The press contributed many enthusiastic opinions to the documents of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Congress.

Press agencies have contributed many enthusiastic and responsible opinions to the draft political report of the first Ho Chi Minh City Party Congress, term 2025 - 2030.

On the afternoon of August 13, the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee held a conference to collect opinions from leaders and outstanding journalists of the city's press agencies and central press agencies in Ho Chi Minh City to contribute to the draft political report of the first Ho Chi Minh City Party Congress, term 2025 - 2030.

Mr. Tang Huu Phong, Deputy Head of the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department, spoke. PHOTO: VU PHUONG

Opening the conference, Mr. Tang Huu Phong, Deputy Head of the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, said that the first City Party Congress took place in the context of the merger of Ba Ria - Vung Tau and Binh Duong into Ho Chi Minh City from July 1. The theme of this congress, although brief, contained the aspirations of the newly developed city in the next 5 years. This is an extremely important stage for Ho Chi Minh City, both establishing and building a 2-level local government and performing tasks in an open space.

The Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department of the City Party Committee wishes to record and synthesize the comments of leaders and outstanding journalists of the city's press agencies and the Central press representative agency in Ho Chi Minh City on the draft report, thereby exploiting the potentials, helping the city develop more strongly.

Transport infrastructure is the driving force for development

Journalist Duc Trung, member of the Editorial Board, General Secretary of Thanh Nien Newspaper, commented that the specific goals and targets of the political report include total social expenditure for research and development (R&D) reaching 2-3% of GRDP and allocating 4-5% of the budget for science , technology, and digital transformation.

According to journalist Duc Trung, Ho Chi Minh City has identified the development of science and technology as a major and important goal, and one of the breakthroughs of Ho Chi Minh City is in science and technology and innovation. However, the new proposed spending level is within the framework of Resolution 57 of the Politburo, and has not shown any breakthrough. Therefore, the city can study the additional spending based on the actual resources for calculating the development of science and technology in the area.

Journalist Duc Trung, Member of the Editorial Board, General Secretary of Thanh Nien Newspaper. PHOTO: VU PHUONG

The General Secretary of Thanh Nien Newspaper said that after merging with two localities, Ho Chi Minh City, besides expanding its administrative boundaries, development space, and accumulating many resources, also faces many challenges in development, especially in terms of traffic and urban infrastructure.

Currently, Ho Chi Minh City is the only locality where if you travel by road from one ward to another, you may have to go through another province or city, such as from the center of Ho Chi Minh City (old) to Vung Tau ward, you have to go through Dong Nai. Therefore, the city needs to plan and develop traffic infrastructure suitable for new realities, connecting and creating a foundation for development according to new spaces.

"Recently, the advisory agency of Ho Chi Minh City in the proposal on the coastal road mentioned again the Can Gio sea bridge connecting Vung Tau. If the sea bridge connecting Can Gio to Vung Tau is built, combined with the metro line being proposed to be deployed from the city center to Can Gio, the travel time from the center of Ho Chi Minh City to Vung Tau ward will only be about 30 minutes, opening up development space not only for tourism and services but also balancing intra-regional development in a megacity, being the driving force for economic development in the region and the whole country", journalist Duc Trung shared.

Mr. Mai Ngoc Phuoc, Editor-in-Chief of Ho Chi Minh City Law Newspaper, said that with the goal of investing in building the city into a major center of finance and services, Ho Chi Minh City needs to add solutions to build and pilot a "legal testing zone" for financial - technology products and digital assets.

Mr. Mai Ngoc Phuoc, Editor-in-Chief of Ho Chi Minh City Law Newspaper. PHOTO: VP

This will attract the world's leading financial technology corporations, creating a flexible, controlled legal environment to promote innovation. At the same time, Ho Chi Minh City needs to research and propose to the National Assembly to allow the establishment of a specialized Court on Commerce and Finance in Ho Chi Minh City.

Mr. Vuong Quyen, Deputy Director of Ho Chi Minh City People's Radio Station, suggested that Ho Chi Minh City could consider building a center to organize regional sporting events such as the SEA Games to serve the people. In addition, Ho Chi Minh City needs to focus on building programs and improving the quality of new rural areas in the new term.

Investing in social security resources

Commenting on the draft report, journalist Le The Chu, Editor-in-Chief of Tuoi Tre Newspaper, said that Ho Chi Minh City should have a program to organize the apparatus to improve the capacity of the government. Mr. Chu cited that after 1.5 months of operating the 2-level local government model, people responded positively. However, the commune level has a lot of work to do, and needs a team of highly trained staff to improve the capacity of the commune-level local government.

Journalist Le The Chu, Editor-in-Chief of Tuoi Tre Newspaper, gives comments on the draft political report. PHOTO: VU PHUONG

Journalist Le The Chu also expressed his opinion that as a civilized, modern, and humane city, Ho Chi Minh City should include programs to care for people in the city's major programs, have its own institutions, focus on investing resources, and have a clear implementation roadmap. In addition, Mr. Chu also proposed that the political report should specify ways to attract high-quality human resources, vocational training policies, job creation, and labor conversion, etc.

Journalist To Dinh Tuan, Editor-in-Chief of Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper, suggested that in the fields of science, technology, and information and communication, it is necessary to mention more about the press, because the press plays an important role in political and cultural life.

Journalist To Dinh Tuan, Editor-in-Chief of Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper. PHOTO: VU PHUONG

"The report should have a section mentioning the development of a communication strategy for Ho Chi Minh City in the new context to promote domestic and international tourism. The new Ho Chi Minh City has many advantages that not every urban area in the region has, such as forests, seas, ports... these are some of the competitive factors that attract investment and attract tourists in the future," said Mr. Tuan.

Source: https://ttbc-hcm.gov.vn/bao-chi-dong-gop-nhieu-y-kien-tam-huyet-cho-van-kien-dai-hoi-dang-cua-tp-hcm-1019347.html