Hanoi told to keep cultural identity to boost development
Hanoi needs to pay due attention to maintaining its cultural identity which is the spiritual support to the capital city’s development, said General Secretary of the CPV Nguyen Phu Trong.
CPV General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at the working session between the Politburo and the Hanoi Party Committee’s Standing Board on October 20 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi needs to pay dueattention to maintaining its cultural identity which is the spiritual supportto the capital city’s development, said General Secretary of the CommunistParty of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong.
The CPV leader made the request during a workingsession between the Politburo and the Hanoi Party Committee’s Standing Board onOctober 20 to review the five year-implementation of the Politburo’s Resolution11-NQ/TW on development directions and tasks for the capital between 2011 and2020.
According to the municipal Party Committee,Hanoi has recorded an average gross regional domestic product (GRDP) growthrate of 7.57 percent each year while per capita GRDP is estimated at 79.4million VND (3,500 USD), up 1.7 times from 2011.
Services now make up 67.09 percent of the localeconomy, followed by industry-construction 29.69 percent and agriculture 3.22percent. With the considerable improvement of its investment climate, Hanoiranked 14th among the 63 provinces and cities nationwide in the 2016 provincialcompetitiveness index, jumping 37 places from 2012.
The city has reaped many achievements in termsof culture, education, health care and sports. It has also ensured absolutesafety for Party and State agencies, external activities of the nation andmajor political events, the municipal Party Committee said.
Speaking at the session, General Secretary Trongunderlined the particularly important role of Hanoi capital. Amid the reformperiod and national industrialisation and modernisation, Hanoi needs to pay dueattention to maintaining its cultural identity since this is the spiritualresource to create the strength for the capital city’s development.
He stressed that as Hanoi is the location ofother countries’ diplomatic representative agencies, internationalorganisations and central agencies, it must be a civilised city and do externalwork better.
There remains much to be done in terms of theParty and political system building, he said, adding that Hanoi’s Partyorganisation is the biggest of its kind in Vietnam with nearly 400,000 Partymembers, including senior leaders of the Party and the State. Therefore,Hanoi’s Party organisation must be a role model for others nationwide.
The Secretary General also told the capital cityto optimise support from central agencies and sectors and other localities soas to make stronger breakthroughs in local development.-VNA
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CPV General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at the working session between the Politburo and the Hanoi Party Committee’s Standing Board on October 20 (Photo: VNA) 
