Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee is concerned that the City cannot host large-scale events.

Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee is concerned that the City cannot host large-scale events.

Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Van Mai expressed many concerns that up to now, the City has not been able to host the SEA Games and other regional and continental events.

On October 15, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee held a Conference on Investment Promotion in Cultural and Sports Projects in 2024. Mr. Phan Van Mai, Chairman of the City People's Committee, said that the City was issued Resolution 98 by the National Assembly with mechanisms and policies to attract investment in the cultural and social fields.

Applying these policy mechanisms, the City continues to specify how to create more favorable conditions for the cultural sector in general and the cultural industry in particular.

Mr. Phan Van Mai, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee , expects the City to be the chosen place to organize major cultural and artistic events of regional and continental stature.

According to Mr. Mai, the City is also identified as a major economic , cultural and social center of the country and the region. The potential for cultural industry development in the City is huge but has not been properly exploited. Cultural and sports institutions have not been invested and developed on par with the development requirements of the City.

“Up to now, the City has not been able to host the SEA Games or continental or world events,” he said, while expecting the City to be the chosen place to host major regional and continental cultural and artistic events.

The head of the City government hopes that investors will join the City in solving this problem. By 2030, the City will have facilities of sufficient caliber to become a continental event center, with modern cultural and sports facilities.

According to Mr. Mai, this conference is an opportunity for the culture and sports sector to introduce the development orientation of the cultural industry and policies to attract investment in this field. However, calling for investors to participate in this field is not a profitable field but must be done with love, passion and responsibility.

Therefore, the government's support will create favorable conditions for the business environment and policy mechanisms.

Mr. Tran The Thuan, Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City, said that the City is proposing to call for investment in 40 projects, of which 23 projects have been approved by the City People's Council for investment portfolio, of which 5 projects with high feasibility will be prioritized for implementation first.

At the Conference, the City introduced 5 projects ready to invite investors to participate in the implementation under the PPP form. These projects are expected to become new symbols of the City.

Specifically, 1,643 billion VND will be used to build a new multi-purpose cultural and sports center in Ho Chi Minh City in Can Gio district to meet development requirements and serve the cultural and sports enjoyment needs of the people.

The center in Thu Thiem (Thu Duc City) is being built with the goal of organizing large-scale cultural and artistic activities, with a capacity of 3,000 seats, but the investment level has not yet been determined.

In addition, Ho Chi Minh City also called for investment in the Ho Chi Minh City Cultural Center (District 1) with an investment capital of 295 billion VND, Gia Dinh Theater (Binh Thanh District) with 250 billion VND and the Labor A - B Performing Arts Center (District 5) with 164 billion VND.

Source: https://baodautu.vn/chu-tich-ubnd-tphcm-tran-tro-khi-thanh-pho-chua-the-dang-cai-cac-su-kien-tam-co-d227475.html