Exhibition on Ha Noi’s socio-economic and cultural achievements kick-started

The ten-day exhibition is part of a series of activities to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of the Capital.

It comprised over 500 photographs, drawings, documents, and artifacts depicting the capital over a 70-year period, the exhibition offers visitors an opportunity to look back at the history of the Capital's development.

Deputy Chairman of Ha Noi People's Committee Ha Minh Hai said that the exhibition is a comprehensive picture that reflects the whole process of 70 years of the capital's development.

"It has recaptured the glorious historical journey, along with many achievements in the capital's work and struggle. From the arduous days of the resistance war, Ha Noi has become a modern civilized city with a regional and international profile," Hai said.

Through panels, drawings, films, images, and artifacts, combined with digital technology applications, 3D mapping projections, and artificial intelligence (AI), the exhibition depicts the stages of Ha Noi's development in five thematic areas:

Part 1, entitled Ha Noi Before 1954 - Thousand Year Tradition, recounts the heroic history of the capital from the Thang Long period to the brilliant historical milestone of Liberation Day, ushering in a new era of development.

Part 2 is about Ha Noi in the cause of socialist construction and the anti-U.S. resistance war for national salvation (1954-1975), entitled "Ha Noi forever echoes the heroic epic," which recounts the achievements in the period of building and defending the socialist north. It also describes how the army and people of Ha Noi supported the battlefield in the south and made many heroic achievements in the great anti-U.S. resistance war for national reunification.

Part 3 focuses on Ha Noi and the whole country building socialism (1975 - 2008) - On the path of renovation and development, showing the achievements of the period of restoration, reconstruction, and socio-economic development after the liberation in the South and the unification of the country.

Part 4 covers Ha Noi as a capital from 2008 to the present - expansion and development. It recounts outstanding achievements in Ha Noi's socio-economic development after the expansion of administrative boundaries with a facelift and stature. The area of Ha Noi after the expansion is nearly 3,360 square kilometers, 3.6 times larger, becoming one of the 17 capitals with the largest area in the world.

Part 5 shows the orientation for the development of the capital until 2030, with the vision until 2050 - "Cultured - Civilized - Modern" capital, according to which the capital in the future will have five development areas, five economic corridors and belts, five dynamic axes, five socio-economic regions, five urban regions./.