What is perspective on Ho Chi Minh City planning for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050 in Vietnam?

What is perspective on Ho Chi Minh City planning for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050 in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Subsection 1, Section II, Article 1, Decision 642/QD-TTg of 2022 stipulates the above viewpoint as follows:

Planning perspective

- Ho Chi Minh City planning ensures suitability, consistency, and synchronization with the goals and orientations of the country's socio-economic development strategy for the period 2021 - 2030, 5-year socio-economic development plan 2021 - 2025 of the whole country, National Strategy on green growth and sustainable development, international treaties to which Vietnam is a member and in accordance with national planning according to the provisions of the planning law.

- City planning must be associated with a vision that by 2050, Ho Chi Minh City will be a smart urban area, with a level of development on par with major cities in Southeast Asia and Asia, creating a breakthrough in productivity, quality, efficiency, and competitiveness of the economy are based on a modern economic structure with high-quality human resources and innovation as the central element, with developed scientific and technological levels. development and people's living standards are at a high level.

- Demonstrate a strong vision and innovative perspective in development thinking. Ensure comprehensiveness and synchronization between sectors; openness and transparency in attracting and implementing investment projects; Harmonious development of localities and territories in the City; consistent with the ability to balance and mobilize resources for deployment; Consistently synchronized with the General Construction Planning of Ho Chi Minh City to 2040, with a vision to 2060.

- Make the most of the City's geo-economic - political value, the opportunities to link the City with the Southeast region, with the provinces of the Mekong Delta, South Central Coast, Central Highlands, both domestically and internationally (especially countries in the region); the ability to exploit the North-South economic corridor; the ability to exploit the trade agreements that Vietnam has signed (WTO, CTPPP, APTA, EVFTA.,.) to promote the core role of the Southern Key Economic Region, the economic engine of the country.

- Closely combine rapid and sustainable economic development with cultural and human development; ensure national defense, security, political stability, social order and safety; ensure social security, narrow the gap between rich and poor, improve people's living standards; Protect the ecological environment, adapt to climate change and create a foundation for development by taking advantage of the opportunities of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Identifying science and technology as the driving force for development is the key for Ho Chi Minh City to catch up and surpass some major cities in Southeast Asia.

What is goal of planning Ho Chi Minh City for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050 in Vietnam? 

Pursuant to Subsection 2, Section II, Article 1, Decision 642/QD-TTg of 2022 stipulating specific city planning goals:

Planning goals

- Arrange and spatially distribute socio-economic activities, national defense, security, urban systems and rural population distribution, infrastructure, land allocation, resource use and Protect the environment in the City in a scientific and reasonable manner on the basis of concretizing the national master plan and regional planning in the City to effectively use resources, potential and benefits. The City's position serves the goal of sustainable development.

- Realize the goals and development orientation to 2030 and vision to 2050, the City's main tasks and solutions according to the Resolution of the 11th Ho Chi Minh City Party Congress, term 2020-2025; Identify new development models and strategic breakthroughs; research and application of science - technology, innovation; take the lead in taking advantage of the opportunities of the Fourth Industrial Revolution; Strongly develop the digital economy, sharing economy, and circular economy so that Ho Chi Minh City continues to maintain its role as the economic leader of the country, developing quickly and sustainably; become the center of economics, finance, trade, science - technology and culture of Southeast Asia by 2030; become the economic and financial center of Asia by 2045; deal with the immediate problems in the next 5 to 10 years,

- Provide important scientific bases and legal tools for Ho Chi Minh City's authorities at all levels to use in leading, directing, and unifying state management and policy planning and initiatives. create motivation for development; is the basis for building and implementing socio-economic development and investment plans in the City, ensuring objectivity and science; Organize socio-economic development space to ensure synchronous connection between national planning, regional planning and City planning to maximize the potential and advantages of the City, meeting the requirements rapid and sustainable socio-economic development.

- Build an information system, database, and planning to unify the national information system on planning, and at the same time meet the development management requirements of the City, region and country. It is a basis for businesses, communities and people to invest, do business, live and work to check, monitor and evaluate the implementation of the City's planning.

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