Hà Nội asked to promote night-time economic development

The Politburo's Conclusion No. 80-KL/TU on the planning of Hà Nội in the 2021-30 period with a vision to 2050 underlines the need to develop typical night-time economic models of each area in the city, building the capital city’s night-time trademark.

Turning Hà Nội into a safe, bustling, attractive and unique destination with night-time economic trademark has been highlighted in a new Politburo's Conclusion issued late last week.

The Politburo's Conclusion No. 80-KL/TU on the planning of Hà Nội in the 2021-30 period with a vision to 2050 underlines the need to develop typical night-time economic models of each area in the city, building the capital city’s night-time trademark, and affirming Hà Nội’s competitiveness compared to other regional and international destinations.

It points to the need to make full use of Hà Nội’s advantages in lakes and rivers, especially the West Lake, Red River, Đuống River, and Tô Lịch River, while defining the development reserve areas for future generations.

The Politburo asked the city to arrange and allocate suitable spaces for the development of cultural industries and entertainment industries, turning tourism into a spearhead economic sector, with priority given to preserving, exploiting and promoting major cultural spaces such as Thăng Long Imperial Citadel connecting with Ba Đình district, the Old Quarter linked with Long Biên district, Cổ Loa relic complex, Đường ancient village, and a number of traditional craft villages. At the same time, it is also necessary to construct new, modern, unique, and typical cultural works symbolising the city in the new era.

In the conclusion, the Politburo highlighted the need for Hà Nội to build a plan to develop the areas along the Red River banks, thus making the river the development hub of the city with the harmonious distribution of ecological spaces, cultural spaces, historical spaces, green spaces, and modern urban spaces on both sides of the river, contributing to creating a new look of the time-honored, civilised and modern capital. The Red River development space is expected to become a "new development symbol" of the city, it said.

Alongside, the Politburo also asked the city to research and supplement its planning and orienting planning decisions, thereby effectively using the land fund along the banks of Red and Đuống Rivers to serve the socio-economic development of the city, especially the tourism and service sector.