In his concluding remarks, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Nguyen Van Duoc informed that in the first 5 months of the year, Ho Chi Minh City's socio -economic situation achieved many optimistic results, with many bright spots.
Specifically, total retail sales of goods and consumer service revenue increased by 16.8% over the same period; total tourism revenue increased by nearly 29% over the same period; international visitors increased by more than 40%; public passenger transport volume increased by 10.9%; export turnover increased by 16.1%; Industrial Production Index (IIP) is estimated to increase by 8.2%; FDI attraction increased by 87.5% over the same period; credit growth increased by 3.6% over the same period, the highest in the past 3 years.
The city successfully coordinated to organize the United Nations Vesak Festival in 2025. Health care, medical care, andeducation were focused on, notably the successful fetal heart bypass surgery at Tu Du Hospital and Children's Hospital 1... The Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee emphasized that in the current context, these results are very valuable, demonstrating the vitality of the economy and the confidence of investors in Ho Chi Minh City.
In addition to the achievements, the Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee also frankly pointed out the shortcomings and limitations. Those are: the disbursement of public investment capital is still low, reaching only over 10% so far; the number of enterprises withdrawing from the market is still high; the contribution of state-owned enterprises to the city budget is decreasing...
According to comrade Nguyen Van Duoc, in June, the world and regional situation has not shown any positive signs. Meanwhile, Ho Chi Minh City must complete the implementation of the project to rearrange commune-level administrative units; complete the project to rearrange Ba Ria - Vung Tau province, Binh Duong province and Ho Chi Minh City (before August 15); rearrange the organization of the administrative apparatus, specialized agencies, and public service units. At the same time, prepare and organize Party congresses at grassroots and sub-grassroots levels; prepare the content of the documents of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Congress for the 2025-2030 term and many other important activities...
The Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee emphasized that this is the time when "fire tests gold, hardship tests strength"; the time when the entire city's political system must be more determined and make more efforts in carrying out assigned tasks in the spirit of running and lining up at the same time.
"In the spirit of the Central Committee, run while lining up, whoever is afraid of responsibility, does not run at the same speed, runs slower then slow down to a different speed...", Comrade Nguyen Van Duoc emphasized and requested that leaders of departments, branches, sectors and localities need to concentrate highly in performing their tasks. He emphasized the implementation of the Central Committee's policies and directions with a spirit of urgency, determination, timeliness, feasibility and efficiency.
In implementing the arrangement of the organizational apparatus and administrative units, leaders of departments and branches need to proactively work with Binh Duong and Ba Ria - Vung Tau provinces to prepare personnel, headquarters, public assets; information technology infrastructure to serve the operation of the new city...
In particular, the Department of Finance will deploy a plan to handle assets after the rearrangement, organize the apparatus, and administrative units at all levels; review the whole situation and rearrange and re-arrange the headquarters and equipped facilities to avoid loss and waste, ensuring compliance with practical requirements. He emphasized the need to prioritize the arrangement of headquarters after the rearrangement for healthcare and education.
The Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee assigned the Department of Finance to develop a list of key projects with large capital sources to focus on directing the acceleration of progress, assigning targets for disbursement of public investment capital to each unit, locality, and project, ensuring that in the second quarter, the disbursement must reach 30%. In particular, it is necessary to be flexible in arranging and transferring capital between projects. Meanwhile, localities focus on accelerating the progress of compensation and site clearance, handing over to investors to promote disbursement of public investment capital - one of the three growth drivers. He emphasized that the city will take measures against individuals and groups that do not complete their tasks.
The Department of Finance advises on creating an open environment to attract investment and reform administrative procedures with the policy of "taking people and businesses as the center, the subjects of government service; businesses are the resources and driving force of development". In addition, the Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee directed the Department of Construction to quickly study and advise the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee to pilot not granting construction permits for areas with clear planning. The Department of Health has solutions to prevent epidemics, especially the Covid-19 epidemic that is returning.
Previously, speaking at the meeting, he requested departments, branches and localities to focus on implementing tasks related to the construction of a two-level local government. Including completing the budget settlement; reviewing the implementation of audit conclusions. At the same time, reviewing and having plans to arrange and use public assets and headquarters after the arrangement effectively and appropriately; properly resolving the payment of debts related to local public service companies. He requested localities to focus on the disbursement of public investment capital, early completion of site clearance compensation, and handover to investors to implement the project. In addition, relevant departments and branches focus on reviewing and advising the submission of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee to the City People's Council at the mid-year meeting...
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