural areas,particularly there are three communes achieving advanced criteria. Actually,the programmes have cast a new look to the rural areas while improvinglivelihoods in the city.

5. Externalaffairs are promoted

Along with boosting cooperative relations with cities and provinces across thecountry, Hanoi has enjoyed sound relations with its foreign partners, with morethan ten international agreements signed. Besides, the city welcomed 204foreign delegations and leaders of large corporations in the world.

Particularly, the city worked closely with competent ministries, sectors and agenciesto successfully host the second DPRK-USA Summit on February 27 and 28, leavinglasting impression on international friends.

6.Hanoi named member of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network

Hanoi, together with 65 cities in the world, was designated as part of theUNESCO Cities Network on October 30. The move is expected to create favourableconditions for Hanoi to position its brands as well as affirm its stature asthe creative capital of Vietnam in the Southeast Asian region and the world.  

The event particularly took place on the occasion that the city celebrated the20th anniversary of its recognition as “City for Peace” by theUNESCO (July 16).

7.Hanoi achieves outstanding results in social welfare

Thanks to the municipal People’s Council’s ResolutionNo.04/2019/NQ-HDND dated July 8, 2019 on specific policies on stabilisinglivelihoods of the poor, in 2019, nearly 15,400 households escaped frompoverty, or 433.5 percent of the yearly plan. By the end of this year, the city’spoverty rate is expected to drop to 0.42 percent, and there is no impoverishedfamilies in the city’s nine districts in accordance with the nation’smultidimensional poverty scale.

8.Hanoi’s education sector develops comprehensively

Hanoicontinues to affirm its leading position in the country in terms of educationquality. In the national competitions for excellent students, the city had 14first prizes, 42 second prizes, 56 third prizes and 38 consolidation prizes. Atinternational contests, local students won 78 gold medals, 84 silver medals, 95bronze medals and 30 consolidation prizes.

In 2019, Hanoi has for the first time successfully hosted the InternationalMathematics and Science Olympiad for Primary School, drawing the participationof 1,700 people from 24 countries and territories worldwide.

9. Localathletes greatly contribute to Vietnam’s success at SEA Games 30

The Vietnamese delegation bagged 98 gold, 85 silver and105 bronze medals at the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 30)in the Philippines. Of the total amount, Hanoi athletes contributed 34 gold, 27silver and 25 bronze medals.

10.Hanoi ensures political security, social order

Thecapital city has witnessed positive changes in traffic safety and urban order.Hanoi worked hard to enhance fire prevention, search and rescue work, preventterrorism activities, and ensure safety for important political events./.