Hanoi, March 17 -- Hanoi has steadily expanded its economic scale, improved growth quality, and reinforced its role as a national growth engine. Building on these achievements, the capital is now moving to establish a new growth model and unlock modern development drivers to create a breakthrough for the next phase in its rise. Since the launch of the Doi moi (Renewal) process, Hanoi has undergone four decades of both extensive and intensive development. A major milestone came with the 2008 administrative boundary expansion under the National Assembly's Resolution No. 15/2008/QH12, which significantly enlarged the city's development space. Hanoi's area increased from 920.97 sq.km to 3,348.5 sq.km, with a population exceeding 8 million, la...