Hcm city is a metropolis

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) Nguyễn Phú Trọng on Thursday urged HCM City to be proactive in gaining support and assistance from other sectors to achieve stronger growth.— VNA/VNS Photo Trí Dũng HÀ NỘI — General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) Nguyễn Phú Trọng on Thursday urged HCM City to be proactive in gaining support and assistance from other sectors to achieve stronger growth. He was addressing a special meeting between the Politburo and the HCM City Party Committee’s Standing Board to review the five-year implementation of the Politburo’s resolution on orientations and tasks for development of the southern metropolis. HCM City is a special urban area, a major economic, cultural, educational, scientific and technological hub, he noted, a destination of international exchanges and integration, and a driver of the southern key economic region. Holding an important political position, the city has made crucial contributions to … [Read more...] about Politburo chief urges HCM City to achieve stronger growth

Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh poses with HCM City's district leaders at the City's Party Congress yesterday. — VNA/VNS Photo Trang Duong HCM CITY — HCM City's economy has been property restructured and attained significant achievements over the past five years, the General Secretary of the Vietnamese Communist Party, Nong Duc Manh, said. Addressing the Ninth Party Congress of HCM City yesterday, Manh said the city's Party Committee and people had tried to overcome challenges and score significant achievements, with an average annual GDP growth rate amounting to 11 per cent. The city authority had paid great attention to infrastructure development and urban renovation, resulting in the building of new urban areas and the development of the city into a modern and civilised metropolis. Manh said city leaders had also focused on social welfare issues, leading to remarkable improvements of residents' living standards. The city's education and training, … [Read more...] about HCM City sees higher growth rates after economic restructure

Reform is expected to improve the efficiency of city government operations. VNA/VNS Photo Viet Nam News HCM CITY – HCM City is merging various management boards, departments and districts in an effort to streamline its administrative procedures. The city has 44 management boards that manage more than 3,000 projects. With such an excessive number, their jobs overlap and management is often inefficient, causing suspension of many projects. The chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, Nguyễn Thành Phong, has agreed to merge the management boards of Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area, Sài Gòn South New Urban Area and HCM City North-West Urban Area. The city’s Interior Affairs Department will also submit a draft to reform other management boards, districts and management boards of ODA projects. According to the master plan of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the four departments of justice, natural resources and the environment, labour and social affairs, and … [Read more...] about HCM City to merge some agencies

Sixth Congress of Citynet kicks off in capital city (11-10-2005) HA NOI — About 250 representatives from 26 countries will attend the sixth Congress of Citynet, an Asia-Pacific regional network, in Ha Noi from today. Participants include mayors of Asia-Pacific cities, government officials, scientists and representatives of UN organisations. A forum for Asia-Pacific cities, seminars on implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and bilateral meetings will be held at the four-day congress. The meetings and seminars will focus on realising common goals in cities and find solutions for construction and development of partner cities. At the conference, participants will exchange experiences in poverty reduction, education of community-based healthcare, mother and child care, environmental protection, infrastructure development, HIV/AIDS control and e-governance. Ha Noi has established relations with more than 60 capitals and cities as a member … [Read more...] about Sixth Congress of Citynet kicks off in capital city

Sanitation workers in HCM City collect water hyacinth from the Nhiêu Lộc - Thị Nghè canal to let it flow more freely. — VNA/VNS Photo Hoàng Hải Viet Nam News HCM CITY — Thousands of sanitation workers in the southern metropolis of Hồ Chí Minh City are finding their work particularly unrewarding, now more than ever, as they have been working practically without pay since the end of last year due to the dire financial difficulties of their employers. A number of such firms say they have no money to pay their employees, let alone to carry out maintenance of garbage trucks and equipment, the Lao Động (Labour) newspaper reported. According to Trần Thanh Tòng, Director of the Single-member District 12 Public Service JSC (operating in District 12 of HCM City), the firm has sent 10 official dispatches to concerned authorities, asking them to cover its costs to no avail. In April, Đậu An Phúc, vice chairman of District 12 People’s Committee, appealed directly to the city’s … [Read more...] about City asked to clean up its act, pay workers

The chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee, Nguyễn Thành Phong, speaks with international experts at a seminar on Thursday on making the southern metropolis a smart city. Photo phunuonline.com.vn Viet Nam News HCM CITY — Domestic and international experts discussed ways to overcome the various challenges HCM City faces and make it a smart city at a seminar on Thursday. "Digital cities are developed by achieving digital transformation through people-first innovation," Nguyễn Hoàng Giang, a technical expert from Microsoft Việt Nam, said. Public services were delivered more efficiently and effectively while fostering engagement between citizens and city governments, he said. Digital cities connect people and information across boundaries, enable remote and online collaboration, and allow citizens greater access to services and interaction with officials. "They provide ’always-on’ access with a central online resource where citizens can look up information … [Read more...] about Experts mull how to make HCMC ’smart’

HA NOI — Implementing three breakthrough strategies set by the 11th National Party Congress is the central task of the Government during its 2011-2016 tenure, stressed Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. In an article released yesterday, the Government leader wrote the first breakthrough strategy is to complete the socialist-oriented market economic institution, focused on creating an equally competitive environment and implementing administrative reforms. In the 2011-2016 term, the Government should continue its work on the operation of goods, services, financial situations, securities, real estate, labour and science and technology markets. This would help increase the country's competitiveness and improve its connection to the world market, he noted. The synchronous formation of the market economic institution should couple with minimising the monopoly in the production and service sectors and creating an equal environment for all economic sectors, he added. The … [Read more...] about PM highlights key tasks in new term

The national economy faced a multitude of difficulties due to the severe impacts of drought and salinity. — VNA/VNS Photo Trung Hieu HÀ NỘI (VNS) — How to ease losses caused by drought and saltwater intrusion that are afflicting the Mekong Delta, south-central and Central Highlands regions dominated the last monthly meeting of the incumbent Government. Such was the last meeting for 20 out of 27 Cabinet members as they are scheduled to assume new posts assigned by the Politburo and the Party Central Committee, or to retire next month, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng in his opening remarks on Saturday (March26). A report presented by Minister of Planning and Investment, Bùi Quang Vinh, shows that in the first quarter of this year, despite achievements in macro-economic stabilisation with the GDP growth rate estimated at 5.46 per cent and curbed inflation, the national economy still faced a multitude of difficulties due to the severe impacts of drought and salinity. … [Read more...] about Last Cabinet meeting tackles disaster relief