Ho Chi Minh City (VNA) – The People’s Committee of HoChi Minh City and the committee for overseas Vietnamese on April 6 held ameeting in the city between municipal leading officials and overseas Vietnamesebusinessmen and intellectuals to discuss how to build the country’s southernhub into a regional innovative urban and financial centre.
Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhanannounced that authorities are perfecting a plan to build and develop aninnovative urban area which will serve as a leverage to intensify investmentattraction and comprehensive economic growth for the city in the years to come.
To build the city into a smart city and a financial centreof the region, the resources of the city only will be insufficient andauthorities need those from overseas Vietnamese businessman, intellectuals andforeign investors, he stressed.
Representatives of municipal authorities and participantsraised the idea that it is necessary to review the traditional design of thecity so as to work out a modern one, focusing on both technical and socialinfrastructure for a smart urban area.
To attract resources to the scheme, municipal authoritiesshould keep the strategic orientations of creating a development locomotivefrom the community and prioritizing the sustainable development to protect theenvironment and to improve the economic efficiency of investment projects, theyadded.
They also pointed to the causes of the slow implementationof the snail’s speed of the implementation of a plan to build Ho Chi Minh Cityinto a regional financial centre which was first mentioned more than 15 yearsago.
Highly valuing ideas contributed, Chairman of the Ho ChiMinh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong affirmed that remittances,investment and technology and initiatives have been and will be important resourcesthat help bring about growth and integration for the city.
To maintain the high growth rate, authorities are buildingdevelopment plans and perfecting the zoning of infrastructure, land and trafficnetwork, thus creating favourable conditions for the people to bring into fullplay their ability and resources, making more practical and effective contributionsto the development of the city in particular and the country in general.-VNA
Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhanannounced that authorities are perfecting a plan to build and develop aninnovative urban area which will serve as a leverage to intensify investmentattraction and comprehensive economic growth for the city in the years to come.
To build the city into a smart city and a financial centreof the region, the resources of the city only will be insufficient andauthorities need those from overseas Vietnamese businessman, intellectuals andforeign investors, he stressed.
Representatives of municipal authorities and participantsraised the idea that it is necessary to review the traditional design of thecity so as to work out a modern one, focusing on both technical and socialinfrastructure for a smart urban area.
To attract resources to the scheme, municipal authoritiesshould keep the strategic orientations of creating a development locomotivefrom the community and prioritizing the sustainable development to protect theenvironment and to improve the economic efficiency of investment projects, theyadded.
They also pointed to the causes of the slow implementationof the snail’s speed of the implementation of a plan to build Ho Chi Minh Cityinto a regional financial centre which was first mentioned more than 15 yearsago.
Highly valuing ideas contributed, Chairman of the Ho ChiMinh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong affirmed that remittances,investment and technology and initiatives have been and will be important resourcesthat help bring about growth and integration for the city.
To maintain the high growth rate, authorities are buildingdevelopment plans and perfecting the zoning of infrastructure, land and trafficnetwork, thus creating favourable conditions for the people to bring into fullplay their ability and resources, making more practical and effective contributionsto the development of the city in particular and the country in general.-VNA
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