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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc made the remarks while chairing
a conference reviewing the one-year implementation of these important
documents in Ho Chi Minh City on January 12.
In 2018, Ho Chi Minh City posted a GRDP growth of 8.3%. It
welcomed 7.5 million foreign visitors, who accounted for 50% of total foreign
visitors to Vietnam.
The city licensed the establishment of 44,000 new enterprises,
or 33% of the total. Labour productivity hit VND293 million per worker, 2.92
times higher than the national average. Budget collection hit VND378.5
trillion, up by 8.65% from 2017. Attracted foreign investment capital was
US$7.394 billion.
As the most densely locality, the city managed to maintain
social security and order and carry out some special solutions for
socio-economic development, he said.
HCM City still retains its leading economic locomotive of the
country, he remarked, citing its budget contribution of over 27% of the
national budget income.
"The city needs to double efforts so it can be compared with
Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur,” he said.
The PM commended the city on its high and quality economic
growth, foreign investment capital attraction, investment in science and
technology, smart city building, startup development, and assistance to
small- and medium-sized enterprises.
He, however, warned that the city is lagging behind other big
cities in the region in terms of living quality, competitive capacity, and
urban planning.
The city is dealing with aging infrastructure while its human
resources fail to meet development requirements, and many of its major
infrastructure projects are facing slow tempo, he added.
The equitization of State-owned enterprises has yet to fulfil
the set goal and crimes are happening in a complicated manner, especially
stealing and foreigner-involved crimes, he said.
To tackle these problems, the leader suggested the municipal
authority adopt a specific plan to implement the Government’s Resolution 01
and the National Assembly’s Resolution 54.
The city needs to be in the vanguard of many fields and
especially continues to see science, technology, renovation, and creation as
its ways to the future, he noted.
He suggested central sectors and branches continue giving the
city more power to enable it to be proactive in implementing socio-economic
development tasks in a "more drastic manner”.
He stressed the need for the city to make better planning for
urban and transport infrastructure development and better inter-regional
linkages, along with addressing traffic issues and fighting crimes.
The city should focus on dealing with prolonged pressing
problems, especially the resettlement relating to Thu Thiem area, to
strengthen trust and create consensus among people.
Flooding, and road and environment planning in new urban areas
need to be solved, he said.
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Source: NDO
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