Hanoi Creative Design Festival 2026 is expected to take place from November 13 to 29 with the theme "Thang Long Ke Nghe", spanning many spaces from Hoan Kiem Lake, Old Quarter, Dong Xuan Market, Hang Dau Water Tower to Thong Nhat Park. More than just a cultural - artistic event, the festival is oriented to become a platform for testing urban creative models, promoting cultural industry, night economy, cultural tourism and gradually building a sustainable creative ecosystem for the Capital.

Annual voluntary blood donation program in 2026 organized by Herbalife Vietnam in Hanoi and City. Ho Chi Minh received 183 units of blood. The activity was maintained for the ninth consecutive year, contributing to supplementing blood sources for emergency and treatment work and spreading a sense of responsibility to the community.

Hanoi launched an emulation movement to promote the system of grassroots cultural and sports institutions in the period 2026-2030, aiming for the goal that by the end of 2030, 100% of communes and wards will have at least one effective model or method, creating real products, maintaining sustainability and being capable of replication. The effectiveness of each model will be evaluated on a 100-point scale, in which the level of institutional exploitation, community impact and people's satisfaction are important criteria.

The national concert "Proud to be Vietnamese" in 2026 with the theme "Connecting big arms" is expected to attract about 30,000 spectators at Thai Nguyen Stadium. All tickets to the program are distributed free of charge, while the number of tickets and method of receiving tickets will be announced by the Organizing Committee on the program's official Fanpage.

Hanoi deploys 10 practice models to bring elegant and civilized standards into each living, learning, working and community living environment. Each commune and ward chooses one to three models suitable to local reality, and evaluates the results using a set of criteria, scoring scales and specific documents, aiming to create real changes instead of just stopping at propaganda.

The 2026 Korean Cultural Road Festival will take place over two days October 24-25 at the Diplomatic Corps Area, Xuan Dinh Ward, Hanoi, with 39 booths introducing culture, cuisine, tourism and many Vietnamese - Korean performance activities. This year's event was held on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Korean Cultural Center in Vietnam, continuing to expand the space for cultural exchange and connecting the people of the two countries.

Hanoi is orienting the development of the night economy in a direction closely linked to heritage, culture, creativity and services, instead of just expanding business hours. The city sets a goal that by 2035, the night economy will contribute about 7-8% of GRDP and move towards building Hanoi into a "City of cultural experience and night services" that is competitive in the region.

In the 2026 - 2027 school year, Ngoc Ha ward identifies digital transformation as a key, regular task in the field of education, associated with innovation in management, administration, teaching, testing, evaluation and service provision. Along with standardizing data, deploying digital transcripts and shared platforms, schools in the area will gradually apply artificial intelligence in a safe, controlled manner and ensure privacy, personal data as well as academic integrity.