The mission of the economic locomotive

The revolution in organizational and apparatus arrangement along with the implementation of major strategic policies is urging Ho Chi Minh City to deploy urgently and effectively to bring confidence to the people. Once there is confidence, the people's strength will create a strong and miraculous breakthrough.

We have the right to hope that the merger of Binh Duong province, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province and Ho Chi Minh City will open up new development space, forming a modern megacity, leading the economic development of Vietnam, contributing to raising the national position in the international arena. The potential and strengths of the 3 localities when merged will be a resonance for development, will be a destination to attract capital, knowledge, technology, international talents...

We also have the right to hope that in the near future, the new Ho Chi Minh City will be the image of a smart city, a creative city, a multi-center urban model, an economic locomotive of the Southeast Asian region, always attaching importance to sustainable development and preserving cultural identity, and will be a proud city in building the Ho Chi Minh Cultural Space...

The new Ho Chi Minh City will have an area of 6,770 square kilometers, a population of over 13.7 million people, and 168 commune-level administrative units, a reduction of 62% compared to the present. This is the most extensive administrative reform ever. Currently, preparations to end the district level from July 1 and be ready for the provincial merger from August 15 are taking place with a high sense of responsibility. The important issue of the arrangement is related to people, to ensure the implementation of tasks associated with job positions with the spirit of "choosing people for the job". This is considered a job that challenges the mettle of leaders, of the Party Committee, especially of the head, because the product will be evaluated immediately after the new apparatus is put into operation to see whether it is smooth or not, whether service to the people is interrupted or not...

When implementing the 2-level local government model, merging the provincial level and not organizing the district level, many provincial and district-level officials will return to the commune level. It is worth noting that in the reorganization project, there are a number of comrades who are standing members and members of the city committee who voluntarily return to work in wards and communes. This is considered an opportunity, a closeness to the people to solve the problems arising during the reorganization process, especially when the scale and tasks of wards and communes are much larger than before.

The organization and apparatus arrangement towards being lean, compact, strong, efficient, effective, and efficient is associated with the good resolution of regimes and policies for a large number of cadres, civil servants, and public employees leaving the state sector. Along with training support and job connection for non-professionals and workers when arranging... This is a big job related to people, requiring thoroughness from leaders, especially those doing organizational work.

For the apparatus to operate well, it is necessary to decentralize and delegate power strongly, to give proactive power to local authorities and to simplify administrative procedures to the maximum extent associated with modernizing the civil service. In particular, it is necessary to attach great importance to building a synchronous and interconnected database to ensure the operation of the information system in the digital environment, creating the foundation for the formation of e-government.

The organization and apparatus arrangement of the political system this time will have many surplus facilities, most of which will be coordinated for education, health care, cultural institutions, public services... to better serve the people, while in reality, many places are still overloaded, lacking the necessary conditions to take care of all aspects of people's lives. The process of implementing the organization and apparatus arrangement requires promoting the implementation of socio-economic development tasks, implementing the disbursement of public investment capital, promoting the progress of old and new projects...

With the vision and aspiration to develop the country, the Party Committee, government and people of Ho Chi Minh City are ready to implement the 2-level local government model with a high sense of responsibility and self-awareness, promoting interaction with the people, creating the strength of consensus in the development process.

PHAM PHUONG THAO

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/su-menh-cua-dau-tau-kinh-te-post798679.html