On November 13, at the 27th session of the Hanoi People's Council for the 2021–2026 term, delegates approved a proposal to amend and supplement several regulations on revenue assignment and spending responsibilities among the city's budget levels.

The proposal summarized recommendations from communes and wards on expanding decentralization and empowering grassroots governments to handle daily public service tasks. These include maintaining environmental hygiene and managing and protecting special-use and production forests.

Based on these recommendations, the Hanoi Department of Finance coordinated with specialized departments to advise the Hanoi People's Committee on adjustments to state management decentralization in several socioeconomic sectors.

To ensure consistency with the revised management framework, the Hanoi People's Committee proposed amendments to the revenue and spending assignments outlined in Resolution 28/2025 of the Hanoi People's Council.

The revisions shift several spending tasks from the city to the commune level. In the environmental sector, communes will handle environmental hygiene, waste transport, and related sanitation within their administrative boundaries, except for streets managed directly by the city.

In forestry, communes will manage infrastructure for the protection and development of special-use and protection forests, carry out forest management, preservation, and fire prevention, and maintain special-use and protection forests.

The adjusted regulations also add new spending responsibilities for the city. In public lighting, the city will supply electricity for lighting grids on streets and alleys across communes and wards.

The updated resolution takes effect on January 1, 2026. The adjustments will form the basis for developing budget allocation norms, local budget estimates, and the%age splits for shared revenues among budget levels in 2026.

The Hanoi People's Committee has also registered this proposal for consideration at the year-end session of the Hanoi People's Council in 2025.

When the city transfers responsibilities to communes and wards, the Hanoi People's Committee will direct the Hanoi Department of Finance and relevant departments to adjust funding so that grassroots governments have the resources needed to carry out their new duties.

State budget allocations will follow the city's decentralization principles.

Investment in Tran Hung Dao Bridge

The Hanoi People's Council also approved adjustments to the investment policy of the Tran Hung Dao Bridge project.

The Hanoi People's Committee proposed a total route length of 4.18 kilometers. The route begins at the intersection of Tran Hung Dao, Tran Thanh Tong, and Le Thanh Tong streets in Cua Nam Ward and ends on Nguyen Son Street in Long Bien and Bo De wards. The preliminary investment cost is about VND16.226 trillion (US$615.8 million).

The city also proposed changes to the division of component projects. The site-clearance group includes three projects: component 1.1 and 1.2 under Hong Ha Ward, and component 1.3 under Long Bien Ward.

The construction group includes component 2.1, which upgrades the Co Linh–Hong Tien road segment connected to the new bridge. The project covers 694.84 meters of roadway and related technical infrastructure.

It also includes branch connections of 147.46 meters between Lam Du and Hong Tien and 94.33 meters between Co Linh and Bat Khoi.

The upgraded Co Linh–Hong Tien segment will shift 9.5 meters toward the old airfield area to make room for bridge ramps and maintain a six-lane cross-section with sidewalks on both sides.

Component 2.2, the construction of the Tran Hung Dao Bridge, will follow the public-private partnership model using a Build-Transfer contract with land-fund payment. Approach roads will have a width of 25.5 to 30 meters and a length of about 1.42 kilometers.

The main bridge across the Red River will use a steel-arch design, with a length of 870 meters and a width of about 43 meters, accommodating six vehicle lanes, two bicycle lanes, and two pedestrian lanes.

The approach section on the old Hoan Kiem side will vary from 26 to 41.5 meters wide and extend approximately 1,213 meters.

The project includes three intersections: a grade-separated junction with Tran Khanh Du–Nguyen Khoai, an intersection with Ta Hong Dyke Road and Co Linh Street, and a ground-level junction with Nguyen Son Street.