An overview of the conference (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City will focus onpromptly settling outstanding problems while taking synchronous measures tofulfil yearly targets and making preparations for Party congresses at all levelsin the latter half of the year.
Those instructions were issued by the municipal Party Committee at the end of its 30th conference on July 9.
Concluding the conference, Politburo member and Secretary ofthe municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan summed up that in the firsthalf of 2019, the committee and its standing board have closely followed theworking programmes of the term, and the city has managed to maintain the growthrate despite personnel changes in the leadership.
The city posted a 7.86 percent growth in GRDP, equivalent tothe rate in the same period last year. Its GRDP amounted to more than 611.5trillion VND (26.34 billion USD), accounting for 24.6 percent of the nationalGDP, compared to 24 percent in 2018).
In order to fulfil yearly targets, Nhan required thatefforts be focused on accelerating the disbursement of public investmentcapital, as only 20 percent of allocated capital has been disbursed so far inthe city.
He particularly emphasised the settlement of issues relatedto the Thu Thiem urban areas. “The Thu Thiem problem has been around for morethan 20 years, we have to pay due attention to and race against time to settleit as early as possible,” Nhan said.
Another urgent topic is the violations of constructionregulations in the city. The municipal Party leader asked local administrationsto review the situation and take necessary measures to put an end to theviolations within this year.
He reminded local Party committees to make promptpreparations for organising Party congresses at district level towards the 11th Party congress of the city. -VNA
