Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a meeting on planning projects and key projects.

The Prime Minister chaired a meeting of the Government Standing Committee to give opinions on the planning project of the Red River Landscape Axis and the Olympic Sports Urban Area. (Photo: Tran Hai)

The Red River Scenic Avenue Axis is one of the five strategic axes specifically shown in the Capital Master Plan. This project has a research scale of about 11,000 hectares, stretching over 40km along the Red River, passing through 16 communes and wards in the area inside Ring Road 4, affecting 40,000 people. The basic planning project has been oriented by Hanoi city with about 8 landscape parks, 12 thematic parks, with a total area of more than 3,000 hectares.

The project will contribute significantly to Hanoi achieving four major goals: Resolving traffic congestion; minimizing environmental pollution; urban beautification; and resolving flooding in the inner city. When completed, the project will also connect all bridges over the Red River.

Deputy Prime Ministers and leaders of ministries and branches attended the meeting. (Photo: Tran Hai)

Aiming to complete the project by 2030, Hanoi city proposed special mechanisms related to tasks of planning, investment, land, site clearance and resettlement...

For the Olympic Sports Urban Area, Hanoi has approved the planning task of two sub-areas C and D with a total area of more than 8,200 hectares.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh delivered his concluding remarks at the meeting. (Photo: Tran Hai)

Of which, subdivision C has an area of nearly 4,500 hectares, belonging to the administrative boundaries of Ngoc Hoi, Nam Phu, Hong Van, Chuong Duong, Thuong Phuc, and Thuong Tin communes; subdivision D has an area of more than 3,700 hectares, belonging to the administrative boundaries of Thanh Oai, Tam Hung, and Dan Hoa communes.

Both subdivisions are being studied and planned to have functions such as land for sports; residential land; mixed use; public services; schools; trees; technical infrastructure; relic and religious land; security land; national defense land; agricultural production...

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha speaks at the meeting. (Photo: Tran Hai)

Concluding the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stated that the Government Standing Committee agreed in principle with regard to these two projects; and requested Hanoi, together with relevant ministries, branches, the Government Party Committee, and the Government to ask for the Politburo's approval because these are major projects that contribute to building a "bright, green, clean, beautiful", modern, and internationally-standard capital.

Along with that, the Prime Minister suggested that any mechanisms and policies that the Hanoi Capital Law already has should not be re-stated in the submission to the Politburo; review, and propose any mechanisms and policies that do not yet exist, and clearly state the reasons; assign Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha and relevant ministries, branches, and Hanoi city to draft a clear submission to the Politburo; when the Politburo gives its opinion, the ministries, branches, and Hanoi city will implement it based on their functions, tasks, and powers.

The Prime Minister also noted that Hanoi should review the master plan and zoning in the spirit of building a civilized, "green, clean, beautiful" capital city of international stature; effectively exploiting water surface space, ground space, underground space, and outer space. The Prime Minister noted that Hanoi needs to make efforts to start these two projects on December 19, 2025 to create momentum, force, and spirit to enter a new era.

Leaders of ministries, branches and agencies attended the meeting. (Photo: Tran Hai)

* Next, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a meeting of the Government Party Committee Standing Committee to listen to reports on the situation, review progress and promote and urge the preparation work for the timely and effective implementation of the North-South High-Speed Railway Project in accordance with regulations of competent authorities; at the same time, discuss and give opinions on the draft Resolution of the National Assembly that the Government is developing on a number of specific and special mechanisms and policies applicable to the project to immediately resolve urgent issues, difficulties and inadequacies arising from practice related to financial, credit, tax issues...

Ha Thanh Giang

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