Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung made the request at the Political Bureau’s working session with the Hai Phong City Party Committee (HPC) in Hanoi on September 1 to examine the city’s preparations for its Party congress.

The city should focus on developing seaport systems together with infrastructure, mechanics and support industries, port services and tourism, he said.

PM Dung asked the municipal leaders to push through administrative reform, create favourable conditions for businesses to invest in these areas, fulfil the city’s targets of reaching a GDP growth rate of 13-13.5 percent, per-capita income of over US$3,000 per year and reduce the poverty rate to 1 percent by 2015.

Hai Phong city should also pay attention to environmental protection, especially solid waste treatment, speed up the shifting of labour structure by reducing the proportion of labourers in agriculture and raise the rate of households gaining access to clean water.

Regarding the building of the Party and political system, the Government leader suggested the HPC continue carrying out its political and ideological work among the rank-and-file  members of the Party as well as stepping up the implementation of the “Studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s moral example” campaign.

The city needs to strengthen its apparatus in the political system and better anti-corruption work and personnel training, especially for female and young cadres, he noted.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung praised the HPC’s efforts to build documents and orientations for personnel work in line with the Party Politburo’s Decree 37 and the Party Central Committee’s guidance.

He also spoke highly of the municipal Party Committee’s attempts during the 2006-2010 term to overcome difficulties and attain achievements in all aspects, especially a GDP growth rate of 11.15 percent and a reduction in the poverty rate to 3.8 percent.


However, he pointed out the city’s shortcomings that should be addressed in the next tenure, including unsustainable economic development, weak competitiveness and urban management and development.