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Social welfare, public investment issues tackled at Hanoi People’s Council’s ninth sitting

The ninth sitting of the 16th Hanoi People’s Council wrapped up on September 12, with the adoption of nine resolutions covering a wide range of economic and social issues.
Social welfare, public investment issues tackled at Hanoi People’s Council’s ninth sitting ảnh 1A corner of Hanoi. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The ninth sitting of the 16th Hanoi People’s Council wrapped up on September 12, with the adoption of nineresolutions covering a wide range of economic and social issues.

Among them were those endorsing a planfor public investment and in-principle approval and revision of a number ofpublic projects in the capital city; financial support for healthcare servicesand tuition fee payment for the 2022 – 2023 school year; and amendments to themedium-term public investment plan from 2021 – 2025 and those of 2022 and 2023.

Delivering a remark at the event, Vice Chairman of the HanoiParty Committee and Chairman of the municipal People’s Council Nguyen Ngoc Tuansaid that what have been adopted at this meeting will provide a legal basis toaddress social welfare issues, boost socio-economic development and enhancedefence and security in the city.

He asked the municipal People’s Committee and localauthorities to take prompt and drastic measures to translate the resolutionsinto reality, bringing practical effects.

Tuan particularly emphasised on challenges hampering thedisbursement of public investment, given that there is an enormous workload tobe done in the city’s public projects.

He urged the Hanoi People’s Committee to tackle these issues and hasten the progress of the public investment disbursement. The committeemust also accelerate public administrative reforms, increase inspection anduphold the role of those in leadership positions in this matter, he added.

Social welfare, public investment issues tackled at Hanoi People’s Council’s ninth sitting ảnh 2The 16th Hanoi People’s Council convenes the ninth sitting on September 12. (Photo: VNA)
He highlighted the significance of mechanisms and policiesregarding health care and education passed by the municipal People’s Council asthey will help protect social security and improve living standards forHanoians. The support policies must be enforced promptly and transparently inaccordance with current regulations to ensure that it would benefit targetpeople, he said.

He further noted that standing members and deputies must intensifyinspection on the implementation of the resolutions and report to the HanoiPeople’s Council.

Hanoi plans to allocate over 51.58 trillion VND (2.19 billion USD) for its publicinvestment projects this year. Additional funding has been approved to offersoft loans for projects creating jobs for local people and to finance siteclearance for the Ring Road 4 – Hanoi Capital Region project.

The People’s Council also gave in-principle approval to 19projects, including an A-class one which will be submitted to the PrimeMinister for consideration.

In a meeting on August 26, Deputy Prime Minister Le VanThanh ordered Hanoi to identify the causes behind the sluggish disbursement ofpublic investment, saying disbursement should reach 90% at the end of December2022 and be fully completed in January next year.

Hanoi had disbursed some 15.32 trillion VND in the first eight months of 2022, equivalent to some 30% of the yearlyplan which is below the national average. It was attributed to problems in landclearance, impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and slow preparation.

Under a resolution signed by Party General Secretary NguyenPhu Trong guiding the development of the Hanoi Capital Region until 2030 with avision towards 2045, Hanoi will become a development hub in the Red River Deltaand a key economic region of the north, with high regional and internationalcompetitiveness by 2030.

The city’s Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) from 2026 –2030 is set to grow at 8 – 8.5% and the GRDP per capita is expected to reach12,000 – 13,000 USD. The figure is projected to hit 36,000 USD by 2045.

Hanoi posted an annual average economic growth of 6.83% from2011 – 2020. The GRDP per capita in 2020 reached 5,325 USD, a 2.3-fold increasefrom 2010./.
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