Breakthrough development policies to be formulated for Ho Chi Minh City
VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has on behalf of the Politburo signed Resolution 31 on directions and tasks for Ho Chi Minh City’s development to 2030, with a vision to 2045.
Under the resolution, HCM City will become a modern service-industrial city, a leader in digital economy, and an economic, financial, commercial, cultural, educational, scientific and technological center of the whole country.
By 2030 it aims to achieve economic growth of 8 - 8.5%/year, with the gross regional domestic product (GRDP) per capita reaching about US$14,500, and the digital economy making up 40% of its GRDP.
By 2045, HCM City will develop on par with major cities in the world, become an economic, financial and service center in Asia, and work as an attractive global destination.
To meet the goal, the Politburo requested that HCM City focus on fast and sustainable economic development on the basis of innovating the growth model, restructuring the economy, and improving productivity, quality, efficiency and international competitiveness, while mobilizing and effectively using all resources.
The Politburo also requested the city to improve the quality of urban planning, management and implementation, step up sustainable urban development and climate change adaptation, and promote the construction of synchronous and modern infrastructure.
Priority will be given to developing synchronous and modern transport, energy and telecommunications infrastructure, completing the construction of national highways and a system of regional and inter-regional roads, and speeding up investment in construction of national key projects, including the upgrade of Tan Son international airport.
The city of Thu Duc, part of HCM City, will strive to become a new growth pole, an innovative, highly interactive city, and the nucleus of the city’s socio-economic development.
The Politburo also requested HCM City to develop a breakthrough mechanism to attract development investment resources and promote socialization in the fields of health, education and training, culture and sports. It permitted the city to pilot the selection of investors through the public-private partnership model to implement investment projects in the fields of culture, sports and science and technology.
The Politburo held that HCM City review the implementation of the urban government model, and at the same time continue to perfect its apparatus in a modern, effective and efficient manner.