Hồng Hạc City is an All in One ecological urban area covering 197.76 hectares, co-created by Phú Mỹ Hưng and Nomura Real Estate Vietnam (Japan), located in Song Liễu ward, Thuận Thành town, Bắc Ninh province, right at the north-eastern gateway to the capital, Hà Nội. With more than 70% of its area devoted to greenery and water, and a construction density of just 27.9%, this is a project that asserts an ecological living standard wholly superior to ordinary high-density urban areas. In particular, Hồng Hạc City marks the first time the Phú Mỹ Hưng brand has brought its philosophy of “Class, Distinction, Creativity” — proven over more than 30 years in District 7, HCMC — officially to the northern market.
The All in One model at Hồng Hạc City is designed to meet every need for living, education, work, healthcare and entertainment within walking distance, including 8 international schools, 3 medical facilities, 7 premium clubhouses with a Kinh Bắc identity, a modern shopping centre and a central park of more than 17 hectares. In addition, this entire system of amenities serves a community of around 27,700 future residents, creating a self-sufficient ecological urban area that is green, distinguished and sustainable for the long term.
As for property types, Hồng Hạc City offers 2,844 landed homes across 3 subdivisions — Hồng Phát, Hồng Thịnh and Hồng Phúc — comprising detached villas, semi-detached villas, terraced townhouses and two-frontage shophouses. Each property is designed in a Modern Classical architectural style combined with refined Indochine, set on an exceptionally green ecological foundation. Moreover, the project’s legal status has been directed by the Prime Minister to receive special facilitation, and the Bắc Ninh Provincial People’s Committee has officially approved the investment policy, ensuring transparency and complete safety for buyers.
In the following, the article will guide you through a comprehensive exploration of Hồng Hạc City, from the definition of the All in One model and its synchronised ecological amenities to each specific type of property and the complete legal journey.
What is the Hồng Hạc City ecological urban area?
Hồng Hạc City is an international-standard ecological urban area covering 197.76 hectares, jointly developed by Phú Mỹ Hưng Development Corporation and Nomura Real Estate Vietnam, located in Song Liễu ward (formerly Xuân Lâm), Thuận Thành town, Bắc Ninh province, within the key economic triangle of Hà Nội, Hải Phòng and Bắc Ninh.
To understand more clearly the identity, origins and overall scale of Hồng Hạc City, below is the most important background information that any homebuyer or investor needs to know before looking in more depth at this project.
How did Phú Mỹ Hưng join forces with Nomura Real Estate Vietnam to create Hồng Hạc City?
Hồng Hạc City is the result of a strategic partnership between two leading real estate groups: Phú Mỹ Hưng Development Corporation (Vietnam) and Nomura Real Estate Vietnam (Japan), with the participation of master planner Surbana Jurong (Singapore).
Phú Mỹ Hưng, founded in 1993, was the first real estate company in Vietnam to develop urban areas to international standards. After more than 30 years successfully building the model urban area of District 7, HCMC, covering 443 hectares, this is the first time Phú Mỹ Hưng has officially expanded its development scope to the northern market, demonstrating its commitment to “replicating quality standard living spaces together with a model residential community” across the country.
Nomura Real Estate Vietnam, a member of Nomura Group (Japan), has more than 70 years’ experience creating urban areas around the world. It brings long-term sustainable thinking, a “people-centred” planning philosophy and refined Japanese design standards to every detail of Hồng Hạc City.
The combination of practical Vietnamese experience from Phú Mỹ Hưng and sustainable thinking from Nomura has produced a pioneering 7S development model, applied for the first time in the north. The project name “Hồng Hạc” (flamingo) was chosen in the aspiration to create an urban area that is both modern and close to nature, where residents can enjoy a harmonious, distinguished and peaceful life, symbolised by the entrance gate designed like flamingo wings welcoming residents home.
Information on the developer of Hồng Hạc City urban area: https://phumyhungcenter.com/du-an/hong-hac-city-phu-my-hung/chu-dau-tu-3/
Where is Hồng Hạc City located and what is its scale?
Hồng Hạc City is located in Song Liễu ward (formerly Xuân Lâm ward), Thuận Thành town, Bắc Ninh province, lying between the three ancient villages of Đa Tiện, Doãn Thượng and Thanh Bình, at the strategic junction between Bắc Ninh, Hà Nội and Hưng Yên.
In terms of transport connectivity, Hồng Hạc City enjoys access to several key arterial routes:
- 25 km from the centre of Hà Nội city (around 40 minutes’ travel)
- 46 km from Nội Bài airport
- Around 70 km from Hải Phòng
- Access to National Highways 5A and 17 and Ring Road 4 (under construction), providing smooth connections to the major FDI industrial parks in Bắc Ninh, Hưng Yên and Hải Dương
As for area, the table below summarises the land use structure across the whole Hồng Hạc City urban area, clearly showing the priority given to green space and urban infrastructure relative to the actual built area:
| Item | Area | Percentage |
| Low-rise housing and villa areas | 72,1 ha | 36,3% |
| Internal urban transport land | 51,1 ha | 25,75% |
| Internal service amenity land | 30,37 ha | 15,3% |
| Parks, greenery and technical infrastructure | 44,96 ha | 22,65% |
| Total | 197,76 ha | 100% |
The entire urban area is divided into 3 low-rise residential subdivisions (Hồng Phát, Hồng Thịnh, Hồng Phúc) and 2 future high-rise subdivisions, with a total of more than 33 km of internal roads, including 3 main avenues from 27 to 40.5 m wide and 105 secondary roads from 12 to 21 m wide.
Location information for Hồng Hạc City: https://phumyhungcenter.com/du-an/hong-hac-city-phu-my-hung/vi-tri-3/
What does the “All in One” urban model at Hồng Hạc City include?
The “All in One” urban model at Hồng Hạc City is an integrated planning system in which all residents’ needs for living, education, healthcare, shopping, entertainment and sport are fully met within walking distance, with no need to travel beyond the boundaries of the urban area.
Let’s explore in detail what the All in One model at Hồng Hạc City offers, from its synchronised on-site amenities to the unique ecosystem of greenery and water that few urban areas in Vietnam achieve.
What amenities does Hồng Hạc City have within walking distance?
Hồng Hạc City has all 5 essential groups of amenities within walking distance — education, healthcare, commercial services, sport and community culture — comprehensively serving every need of around 27,700 future residents without leaving the urban area.
Specifically, the All in One amenity system at Hồng Hạc City is planned on the principle that every sub-area comes with a full complement of essential public service amenities:
Education: 8 international-standard schools from kindergarten to upper secondary level, spread evenly across the sub-areas, ensuring a safe walking distance of under 10 minutes for children.
Healthcare: 3 high-quality medical facilities, including a health care centre, a general clinic and a specialist treatment facility.
Retail and services: 1 modern shopping centre, a large-scale chain of dual-frontage shophouses, supermarkets, restaurants and hotels, creating a vibrant commercial corridor right in the heart of the urban area.
Premium sports and leisure:
- 7 clubhouses ranging from 1,100 m² to 5,200 m², each designed with its own distinctive Kinh Bắc cultural motif: the quai thao palm-leaf hat, the four-panel ao tu than tunic, Dong Ho folk paintings…
- Adult and children’s swimming pools
- Tennis and badminton courts
- Gym, sauna, Jacuzzi
- Premium spa and steam room area
- Outdoor events area
Community culture: 2 sports and cultural centres among the largest in the region, a multi-purpose cultural centre and open community spaces.
Hồng Hạc City project amenity information: https://phumyhungcenter.com/du-an/hong-hac-city-phu-my-hung/tien-ich-3/
How much of Hồng Hạc City is taken up by greenery and water bodies?
Greenery and water bodies account for more than 70% of Hồng Hạc City’s total area, with parkland and greenery alone making up 19.63%, creating a clean ecological environment and a microclimate superior to the average of ordinary urban areas in Vietnam.
In addition, the green landscape elements at Hồng Hạc City are planned as a synchronised, interconnected system rather than simply scattered patches of greenery:
Central park: A 17 to 20 ha park axis running east–west forms the landscape backbone throughout the entire urban area, combined with pocket gardens interspersed among the residential buildings.
6.2 ha destination park: A special park area for outdoor community activities, events and family weekends, established as the symbol that connects Hồng Hạc City residents.
Regulating lakes and water bodies: A system of natural and artificial lakes winding gently through the sub-areas, creating landscape highlights and keeping temperatures cool all year round within the urban area.
7 parks within the sub-areas: Each sub-area has at least one small park or pocket garden, ensuring every resident has private green space within sight of their own front door.
Connecting green corridors: A continuous green system linking the central park, the gardens and the public buildings, while street trees on both sides of the roads are planted evenly and in step with the urban lighting system.
What types of ecological property does Hồng Hạc City offer?
Hồng Hạc City offers 4 main types of eco-friendly property, categorised by scale and functionality: detached villas, semi-detached villas, terraced houses and dual-frontage shophouses, comprising a total of 2,844 landed homes distributed across the 3 sub-areas of Hồng Phát, Hồng Thịnh and Hồng Phúc.
More importantly, a construction density of just 27.9% means every home enjoys generous green space around it, private living and the fresh air rarely found in high-density urban areas. In addition to the current low-rise housing, the urban area also plans to develop 2 further high-rise residential sub-areas in the next phase.
What architectural features do the detached and semi-detached villas at Hồng Hạc City have?
The detached and semi-detached villas at Hồng Hạc City stand out for their French neoclassical architecture combined with elegant Modern Classical, incorporating decorative details inspired by Kinh Bắc cultural heritage, and are set within a low-density green ecological environment with the exclusive “beside the lake, close to the park” privilege.
Specifically, in Zone F1-2 of the Hồng Phát sub-area, 319 detached and semi-detached villas have the following notable features:
- Land area: from 100 to 500 m² per home, with enough space for a private garden, a car garage and an outdoor relaxation area
- Architecture: French neoclassical combined with Modern Classical language, embellished with details inspired by Kinh Bắc such as the soft curve of the quai thao hat, the stately image of the royal parasol and distinctive Dong Ho painting motifs
- Prime location of Zone F1-2: Set right beside the nearly 20 ha central park and the regulating lake, giving green views from windows in every direction, plus a clean ecosystem every inch of the way
- Form of ownership: Vietnamese buyers: long-term ownership (urban residential land); foreign buyers: 50-year ownership (renewable in accordance with the law)
Information on the detached and semi-detached villas at Hồng Hạc City at https://phumyhungcenter.com/du-an/hong-hac-city-phu-my-hung/biet-thu-2/
What needs are the terraced houses and dual-frontage shophouses at Hồng Hạc City suited to?
The terraced townhouses and double-frontage shophouses at Hồng Hạc City suit 2 main needs: living combined with street-front commercial business, and property investment for long-term rental, thanks to their multi-purpose design, strategic position within the urban area and striking commercial architecture.
Terraced townhouses:
- Dimensions: 6 × 18.5 m, built 4 storeys, total floor area of about 330 m²
- Exterior finished in a refined Indochine style, matching the original rendering
- Architecture harmoniously combining French colonial style with Asian touches, well suited to families settling for the long term in an ecological environment
- Suited to: 3-generation families wanting spacious living, and young people wanting independence in their living space
Dual-frontage shophouses:
- Dimensions: 6 × 20 m, built 5 storeys, total floor area of more than 441 m²
- Two storeys clad in stone for a luxurious look, combining living and business
- Distinctive feature: two frontages, one facing the internal commercial street and one opening onto green space or the residents’ walkway
- Suited to: investors wanting to exploit commercial value, to let out for business, or to live and run a service office at the same time
This is a product highly rated for its long-term appreciation potential, especially as Bắc Ninh is on track to become a centrally-run city and demand for internal commercial space keeps rising as residents move in.
Is Hồng Hạc City the first international-standard All in One ecological urban area in the north-east of Hanoi?
Yes, Hồng Hạc City is the first international-standard All in One ecological urban area at the north-eastern gateway to Hanoi, for 3 main reasons: the master plan was drawn up by Surbana Jurong (Singapore), in partnership with Japan’s Nomura Real Estate, which has 70 years of experience, and the project’s legal status has been fully approved from provincial to central government level.
This is the prerequisite that any investor needs to verify before deciding to buy. Below is the project’s full, transparent legal footing, updated to the present time.
Has the legal status of the Hồng Hạc City project been fully approved?
Yes, the legal status of the Hồng Hạc City project has been approved at multiple levels, from the initial investment certificate to a special directive from the Prime Minister, with total investment capital of more than VND 27,000 billion (around USD 1.06 billion), ensuring completely transparent and safe legal standing for buyers.
The full legal journey of Hồng Hạc City is recorded through the following key milestones:
- December 2010: Investment Certificate No. 21.1.2.1.000261 issued to Công ty Cổ phần Đầu tư Công Đoàn Ngân hàng Công Thương for the construction of technical infrastructure
- November 2011: Bắc Ninh Provincial People’s Committee issued Decision No. 1503/QĐ-UBND on land recovery and land allocation to the developer
- Late 2024: Bắc Ninh Provincial People’s Committee officially approved the project’s investment policy, announced publicly at the 2024 Bắc Ninh provincial planning and investment promotion conference
- Central government level: Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính directed ministries, sectors and local authorities to study, review and resolve Phú Mỹ Hưng’s proposals, creating particularly favourable conditions
On the red book (land certificate): the pink book is issued for each plot within 1 to 3 months of handover of the house. Vietnamese buyers have long-term ownership, foreign buyers 50 years, renewable in accordance with current law.
How does Bắc Ninh’s “All in One” Hồng Hạc City differ from the Phú Mỹ Hưng District 7 urban model?
Hồng Hạc City Bắc Ninh wins on its large-scale green ecosystem and a pioneering 7S model never seen before in the north, while Phú Mỹ Hưng District 7 is optimised in terms of the maturity of its urban infrastructure after 30 years of operation, and Hồng Hạc City excels in long-term appreciation potential thanks to its prime location within the strategic planning of the emerging capital region.
More importantly, the core difference between these two models lies not only in geography but also in the next-generation vision that Hồng Hạc City represents, having successfully woven Kinh Bắc cultural heritage into modern urban design.
How does the “golden quadrilateral” location and the 100-year master plan for the Capital Region position Hồng Hạc City?
Hồng Hạc City has been identified as the “golden focal point” of the 100-year master plan for the Capital Region, thanks to its location within the economic “golden quadrilateral” of Hanoi, Bắc Ninh, Hải Phòng and Quảng Ninh. It also benefits from a synchronised four-mode transport network: air (Nội Bài Airport, 46 km away), road (Ring Road 4, National Highways 5A and 17), waterways (the Đuống River) and future rail. Bắc Ninh is on track to become a centrally governed city, emerging as a dynamic economic and cultural centre of the Red River Delta. This is creating strong property price growth momentum across the area in the medium and long term.
How does the 7S model at Hồng Hạc City inherit and surpass Phú Mỹ Hưng’s standards?
The 7S model at Hồng Hạc City inherits the “All in one” philosophy from Phú Mỹ Hưng in District 7, while adding 3 superior elements: integrating Kinh Bắc cultural identity into the Clubhouse architecture, increasing the green ecosystem ratio to 70%—far exceeding the market average—and applying the philosophy of a “new-generation sustainable eco-city” rather than stopping at a “city focused purely on material amenities”. This is why Hồng Hạc City is positioned as the “Pioneering Green City East of Hanoi”—not merely because of its landscape colours, but because an entire sustainable living philosophy is integrated into every m² of the master plan.
To obtain the most accurate and comprehensive information about the Hồng Hạc City project, you should consult Phú Mỹ Hưng Center (phumyhungcenter.com), which was founded and is operated by property consultant Kim Thùy Phú Mỹ Hưng. This is a specialist information channel covering the entire portfolio of Phú Mỹ Hưng projects, including Hồng Hạc City, with continuous updates on price lists, subdivision site plans, payment policies and actual construction progress. In particular, Kim Thùy Phú Mỹ Hưng provides personalised consultancy, from selecting a property suited to your needs and assisting with the signing of the sale and purchase agreement to monitoring the handover process until you officially receive your new home.
