Many practical challenges remain At the end of January 2026, the People’s Council of Ha Noi approved a Resolution on the Smart Ha Noi Urban Development Scheme to 2030, with a vision to 2045. Accordingly, the objective for smart urban planning by 2030 is that 100% of detailed plans will be digitised in 3D and integrated into a unified GIS (Geographic Information System). The city’s overarching viewpoint is to develop Ha Noi into a smart city of Asia–Pacific standing, with capabilities comparable to leading cities in areas such as urban data, artificial intelligence, smart transport, urban security, environmental management, and data-driven governance… Beyond spatial organisation, Ha Noi’s smart urban planning to 2030, with a vision to 2045, also ensures the integration of digital infrastructure, urban data, and intelligent operational capacity. Projects involving transport infrastructure, landscape spaces, new urban areas, industrial zones, and key functional areas of the city must be planned in a “smart-from-the-outset” manner, ready for connectivity, monitoring, data utilisation, and centralised management throughout their lifecycle. The People’s Committee of Ha Noi will compile and propose solutions to address difficulties, obstacles, and bottlenecks in the course of implementation; study and develop appropriate mechanisms and policies in accordance with the Capital Law and other relevant legal regulations within the authority of the municipal People’s Council, to ensure the effective and smooth implementation of the Scheme. According to leaders of the People’s Committee of Ha Noi, the Scheme will serve as an important foundation to concretise major policies and orientations of the Party and the State on science, technology, and innovation development; and provide a legal basis for building and developing Ha Noi into a smart, cultured, civilised, modern, and happy city. At the same time, it will gradually implement and bring the Ha Noi Capital Master Plan with a 100-year