Vietnam: Socio-economic targets for 2009 of the People's Council of District 11, Ho Chi Minh City

Socio-economic targets for 2009 of the People's Council of District 11, Ho Chi Minh City (Illustrative image)

Resolution 08/2008/NQ-HND stipulates the socio-economic targets for 2009 of the People's Council of District 11, Ho Chi Minh City as follows:

- Increase by 6% or more in Industrial and small-scale industrial production value; 16% or more in commercial and service revenue;

- Strive to complete the state budget revenue estimate assigned by the city, which is 510.4 billion VND, including 350 billion VND from non-state industry and commerce tax;

- Reach 288.9 billion VND in the total basic construction investment (according to the target registered with the city);

- Implement the mobilization of 98% or more of 5-year-old children into classes; and 100% of 6-year-old children into grade 1.

- Develop and implement a plan to realize the poverty reduction program with a standard of 12 million VND/person/year for the 2009 - 2015 period.

- Introduce and resolve employment for 10,000 people.

- Maintain the natural population growth rate at below 1%, reduce the birth rate by 0.12‰, and reduce the rate of third or subsequent childbirths by 0.24%.

- Establish 80% of households as cultural families; continue to promote registration to build 57/62 cultural neighborhoods.

- Strive to reduce criminal cases by 3% or more; achieve a crime investigation and discovery rate of 65% or more, with a serious crime revelation rate of 90% or more; prevent the recurrence and emergence of complex criminal and social evils hotspots.

- Complete 100% of the military recruitment target for 2009 ensuring quality.

- Focus on accelerating administrative reform.

Details can be found in Resolution 08/2008/NQ-HDND which took effect on January 02, 2009.

Ngoc Tai

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