HCM City (VNA) – The Ho Chi Minh City People’sCouncil (9th tenure) convened its sixth session in the city onDecember 4.
The four-day session will review the city’s socio-economicperformance in 2017, outline tasks for 2018 and report on the council’ssupervision of legal enforcement on urban planning, among others.
In her opening speech, Chairwoman of the municipal People’sCouncil Nguyen Thi Quyet Tam said the city enjoyed a higher economic growthrate than in last year while positive progresses were seen in urban planningand landscaping.
She also admitted shortcomings regarding administrativereform, flooding, traffic congestion, child abuse and delayed settlement ofcomplaints.
The implementation of the National Assembly’s Resolution No.54 on piloting special mechanisms and policies for the city’s development willbe high on the agenda, she said.
Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhanlauded the city’s major accomplishments, including the issuance of a scheme onbuilding Ho Chi Minh City into a smart city and a decision on the process ofdealing with complaints involving individuals and collectives with politicalideological and moral degradation.
He described 2018 as a key year to realise the city’sfive-year plan and the first year to implement the Politburo’s Conclusion No.21and the NA’s Resolution No.54 for rapid and sustainable development.
Nhan asked the municipal People’s Council to work closelywith the municipal People’s Committee in the making of decisions regardingspecial mechanisms and policies.
According to the municipal People’s Committee, the localeconomic growth is expected to hit 8.25 percent this year while revenue to theState budget would near 348 trillion VND (15.46 billion USD), or 100.03 percentof the estimate, up 12.94 percent.
The city recorded 41,217 newly-established businesses with atotal registered capital of 577.36 trillion VND this year, up 13.4 percent involume and 92.4 percent in value. The city encouraged 3,062 business householdsto switch their status to businesses.-VNA
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