Hanoi promises to accelerate affordable housing development
The Hanoi authorities have pledged to address the issues hindering the construction of affordable housing in industrial zones, with the aim of helping workers to settle down.
The Hanoi authorities have pledged to address the issues hindering the construction of affordable housing in industrial zones, with the aim of helping workers to settle down.
Priority will be given to key projects such as highways, high-speed rail, airports, seaports, and infrastructure for education, health and social services.
The new projects to expand land areas for public use this year have led to changes to land use plans in three urban districts.
Foreign investors continue to flock to the city, driven by a surge in capital expansion for key infrastructure projects.
The more than 400-km railway, which will start at the border railway junction in Lao Cai and end at the Lach Huyen Port in Haiphong, is expected to get technical assistance from China.
Hanoi's decision to double the administrative fines compared to the central government rates shows the proactive and strategic approach of a special municipality dealing with the dual pressures of development and land conservation.