On the morning of October 16th, at the National Convention Center ( Hanoi ), the 18th Congress of the Hanoi City Party Committee, for the 2025-2030 term, officially opened, with the participation of 550 exemplary delegates representing nearly half a million party members from 136 party committees under the City Party Committee.
General Secretary To Lam attended and delivered a speech at the Congress.
Towards a "Civilized, Modern, and Sustainable Capital City"
In his address to the Congress, General Secretary To Lam expressed his pleasure at attending the 18th Congress of the Hanoi City Party Committee, a political event of special significance for the capital and the entire country.
On behalf of the Central Committee of the Party, the Politburo, the Secretariat, the General Secretary warmly welcomes and wishes good health to the veteran revolutionaries, Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, Heroes of the Armed Forces, Labor Heroes, distinguished guests, and the 550 delegates attending the congress, outstanding Party members representing nearly half a million Party members of the Hanoi City Party Committee.
The General Secretary reiterated the beloved President Ho Chi Minh's instructions: "The whole country looks to our capital. The world looks to our capital. All of us must strive to maintain order and security, making our capital a peaceful, beautiful, and healthy capital, both materially and spiritually"; "The Hanoi Party Committee must set an example for other Party Committees." The General Secretary emphasized that these instructions are both an honor and a great responsibility for Hanoi. This Congress is an opportunity for comrades to reflect on themselves, set the right goals, create a new momentum, new determination, and new driving force for the development of the capital in the new era of the nation, and fulfill Uncle Ho's aspirations for Hanoi.
The General Secretary was pleased to see that the appearance of the capital city has continuously developed towards a modern, smart, green, and sustainable direction, with many key projects completed and put into use. Highly appreciating and commending the achievements of the Party Committee, Government, and people of the capital city during the past term, the General Secretary agreed with the assessment of limitations and weaknesses mentioned in the political report and suggested that the Congress should continue to deeply analyze the causes of these shortcomings and limitations in order to develop policies to resolve them definitively.
The General Secretary pointed out that our country and our capital city are entering a new era of national development with intertwined opportunities, advantages, difficulties, and challenges. The Party Committee, government, and people of Hanoi need to deeply understand the particularly important position and role of the capital city in the country; fully recognize the attention and support provided by the Central Government to the capital city; and clearly see Hanoi's immense responsibility in fulfilling the wishes and expectations of the people of the whole country and the people of the capital city.
For Hanoi to enter a new phase of development, a comprehensive and systematic vision is required, where ideology, institutions, space, economy, and people blend into a sustainable development whole. The General Secretary requested the building of a clean, strong, exemplary, and responsible Party organization and political system. This is the first breakthrough axis, determining all success. The Hanoi Party organization must be truly exemplary, a shining example of political acumen, revolutionary ethics, leadership capacity, and fighting spirit. Every cadre and Party member must dare to think, dare to act, and dare to take responsibility for the common good; their words must match their actions; and they must serve the people.
The Hanoi Party Committee continues to seriously implement the Central Resolutions 4 of the 12th and 13th Party Congresses, in conjunction with Directive 05-CT/TW on studying and following the ideology, ethics, and style of Ho Chi Minh; resolutely preventing and combating corruption, negativity, and waste; upholding the spirit of self-criticism, solidarity, and unity throughout the Party Committee; consolidating the close relationship between the Party and the people; focusing on improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the two-level government, shifting strongly from a management mindset to a constructive and service-oriented mindset, implementing clear decentralization and delegation of power, accompanied by responsibility and control.
The General Secretary emphasized the need for a radical shift in thinking with a new spirit: "Hanoi has said it will do it - do it quickly, do it correctly, do it effectively, and do it to the end."
The General Secretary suggested that "Culture - Identity - Creativity" should be placed at the center of all development orientations for the Capital, considering it a powerful endogenous resource, the foundation for shaping Hanoi's character, intellect, and upward momentum, and the basis for the Capital to affirm its leading role, position, and influence on the nation in the new era.
“Hanoi must be built as a ‘City of Culture, Identity, and Creativity,’ aiming towards a ‘Civilized, Modern, and Sustainable Capital’ with contemporary wisdom and global stature: where culture is the root, the crystallization of national wisdom, nurturing faith, aspirations, and resilience, creating a unique appeal that no other city can replicate; identity is the foundation, the core competitive advantage, helping Hanoi not only preserve its historical soul but also create an attraction to lead creativity, develop a knowledge-based economy, and attract talent; creativity is the driving force for development, transforming heritage into living values, simultaneously preserving, developing, and expanding the city's stature, from planning, architecture, and art to education, science, and governance,” the General Secretary emphasized.
The General Secretary emphasized that the development strategy must synchronously integrate culture, space, economy, and people. Every policy, project, and investment must ensure the preservation of traditional values while shaping cultural spaces for future generations, and simultaneously fostering innovation; it must develop "creative pathways" linking the entire capital city, ensuring the flow of creative energy from heritage, knowledge, and technology, connecting cultural, academic, and innovation centers.
Based on this, the capital city will form "three creative poles": Heritage - the historical inner city center and the Red River waterfront area - Co Loa Citadel; Knowledge - the National University and training and research centers; and Technology - Hoa Lac High-Tech Park and other innovation zones. These will be the driving forces behind the capital's creativity, maximizing the value of history, knowledge, and technology, transforming Hanoi into a city that embodies the past, present, and future.
When Hanoi places Culture, Identity, and Creativity at the center of all its development orientations, the capital city not only affirms its leading position, guiding and spreading national strength, but also becomes a model city with character, intelligence, vitality, and sustainability, where the past, present, and future converge into a comprehensive force, forming the foundation for the country's development in the new era.
To become a city that spreads influence, connects and leads the region, and leads the nation.
The General Secretary suggested that Hanoi should create a completely new governance model, capable of coordinating, leading, and thoroughly resolving urgent issues, while also opening up a long-term, sustainable development vision.
The General Secretary stated that Hanoi – the capital city with a thousand years of history and culture, with approximately ten million inhabitants and its position as the national political center – is facing urban challenges accumulated from its historical development. He proposed that delegates attending the Congress discuss and agree to include in the Action Program for the 18th term the resolution of four long-standing problems in the capital: traffic congestion; urban order, cleanliness, beauty, civility, and hygiene; environmental pollution, water pollution, and air pollution; and finally, urban and suburban flooding.
To overcome these challenges, Hanoi cannot simply adapt to old ways but must create a completely new governance model: from management to creation; from overlapping and fragmented approaches to synchronized and integrated ones; from short-term to sustainable ones, with the stature of a modern capital city, capable of thoroughly addressing urgent issues while opening up new avenues for development; not only maintaining order but also creating the capacity for breakthroughs; not only managing the present but also proactively shaping the future.
The General Secretary emphasized the need to perfect the multi-polar, multi-center urban model, transforming each development pole into a true driving force center, closely connected by backbone infrastructure, strategic axes, and integrated linking corridors.
Developing Hanoi in the new phase requires a fundamental shift from a "monopolar, concentrated" model to a "multipolar, multi-centered" structure. It is no longer possible to continue compressing all administrative, economic, educational, medical, and cultural functions into the already overloaded historical inner city. Instead, urban space must be reorganized into dispersed poles, while still ensuring synchronous connectivity. Each urban area will have a specialized mission within the unified whole of the capital. Each pole will become a dynamic satellite, both functionally independent and closely linked to the entire capital and surrounding areas, helping Hanoi become a city that radiates influence, connects, and leads the region and the nation.
The General Secretary requested that Hanoi be developed into a center for science, technology, and innovation, a central driving force for regional and national development based on a knowledge-based economy. Hanoi must become a place for creating new policies, testing new technologies, training new talents, and generating new ideas for the nation. The capital city currently possesses all the most favorable conditions, along with Ho Chi Minh City, making it one of the two localities with the most advantages to assume the role of a national center for innovation and technology.
The General Secretary emphasized that the capital city must become a place where all citizens have the opportunity to learn, create, start businesses, and contribute; and at the same time, have a comprehensive welfare network, ensuring healthcare, education, social security, housing, employment, and cultural and artistic spaces for all social classes. Only when people are comprehensively developed can society truly be fair, creative, and happy.
Human development is the core of Hanoi's development. This includes not only improving capabilities, dignity, and quality of life, but also developing a culture of conduct and civic ethics. Hanoi needs to uphold the spirit of "elegance, compassion, and responsibility" in modern life, while simultaneously building a standard, clean, and people-oriented public service environment where all actions of officials and state agencies reflect responsibility and commitment to the people.
The General Secretary requested that Hanoi always remain a strong fortress in terms of politics, security, and social order. The city should proactively monitor the situation early and from afar; effectively prevent and combat crime, especially high-tech crime and organized crime; and enhance its capacity for disaster prevention, rescue, and adaptation to climate change. The sense of safety and peace of mind of residents and tourists should be the measure of the capital's peace.
Hanoi is strengthening its foreign relations, integration, and regional and international development cooperation, expanding its network of cooperation with major cities around the world, and actively participating in the network of "Green, Smart, and Creative Cities." Through this, it aims to enhance Hanoi's position as a leading political, cultural, educational, and economic center of Vietnam on the international stage.
With a spirit of breakthrough, innovation, creativity, democracy, discipline, unity, and responsibility, the General Secretary expressed confidence that the Party Committee, government, and people of Hanoi will certainly overcome all difficulties and challenges, strive to achieve even greater achievements, worthy of the stature and position of "Capital of a Thousand Years of Culture," "Heroic Capital," "City for Peace," and "Creative City"; confidently and steadily leading the way with the whole country into a new era, making a worthy contribution to the development of the country into a prosperous, happy, and powerful nation, standing shoulder to shoulder with the great powers of the world.
Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/tong-bi-thu-to-lam-ha-noi-phai-tro-thanh-noi-kien-tao-chinh-sach-moi-post1070665.vnp
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