Ho Chi Minh City aims to become a livable place

Ho Chi Minh City aims to become a livable place, where people are guaranteed education, healthcare, environment, safety and development opportunities, with no one left behind.

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Tran Luu Quang speaks at the conference. Photo: Viet Dung

On November 17, the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics coordinated with the Ministry of Public Security and the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee to organize a national scientific conference with the theme "Orientation of educational research and ensuring and protecting human rights in the new era of the nation".

Speaking at the workshop, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Tran Luu Quang said that, with its role as the country's economic locomotive, Ho Chi Minh City has achieved outstanding results in socio-economic development over the years, aiming to build a civilized, modern, and humane urban area.

During the 2021 - 2025 period, Ho Chi Minh City has focused on investing heavily in education with 435 projects, putting into use 2,823 new classrooms.

The health sector has been developed synchronously, promoting socialization, investing in equipment and human resources, meeting the increasing demand for medical examination and treatment,...

According to the Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, entering the era of Industry 4.0, Vietnam in general and Ho Chi Minh City in particular are facing both opportunities and challenges. Deep integration requires the improvement of the legal system and policies to be compatible with international standards on human rights.

The 1st Ho Chi Minh City Party Congress, term 2025 - 2030, determined the goal of building Ho Chi Minh City into a civilized, modern urban area, a center of innovation, integration, and a leader in industrialization and modernization.

Mr. Tran Luu Quang expressed his belief that the workshop will contribute to providing many practical contents and solutions for Ho Chi Minh City to continue ensuring human rights, aiming to become a livable place, where every citizen is fully cared for in terms of education, health, environment, safety and development opportunities, with no one left behind.

Politburo member, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council Nguyen Xuan Thang spoke at the conference. Photo: Viet Dung

Politburo member, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council Nguyen Xuan Thang said that the workshop took place at a time when the entire Party and people were contributing ideas to the draft documents of the 14th National Congress.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thang emphasized that Vietnam has just been elected by the United Nations General Assembly as a member of the Human Rights Council for the 2026-2028 term with 180/190 votes.

This is an outstanding foreign policy victory, affirming Vietnam's prestige and strong commitment to promoting and protecting global human rights values.

Global challenges such as climate change, epidemics, cyber security or the explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) require research and handling of new issues related to human rights.

“Nowadays, we are not only talking about the right to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and development, but also facing new rights, very typical of the digital age, such as the right to personal data, the right to be forgotten, the right to fair access to technology and the right to be protected from manipulation of fake information,” said Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thang.

The Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics said that Vietnam is strongly implementing a two-level local government model in the direction of integrity, creativity, and service to the people and businesses.

This requires that human rights protection be effectively implemented right from the grassroots level - where all public services and administrative activities are directly linked to people's lives.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thang emphasized that building an honest and serving government is not just a simple administrative reform, but a form of realizing human rights in daily life, a vivid expression of socialist democracy.

Source: https://ttbc-hcm.gov.vn/tphcm-dat-muc-tieu-tro-thanh-noi-dang-song-1019998.html