UNESCO aims to help Hanoi become creative capital of Asia
Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Vuong Dinh Hue spoke highly of UNESCO activities in Vietnam in recent times during a meeting with UNESCO Representative to Vietnam Michael Croft on September 9.
At the meeting between Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Vuong Dinh Hue (right) and UNESCO Representative to Vietnam Michael Croft (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Vuong Dinh Hue spokehighly of UNESCO activities in Vietnam in recent times during a meeting with UNESCO Representative to Vietnam Michael Croft on September 9.
Vietnam’s capital was honoured to be recognised by UNESCO as a “City forPeace” and included in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, he said, describing thisas momentum for Hanoi to develop more sustainably and rapidly in the time ahead.
Croft congratulated Vietnam and Hanoi in particular on their achievementsin the fight against COVID-19.
During its development, Hanoi has paid due attention to upholding the valuesof cultural heritage, he said, adding that by including Hanoi in the Creative CitiesNetwork, UNESCO Vietnam hopes to promote such values.
Hanoi is expected to change from a creative city to a creative entrepot andthen the creative capital of Southeast Asia and Asia, on the basis of heritage,culture, and peace, becoming a dynamic and creative city worth living in in the21st century.
To that end, UNESCO is working on a project with the main pillars of education,urbanisation, culture, and soft power that has attracted the attention of many partnersworldwide, including those in Vietnam, according to Croft.
He stressed that, under the project, UNESCO will help Hanoi link with othercountries in the world as well as those who are interested in the city’s development.
In this regard, Hue said Hanoi aims to become a green, smart, and moderncity by 2030, and a city worth living in by 2045, with importance attached to traditionalvalues and its image as a heroic city and “City for Peace”.
The capital is building a project that gathers ideas and initiatives fromexperts, scientists, and lovers of Hanoi, to make a creative city worth living in,Hue said./.
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At the meeting between Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Vuong Dinh Hue (right) and UNESCO Representative to Vietnam Michael Croft (Photo: VNA) 
