Hanoi resolved to achieve faster economic growth in 2015: Chairman

The capital city of Hanoi will employ an array of measures to gain faster economic growth in 2015, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen The Thao told Vietnam News Agency reporters.
The capital city of Hanoi will employ an array of measures to gainfaster economic growth in 2015, Chairman of the municipal People’sCommittee Nguyen The Thao told Vietnam News Agency reporters.

Theofficial said in 2014, Hanoi reaped comprehensive accomplishments withits economy growing at 8.8 percent, 1.52 times higher than the nationalaverage.

Such an outcome was attributable to the implementationof the Law on the Capital City, which provides specific mechanisms andpolicies facilitating the development, management and protection of thecity, he explained.

To further stimulate economic growth nextyear, Hanoi authorities have devised dozens of concrete measures withthe most critical ones being drastically removing hindrance toproduction and business and bettering investment environment, Thaonoted.

Improving civil servants’ performance is also important topromote local competitiveness, the chairman said, adding that thecapital ranked fifth among Vietnam’s 63 provinces and cities in terms ofthe Public Administration Reform Index and 33 rd in terms of theProvincial Competitiveness Index in 2013, up two and 18 positions fromthe previous year, respectively.

Meanwhile, Hanoi’s rural areashave also undergone a makeover in recent years with big investments intoinfrastructure and high-yield agriculture models which have resulted inhigher incomes for farmers.

The city is also making goodprogress in building new-style rural areas, a national programme thataims to boost rural regions in Vietnam, as more than 100 communesmeeting all 19 criteria, representing 20 percent of the total number ofcommunes satisfying the standards nationwide, Chairman Thao said.

Hesaid he hopes that amid a multitude of major requirements andchallenges, grassroots authorities and people will join the municipaladministration to realise objectives for 2015.-VNA

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