What’s planned for Hanoi
The government’s own plan drawings, placed on the map, with what is being built now. Tap anywhere on a plan to read it.
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Checked 29 Oct 2026Read about each plan
Guide
What each plan means
Everything on the map above, written out: what each plan is, how far along it is, and where we read it. Tick a layer in the bar under the map to show it, or tap a plan to read about it there.
How to read this map
These are the government’s own drawings and announcements, placed on the map by us. A draft is shown for comment and can change before it is approved. Where a place is approximate, we say so.
This is not planning or legal advice. Before you buy, or sign a long lease beside one of these plans, check the official plan for that address with the city. Facts checked 29 Oct 2026.
Red River riverside Draft
About 40 km of riverbank, from Hồng Hà bridge to Mễ Sở bridge, on both banks. Buildings up to 30 to 45 storeys.
Shown for comment from 7 to 26 Sep 2026. On 30 Sep 2026 the city cancelled the brief the draft was drawn under, and the plan is being redone, so the final version may differ. Nothing in it is approved.
- North stretch, Hồng Hà bridge to Thăng Long bridge: 3,436 ha, planned for 160,000 people. Kept mostly natural: parks, sport and green space, with some new homes and services by Thượng Cát and Liên Mạc.
- Central stretch, Thăng Long bridge to Thanh Trì bridge: 4,548 ha, planned for 541,000 people. The centre of the plan, called the city’s “living room”: culture, shops, finance and new homes on both banks, linking West Lake to Cổ Loa.
- South stretch, Thanh Trì bridge to Mễ Sở bridge: 3,435 ha, planned for 499,000 people. Trade, services, river ports and farm-and-eco tourism, with the craft villages such as Bát Tràng kept.
Sources: Hanoi Urban Planning Institute, draft Red River plan shown for comment, Sep 2026; CafeF, 5 Oct 2026: the brief for the Red River plan cancelled.
Hoàn Kiếm and West Lake upgrades
Hoàn Kiếm Lake area Draft
A draft change to the plan for the lake and the streets round it: bigger squares, a new city hall, a museum quarter and walking streets. It covers 65.89 ha round the lake and was shown for comment in September 2026. Boundary drawn from the streets the draft names, so it is approximate.
- 1. Bigger square and a gateway. Đông Kinh Nghĩa Thục Square, at the north end of the lake, would be enlarged, with a gateway closing the Old Quarter axis.
- 2. New city hall and squares. The city government block would be rebuilt as a 9-storey building with 4 basements; squares and parks round Lý Thái Tổ garden and the Post Office; underground space linked to metro Line 2 station C9.
- 3. Museum quarter and a finance tower. The National History Museum and the old Revolution Museum would become one complex, with a new International Finance Tower on the old museum site.
- 4. Walking street and a hotel. Nhà Thờ street would run on to the lake as a walking street; a high-end hotel on the Hà Nội Mới newspaper and 2 Tràng Thi sites.
West Lake and its shore Being built
The road round the lake is being rebuilt, 13.5 km, without taking homes. Works started in September 2026; the Quảng An stretch is due in 2027. The city’s 100-year plan (May 2026) marks West Lake and its surroundings to be upgraded; no boundary or timetable for that has been published.
Sources: VietnamPlus, 7 Sep 2026: the Hoàn Kiếm Lake area draft shown for comment; Znews: the 13.5 km West Lake shore road; Hanoi master plan, Decision 2512/QĐ-UBND, 13 May 2026.
Old apartments to be rebuilt
Eight estates Starting 2026
Eight old estates the city says will start being rebuilt in the second half of 2026. Seven are on the map; the eighth, in Hà Đông, has no published site yet.
- Giảng Võ estate
- Ngọc Khánh estate
- Thành Công estate
- 23 Hàng Tre and 162 Trần Quang Khải
- 15C Trần Khánh Dư
- Trương Định estate and nearby homes
- Thanh Xuân Bắc estate
Four more Plan agreed
Four more where the city has agreed the detailed plan to pull down and rebuild, with no start date yet.
- Kim Liên estate
- Trung Tự estate
- Khương Thượng estate
- Hào Nam estate
Source: Tiền Phong, 26 Jul 2026: the old apartment estates to be rebuilt.
New metro lines and bridges Being built
- Metro Line 2, Nội Bài airport to Thượng Đình, through Trần Hưng Đạo. Work started on 22 June 2026, with four other lines. The city aims to open it in 2030.
- Metro Line 3, underground, Kim Mã to Hanoi station. Extends the Line 3 trains already running from Nhổn. Opening is planned for December 2027.
- Metro Line 5, Văn Cao to Hòa Lạc. Văn Cao street is fenced off for the underground Quần Ngựa station until April 2027. No opening date has been announced.
- Metro Line 10, Cổ Loa, Mỹ Đình and Times City. Work started on 22 June 2026, with four other lines. The city aims to open it in 2030.
- Metro Line 14, Thăng Long bridge to Ocean Park, through Hồng Hà. Work started on 22 June 2026, with four other lines. The city aims to open it in 2030.
- Tứ Liên bridge, Nghi Tàm, in Tây Hồ, to Đông Anh. A new Red River bridge from the east side of West Lake. Work started in May 2025. Due Oct 2027.
- Trần Hưng Đạo bridge, Trần Hưng Đạo street to Long Biên. Work started in October 2025. The target is the second quarter of 2027. Due mid-2027.
On the map, grey lines are metro already running. Sources: VietNamNet, 6 Oct 2026: five metro lines started at once, aiming for 2030; Mekong ASEAN: Line 3 underground section; Đại Đoàn Kết: Văn Cao street fenced off for Line 5; Hànộimới: Tứ Liên bridge; Đại biểu Nhân dân: Trần Hưng Đạo bridge.
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