Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong on September 3 lauded the Ho Chi Minh City Party organisation for its thorough preparations for the upcoming 11th municipal Party Congress (2020-2025 tenure).
Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu
Trong on September 3 lauded the Ho Chi Minh City Party organisation for its thorough
preparations for the upcoming 11th municipal Party Congress
(2020-2025 tenure).
Speaking
at a working session between the Politburo and the Standing Board of the city Party
Committee in Hanoi, the top Party leader asked the committee to continue
acquiring opinions of the public and scientists in order to complete draft
documents to the congress.
He
underlined the special position and importance of HCM City, which is a special
municipality and a major centre of economy, culture, education-training and
science-technology, a hub of international exchange and integration, and an
economic locomotive of the Southern key economic zone and the nation at large.
The
five-year Party congress is an important political and historical event as it
opens up a new vision for a new development period, he stressed. Therefore, it
must be prepared thoroughly.
The
leader suggested the documents focus more on the Party building work, apart
from economic issues.
At
the meeting, the Politburo basically supported the targets, orientations, tasks
and solutions mapped out by the city for the 2020-2025 period, with a vision
towards 2030.
However,
Politburo members said the city should devise a long-term vision on its
position in Southeast Asia, and pay more attention to removing bottlenecks
hindering its socio-economic development like those regarding transport
infrastructure, high-quality human resources, administrative procedures,
investment environment, and regional cooperation and connectivity.
HCM
City needs to optimise all opportunities, potential and strength to overcome
challenges and difficulties, thus becoming a national economic driver, towards
a big centre of economy, finance, trade and science-technology in Southeast
Asia, the Politburo said.
The
Standing Board reported that HCM City’s average growth rate stood at 7.6
percent over the past five years, and it contributed 22.7 percent of the
national gross domestic product (GDP).
Sectors
with high value and using science-technology make up an increasing proportion
in the local economic structure. Meanwhile, the city’s investment environment
has been improved significantly. HCM City has also taken the lead nationwide in
productivity.
Its
per capita gross regional domestic product (GRDP) reached 6,600 USD, 2.4 times
higher than the national average, with improvements made in social welfare, job
generation and poverty reduction./.