![Projects with thousands of apartments are mushrooming in the Western gate of Hanoi, on routes such as Ho Tung Mau, Pham Van Dong, Pham Hung, Ham Nghi, etc. (Graphics: Phuong Nguyen)](https://cdn1z.reatimes.vn/mediav2/media/uploaded/101/2019/06/24/thousands-of-apartments.jpg)
Projects with thousands of apartments are mushrooming in the Western gate of Hanoi, on routes such as Ho Tung Mau, Pham Van Dong, Pham Hung, Ham Nghi, etc. (Graphics: Phuong Nguyen)
![Goldmark City urban area on Ho Tung Mau Street consists of nearly a dozen of 40-storey apartment buildings, providing about 5,000 apartments to the market.](https://cdn1z.reatimes.vn/mediav2/media/uploaded/101/2019/06/24/goldmark-city.jpg)
Goldmark City urban area on Ho Tung Mau Street consists of nearly a dozen of 40-storey apartment buildings, providing about 5,000 apartments to the market.
![The project’s population can be up to 20,000 people, excluding people working in offices, schools and commercial centers inside the project.](https://cdn1z.reatimes.vn/mediav2/media/uploaded/101/2019/06/24/goldmark-city-2.jpg)
The project’s population can be up to 20,000 people, excluding people working in offices, schools and commercial centers inside the project.
![The Goldmark City project has only one access road to Ho Tung Mau Street, which is an important route at the capital’s Western gate, connecting to National Highway 32.](https://cdn1z.reatimes.vn/mediav2/media/uploaded/101/2019/06/24/goldmark-city-3.jpg)
The Goldmark City project has only one access road to Ho Tung Mau Street, which is an important route at the capital’s Western gate, connecting to National Highway 32.
![The project covers a total area of 12.7 ha. Thus, the density is 1,600 people on each hectare of land.](https://cdn1z.reatimes.vn/mediav2/media/uploaded/101/2019/06/24/goldmark-city-4.jpg)
The project covers a total area of 12.7 ha. Thus, the density is 1,600 people on each hectare of land.
![On Pham Van Dong street (Bac Tu Liem district), there is also a](https://cdn1z.reatimes.vn/mediav2/media/uploaded/101/2019/06/24/an-binh-city.jpg)
On Pham Van Dong street (Bac Tu Liem district), there is also a "forest" of apartment buildings in An Binh City project.
![The project is developed by Geleximco, with eight 35-storey apartment buildings, providing nearly 3,000 apartments.](https://cdn1z.reatimes.vn/mediav2/media/uploaded/101/2019/06/24/an-binh-city-2.jpg)
The project is developed by Geleximco, with eight 35-storey apartment buildings, providing nearly 3,000 apartments.
![An Binh City project is not so far from 7 apartment buildings with about 2,000 units of Green Star project.](https://cdn1z.reatimes.vn/mediav2/media/uploaded/101/2019/06/24/an-binh-city-3.jpg)
An Binh City project is not so far from 7 apartment buildings with about 2,000 units of Green Star project.
![Also on Pham Van Dong street, Nam Cuong Group has finished its Co Nhue urban area project on an area of 17.6 ha. The project includes 6 apartment buildings, with from 13-18 floors, providing about 1,000 apartments.](https://cdn1z.reatimes.vn/mediav2/media/uploaded/101/2019/06/24/co-nhue-urban-area.jpg)
Also on Pham Van Dong street, Nam Cuong Group has finished its Co Nhue urban area project on an area of 17.6 ha. The project includes 6 apartment buildings, with from 13-18 floors, providing about 1,000 apartments.
![Despite continuous expansion, the Western area’s infrastructure, typically roads like Ho Tung Mau, Pham Van Dong often sees overload, with traffic congestion, flood, environment pollution.](https://cdn1z.reatimes.vn/mediav2/media/uploaded/101/2019/06/24/traffic-congestion.jpg)
Despite continuous expansion, the Western area’s infrastructure, typically roads like Ho Tung Mau, Pham Van Dong often sees overload, with traffic congestion, flood, environment pollution.