Hanoi (VNA) – Chairman ofthe National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue emphasised the target of even,comprehensive, and sustainable development for Hanoi while addressing the 12th session of its 16th People’s Council that opened on July 3.

He highly valued the capital city’s politicaldetermination and efforts to surmount difficulties and fuel economic recoveryand development.

Secretary of the municipal Party Committee and head of the city's NA deputy delegation Dinh Tien Dung delivered a report showing that in the first half of 2023, the city's grossregional domestic product (GRDP) rose 5.97%, 1.6 times higher than the nationalaverage. Total state budget revenue increased 22.9% year on year to 220.1 trillion VND (9.31 billion USD). The number ofinternational tourist arrivals surged over 6-fold from a year earlier. Meanwhile,Hanoi attracted nearly 2.27 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI), surpassingthe figure of the entire 2022. The development of socio-economic infrastructurehas been stepped up, especially Ring Road 4 project.

NA Chairman Hue asked Hanoi to presson with tackling bottlenecks and perfecting regulations to facilitate the capital's development; accelerate public investment, infrastructure, and socio-economicprojects, especially such key ones as the Ring Road 4 construction, road andurban railway projects, the renovation of old apartment buildings, and the housingdevelopment during 2021 - 2030; and continue boosting the cultural industry andthe development of rural and disadvantaged areas to ensure even, comprehensive,and sustainable development.

The city was also asked to keep promoting administrative reforms, improving itsbusiness climate and competitiveness, tightening discipline in publicadministration, and detecting and dealing with poor-performing civil servants,especially leaders of agencies and units, in a timely manner.

Hue demanded Hanoi to properlycarry out the collection and casting of votes of confidence on those holdingthe positions elected or approved by the municipal People’s Council, andeffectively implement the NA’s resolutions on piloting the urban administrationmodel, piloting some specific financial - budgetary mechanisms and policies forHanoi, and piloting the arrangement of full-time deputies of the municipalPeople’s Council.

He expressed his belief that the city's Party organisation, administration, andpeople will stay united and keep exerting efforts to seize opportunities andweather every difficulty and challenge to reach socio-economic development targetsfor 2023 and the whole tenure. Besides, the Hanoi People’s Council must increasingly affirm its role as an organ of the State power and deserve itsstatus as the representative of the will, aspirations, and right to mastery oflocal residents, the leader stressed.

The 12th session of the People’s Council is a regular event lookinginto the city’s socio-economic development, security, defence, and budgetcollection and spending in the first half of 2023. It discusses tasks and solutions for the last half. Many issues under its jurisdiction arealso considered, according to Chairman of the municipal People's Council Nguyen NgocTuan./.