Speaking at the 4th session of the 15th National Assembly (NA), Chairman of the HCMC People’s Committee Phan Van Mai, head of the National Assembly delegation of HCMC proposed the NA and Government support the city to continuously implement Resolution 54 and the construction project of the HCMC international financial center.
The standing committee of the HCMC Party Committee had a working session on innovation and completion of institutions and policies, and enhancement of effectiveness and efficiency of land management and use with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on October 18.
HCMC, the Southeast region and the southern key economic region need special mechanisms in order to become the leading economic locomotive in the surrounding area and the country.
The second meeting of the sixth session of the 10th-tenure HCMC People’s Council on July 7 reviewed the implementation of Resolution No. 54/2017 of the National Assembly on piloting specific mechanisms and policies for the development of the southern metropolis and Resolution No.25 of the People's Council on implementing the resolution.
Chairman of the People’s Committee of HCMC Phan Van Mai proposed that the city will soon receive special policies and mechanisms to attract strategic investors and urban developers to implement new urban growth models and urban embellishment projects.
Despite all the difficulties and the challenges that the city faced during the Covid-19 pandemic, Thu Duc City made all efforts to reach 124 percent of the assigned target in 2021.
HCMC has launched a building plan for a project of special mechanisms and jurisdiction for the development of Thu Duc City to submit to the National Assembly. Under the plan, the project will focus on sectors of human resource policies, finance and banking, business and investment, land, environment and natural resources, construction, planning and urban infrastructure.
The Party Committee of Thu Duc City on November 29 held a conference to collect experts’ opinions on proposing special mechanisms and jurisdiction for the new city’s development.
Thu Duc City’s government must focus on implementing required tasks, especially proposing special mechanisms at the soonest to create advantages for the new city’s development.
Head of Ho Chi Minh City Delegation of National Assembly Deputies, Nguyen Thien Nhan proposed special mechanisms and jurisdiction for Thu Duc City’s development.
The NA's recently approved resolution on piloting special mechanisms for HCMC would create a motive power for development. However it is not a wand able to solve all current issues in the city but a challenge forcing the city to be more dynamic to overcome stagnations, said Chairwoman of the city People’s Council Nguyen Thi Quyet Tam.
The National Assembly this afternoon passed a resolution to pilot special mechanisms for HCMC development with 93.69 percent of deputies voting in a favor of the resolution.
