Workshop on Coordination Model - Integrated Development and Operation Mechanism for Ho Chi Minh City

On October 28, the Institute for Socio-Economic Research (RISE), Saigon University and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Foundation (KAS) - Federal Republic of Germany jointly organized a workshop on Coordination Model - Integrated Development and Operation Mechanism for Ho Chi Minh City after the merger.

Delegates attending the workshop

At the workshop, Dr. Nguyen Thanh Phong, Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Institute for Socio -Economic Research (Saigon University), former Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, shared that Ho Chi Minh City after the merger is an integrated megacity, operating as a unified body. However, in such an expanded development space, management thinking is still heavily administrative, fragmented by sector and level.

According to Dr. Nguyen Thanh Phong, to realize the model, Ho Chi Minh City determined that it is necessary to establish a solid institutional coordination framework based on three main pillars. In particular, it is necessary to ensure consistency in development strategy without the need for additional intermediate levels.

Dr. Nguyen Thanh Phong, Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Institute for Socio-Economic Research, Saigon University (RISE), spoke at the workshop.

Dr. Tran The Luu, Saigon University, believes that the transition from institutional design to institutional operation does not lie in power but in thinking. He suggests that for Ho Chi Minh City after the merger, there needs to be a mechanism to remove bottlenecks in reorganizing executive capacity and coordination mechanisms. An institutional model is only truly valuable when it can adapt, respond and learn during actual operation...

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Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/hoi-thao-mo-hinh-dieu-phoi-phat-trien-tich-hop-va-co-che-van-hanh-cho-tphcm-post820329.html