Among the 5 bottlenecks mentioned, the flooding issue is "ranked" first, including: Flooding, congestion, environmental pollution, construction order and food safety.
In the context of rapid urbanization and the increasing number of environmental problems, solving flooding has become one of the urgent and important tasks for major cities, especially Hanoi Capital. Anti-flooding projects are not only part of the infrastructure strategy, but also a very specific measure of the management capacity of the city government. The urgent deployment of anti-flooding projects can be seen as a major challenge to the ability of functional agencies to operate, manage and handle situations.
Flooding not only causes inconvenience in daily life but also directly affects the economy and lives of people. Hanoi, a city with nearly 10 million people, has faced increasingly serious flooding over the past time due to population growth, rapid urbanization and drainage infrastructure not meeting actual needs. Heavy rains, especially in the summer, always create flood hotspots, causing traffic jams, damaging people's property, increasing the risk of epidemics and creating a burden on the government.
If in the past, the construction of flood control works was still slow to implement, then with the special mechanism under the Capital Law, Hanoi has had clearer and more convenient conditions to implement and remove bottlenecks that have caused long-standing frustration.
10 flood control projects with a total investment of more than 5,000 billion VND are associated with the two words "urgent" and must be completed in 2026, many items are still scheduled to be completed in the second quarter of 2026.
The rainy season is coming, the rains at the end of April and the beginning of May, although not heavy, are a sign of weather anomalies and the resistance of Hanoi's drainage system.
Still worries if flood control projects are not on schedule. In fact, the urgent implementation of flood control projects shows Hanoi's efforts.
Ending the situation of flooding every time it rains, ending the situation of streets turning into rivers will become a very specific measure of Hanoi's management capacity.
