Efforts to make Ho Chi Minh City an attractive global destination

Ho Chi Minh City is not only a large city, but also a symbol of the spirit of innovation and aspiration to rise up. With the will to commit, dare to think, dare to do, not afraid of difficulties, the Party Committee and people of the city have made strong steps on the path of development.

Ho Chi Minh City is increasingly developing into a modern and civilized city. (Photo: HOANG TRIEU)

Entering the 2025-2030 term, in the new development space after the administrative boundary expansion, Ho Chi Minh City continues to affirm its pioneering role, with the determination to build the city into an international megacity of Southeast Asia, an attractive global destination, worthy of the trust and expectations of the people of the whole country.

Steadily overcome "storms"

In the past term, along with the whole country, Ho Chi Minh City faced many unprecedented difficulties and challenges. The 4.0 industrial revolution took place rapidly, the Covid-19 pandemic seriously affected the socio-economy, while resources and development space were still limited. Under the leadership of the City Party Committee, the spirit of solidarity and consensus of the people and the business community, the city overcame challenges, performed well the political tasks, and created a solid foundation for the new development stage.

Overcoming post-pandemic challenges, the Party Committee, government and people continue to work together to implement many solutions to quickly restore the economy and regain growth momentum. The economic structure is shifting towards sustainability, taking science, technology and innovation as the driving force. The role of "locomotive" and "development engine" of the special urban area is affirmed when the city maintains its position as the leading economic, cultural, financial, commercial, scientific-technological and innovation center of the country.

The city has also proactively summarized and proposed many strategic policies, including Resolution No. 31-NQ/TW of the Politburo and Resolution No. 98/2023/QH15 of the National Assembly on specific mechanisms and policies for the development of Ho Chi Minh City. At the same time, the city proposed implementing national-level projects such as the International Financial Center, the urban railway system, Can Gio International Transit Port, and the Free Trade Zone (FTZ) associated with Cai Mep Ha Port. Thereby, continuing to affirm its pioneering role in regional connectivity, leading the development of infrastructure, human resources, digital infrastructure, spreading growth momentum to the Southeast region and the key economic region of the South.

In the socio-cultural field, Ho Chi Minh City focuses on synchronous investment, improving the quality of education, health care, culture, sports, and ensuring social security. Education and training work has achieved many positive results, the health system has been consolidated towards socialization and modernization. Cultural, artistic and festival activities have been organized on a large scale, contributing to enriching the spiritual life of the people. National defense, security and foreign affairs work continues to be strengthened; maintaining political security, social order and safety; expanding international cooperation on the foreign channels of the Party, State and people.

The work of Party building and rectification has been carried out comprehensively and synchronously. Ho Chi Minh City has focused on political and ideological education, tightened discipline and order; resolutely and strictly handled violations, and strengthened people's trust in the Party. In particular, the construction of "Ho Chi Minh Cultural Space" has created a strong change in political and social life, contributing to fostering humanistic values, arousing the sense of responsibility and public ethics among cadres and Party members.

A turning point for a new vision

According to comrade Tran Luu Quang, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, the merger of Ho Chi Minh City with the two provinces of Binh Duong and Ba Ria-Vung Tau is an unprecedented turning point in the history of urban development in Vietnam. The merger will comprehensively restructure the development space of the southern key economic zone, forming an "international megacity" of Southeast Asia, where the three most dynamic growth poles of the country converge.

Ho Chi Minh City's goal in the new period is to build the city into the center of Southeast Asia, in the top 100 most livable cities in the world. However, the city also faces many challenges: Unsynchronized infrastructure, lack of high-quality human resources, environmental issues, rich-poor gap, competition to attract investment, adapting to climate change, ensuring energy security and preserving cultural identity. These factors require the city's Party Committee and government to make a strong shift in establishing a growth model, governance capacity and adaptability.

The draft political report submitted to the first Congress of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, identified the goals: Building a clean and strong Party Committee and political system; perfecting an effective organizational model; promoting the tradition of solidarity, dynamism, humanity, creativity, and pioneering for the whole country. The city aims to become a civilized, modern urban area by 2030, a center of innovation, leading in industrialization and modernization, with regional influence. By 2045 - the 100th anniversary of the country's founding, the city will be ranked in the top 100 best cities in the world, becoming an international megacity of Southeast Asia, an economic, financial, tourism, educational, and medical center of Asia - a globally attractive destination with its own cultural identity and high quality of life.

To achieve that goal, the city focuses on implementing 10 main groups of tasks and solutions. First of all, it is to innovate the growth model, restructure the economy based on science and technology, innovation and digital transformation, and comprehensive green transformation. The city will re-architect the development space according to multipolar, integrated, and hyper-connected thinking; at the same time, mobilize all resources to invest in synchronous, civilized, and modern infrastructure.

At the same time, the city focuses on developing culture and people, the spiritual foundation of society. Building Ho Chi Minh City people of "truth-goodness-beauty", imbued with humanistic values, arousing love for the homeland, the will to be self-reliant, the desire to contribute and develop a rich, civilized and happy country. One of the key tasks is to promote the role of the people as the main subject, implement socialist democracy, strengthen the great national unity bloc, and closely connect the Party with the people.

In particular, the city continues to build a streamlined, effective and efficient government; perfect the administrative system to serve the people; improve the capacity and public ethics of the staff and civil servants; at the same time, promote the building and rectification of a clean and strong Party and political system, with a team of staff who dare to think, dare to do, dare to take responsibility for the common interest.

With a pioneering, dynamic, compassionate and creative spirit, Ho Chi Minh City is entering a new stage of development, where every project, every person, every policy is aimed at a common aspiration: to build the city named after Uncle Ho into a modern, humane, integrated metropolis, worthy of being the center of the region and an attractive global destination.

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