The project “Urban embellishment” of the People’s Committee of Truc Bach ward has been “socialized”, attracting a large number of people to contribute and jointly implement. Facing this situation, the People’s Committee of Truc Bach ward has planned to implement a project to improve the environment of this lakeside road (section from Ngu Xa 1 bridge to Ngu Xa 2 bridge). The project implementation route has a length of 200m, one side is Truc Bach flower garden, the other side is a row of houses of 28 households. With the motto “Building to fight”, in the spirit of “The State and the people work together”, most of the funding for the project has been “socialized”, attracting a large number of people to participate in the project. contribute and join hands to implement. Hoang Duc Long (80 years old, living in Ngu Xa Street, Truc Bach Ward) said, after 24 years living here, for the first time his family and households here feel get fresh air; No more garbage piled up, no more fish dying in the water. Mr. Long’s house and other households are put on a new “clothing”, the yard in front of the house is planted with trees and carefully installed with a fence system. 28 houses of households along Truc Bach ditch are put on “new clothes” from the project. Ms. Nguyen Thi Minh Trang added that the most impressive thing is in the evening, when the sunset gradually fades, it is also when 200 lanterns light up. From the lakeside route to the flower garden campus, it becomes shimmering and fanciful by the color of lanterns. Mixed with the lantern light are frescoes reproducing the old town space, ancient beauty and culture of the old Hanoians. Nguyen Dan Huy, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Truc Bach Ward, affirmed that, in the context of the complicated development of the COVID-19 epidemic, as soon as the project was completed, many residents and tourists also came to “check-in”. but local officials have propagated and reminded people not to gather in large numbers. When the city controls the epidemic better, this place will become one of Hanoi’s tourist attractions. Although the scale of the project is still small, this is a very important premise so that many models can be replicated in the ward in the near future. Earlier on the evening of June 8, the People’s Committee of Truc Bach ward also held a ceremony to attach the sign “Urban embellishment work” for this project. Because of the COVID-19 epidemic, the ceremony’s activities took place quickly, avoiding large gatherings, and strictly following epidemic prevention rules. Video and photo series of News reporters recording the success of the project “Urban embellishment” of Truc Bach ward, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi: 200 brilliant lanterns beside Truc Bach canal. Image of large format propaganda poster “Protecting the environment and repelling plastic waste”. The flower garden is also attached with lanterns on the trunk to create a clean and beautiful environment. Many large frescoes are decorated along the wall of the route along Truc Bach lake. Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, this area is currently limited to gathering people. In the future, this place will be a tourist attraction. Mixed with the lantern light are frescoes reproducing the old town space, ancient beauty and culture of the old Hanoians. At the end of March 2021, the project “Urban embellishment” of Truc Bach ward was implemented. This project is “socialized”, attracting a large number of people to participate in funding support and jointly implement it. Previously, this place was flooded with garbage, but now the living environment has improved. People have more entertainment spots, and the quality of life is improved. Many large-format billboards propagate people to protect the environment. On June 8, the People’s Committee of Truc Bach ward held a ceremony to sign the project “Urban embellishment”.

Around 9:00 am on April 30, a lot of people flocked to Hanoi Zoo (Ba Dinh district) for fun and entertainment. The ticket booth area is always in a state of overload due to the overwhelming number of visitors. All visitors must wear masks and wash their hands with antiseptic to prevent and prevent epidemics. Mr. Nguyen Thanh Dat (Soc Son district) shared: “Taking advantage of the holidays, my family went to the zoo to visit. This is a healthy place to play, helping my children to better understand the animal world ”. “Before going, I told the children to wear masks during the tour to ensure safety for themselves and those around them”, Mr. Dat added. The roller coaster game area … … And the water balloon attracts a lot of children. Physical training games at Nghia Do Park (Cau Giay district) are also an ideal destination for many families. Mr. Pham Van Hoan (Cau Giay District) said: “Disease, my family decided to have fun at a place near my home. My grandchildren love it when participating in the physical training games here ”. “During the fun process, in addition to strictly implementing the mask, my family also actively separates from everyone around”, said Mr. Hoan. The children enjoy the cyclo ride around the park. In addition, Vincom Trade Center (Hai Ba Trung District) also attracts a large number of people to have fun, eat and shop. The area where video games are played are interested by many children and their families. Mr. Dang Quoc Thai (Hai Ba Trung District) said: “Hot weather, my family decided to go to the shopping mall and have fun. Because this place is convenient for our shopping and dining ”. Customers wait in line at a grocery store in the mall.

A series of old apartments in Ba Dinh district (Hanoi) will be planned in the direction of increasing height. Photo: PV Reduce population density Hanoi City has just announced 6 urban subdivision planning projects: H1-1A, H1-1B, H1-1C, H1-2, H1-3, H1-4, the rate of 1 / 2,000 in Hoan districts. Kiem, Ba Dinh, Dong Da and Hai Ba Trung; The main requirement is to control population in 4 counties. The projects aim to reduce the population from 1.2 million people (2009) to 672,000 people. Notably, in the urban subdivision planning project H1-2 in the administrative boundary of Ba Dinh district, the renovation of old apartment buildings and apartments will reduce the construction density, increase the height, and to prioritize the addition of urban infrastructure systems, public works, green spaces, and improve the environment. Urban space is established mainly as low-rise buildings. High-rise buildings in accordance with architectural management regulations along belt roads, radial roads, urban reconstruction areas, urban highlight areas such as: around Giang Vo lake, digital land 29 Lieu Giai, 148 Giang Vo, the areas around the urban railway station … Architect Dao Ngoc Nghiem – Vice Chairman of Vietnam Urban Planning Association said, in the zoning plans and management regulations has identified existence and change. If we had stretched people in the past to only solve the housing problem, this time there was improvement in space. Specifically, in the past, Hanoi was just a city with one central pole, now Hanoi is a cluster of cities, including satellite towns. Currently, the city only focuses on Hoa Lac urban development. If the remaining urban areas are developed further, the land potential will be solved. When there is an ecological and favorable environment for people, they will naturally become attached to a new place. Mr. Nguyen Do Dung (General Director of EnCity Consulting Company – the unit that won the first prize for the planning idea of ​​Thu Duc City) commented: “One bright spot of the project is clearly defining development priorities. In spite of the general policy of population control and restriction of tall buildings, the project does not “take it easy” but encourages high-density development along major roads and near urban railway stations. . This is very reasonable because we still need to renovate the urban area and effectively exploit the newly invested transport infrastructure ”. It is necessary to realize and manage well the plan Mr. Nguyen Do Dung said that high-rise buildings are not synonymous with high population density because they depend on construction density and the distribution of land use functions. The advantage of high-rise buildings is that it is easy to arrange green spaces and community facilities because the construction density is not more than 50% of the land fund. Meanwhile, the tube house model often occupies 80% – 100% of the land fund, so there is no room for green space. “Limiting high-rise buildings is only a situational solution when we do not have an effective mechanism to convert a huge number of low-rise houses into high-rise buildings,” Dung said. Commenting on the population relaxation progress, Mr. Nguyen Do Dung proposed, the city should have a more complete tax regime for real estate like in developed countries. The city can benefit from the rise in real estate prices due to public investment (opening roads, building parks) and having the resources to accelerate the acquisition of land for infrastructure construction. For public offices and facilities, many of which are under the management of central agencies, have to be relocated outside of the historic inner city, there is a need for regulations to allow partial conversion of land funds to do public works for the city instead of converting the entire land bank for other purposes such as commercial or residential, leading to population growth and continued pressure on infrastructure. Architect Tran Huy Anh (Hanoi Architects Association) emphasizes the element of resources to realize the project. The same planning is the completion of a system of regulations from management, ownership to technical regulations for this type of work. That is the basic resource for synchronous development, avoiding the situation of planning hanging. Another concern is that the local planning adjustment is quite arbitrary. Originally planned 20 floors, but after a few adjustments to “create a highlight”, it can be up to 30, even 40-50 floors. So does increasing a building increase the already painful traffic pressure? Architect Anh said that this not only depends on the quality of the initial planning, but also greatly depends on the ability to realize the plan and manage the plan. In fact, in Hanoi, there have been many high-rise projects that have sprung up causing traffic congestion, but it is still described as “fully meeting the planning targets”. The reason is that a series of roads and infrastructure are drawn beautifully, but mostly on paper. Meanwhile, the high-rise projects continue to be approved by the city in the direction of “appropriate planning”.