Continue to remove obstacles for the development of China's economy.

Mr. Phan Van Mãi, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Committee reports on the results achieved in implementing Resolution 98 as well as recommendations to develop the city's economy

Regarding the six-month task at year's end, Ma said Ho Chi Minh City will focus on breakthrough solutions: promoting public investment disbursement, enhancing total social investment; promoting public consumption, stimulating consumer demand, stabilizing markets; supporting export promotion; promoting new growth drivers; ensuring social security; digital transformation, administrative reform.

Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung said that Resolution 98 is considered to be a full, comprehensive resolution with 44 mechanisms, policies on 7 different areas. The resolution is based on 3 main principles: Maximum mobilization of resources, maximum decentralization and authorization for the execution of some task functions with streamlined processes and procedures.

The city continues to propose various solutions for development.

In the coming period, Ho Chi Minh City will continue to perfect its policies for attracting strategic investors, issue decisions on interest support for investment projects loaned by HFIC Company in priority areas of socio-economic development; Pilot plan of urban development model oriented towards public transportation development (TOD); Financial mechanism pilot project implementing greenhouse gas emission reduction measures under exchange mechanisms and carbon credits compensation.

According to Mãi, some tasks in Resolution 98 are implemented by ministries and research sectors for the whole country so more time is needed, such as the task of developing regulations on mechanisms and policies encouraging the development of rooftop solar power; The project to develop a carbon market in Vietnam; Overall research mission for provinces with higher poverty standards than national poverty levels to propose specific solutions. .

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a working session with President Ho Chi Minh on socio-economic outcomes and implementation of the National Assembly Resolution No. 98/2023/QH15

Ho Chi Minh City Committee Chairman Hồ Chí Minh requested the Prime Minister to approve early decision on adjustment of investment policy for environmental hygiene projects in Ho Chi Minh, Phase 2 and Metro Line 1 project as a basis for the city to carry out further procedures to accelerate the completion of projects according to commitments with foreign donors. .

At the same time, Mãi also requested the Prime Minister to continue allocating targeted Central budget funding for High Technology Zone investment in building and expanding a high-technology zone similar to that previously supported for the High Technology Zone with a ratio of central budget capital of 30% and city budget capital of 70%. In addition, he asked the prime minister to direct early completion through decision on approval of the investment strategy of Cần Giờ International Transit Port Project; urban railway system development project; Vietnam's international financial center in Ho Chi Minh City. .

Commenting further with the city, Minister Nguyễn Chí Dũng suggested that Ho Chi Minh City should have a decisive solution in the last 5 months of the year to strive to complete the project assigned by the Prime Minister to apply the bonus clause, reinvest according to the provisions of the State Budget Law and Resolution 98. TP.

Directing a number of specific tasks, the Prime Minister firstly requested to continue implementing and concretizing Political Ministry Resolution 24 on socio-economic development, ensuring defense and security in Southeast Asia, Political Ministry's Resolution 31 on direction and task of developing Ho Chi Minh City until 2030, National Assembly Resolution 131 on organizing Ho Chi Minh city urban governance model and Parliament Resolution 98, successfully completing the target set by 2024, striving for 7. 5-8% economic growth throughout the year.

At the same time, the establishment of a specialized organization aimed at removing problems and obstacles that arise. Strongly promote the role of the country's economic leader; implement synchronous solutions to stimulate the economy, encourage investment and consumption; control prices, prevent smuggling, trade fraud.

At the same time, improve management efficiency, use and promote disbursement of public investment capital, focus on major projects, key points. Timely resolve difficulties, bottlenecks, create maximum convenience for people, enterprises producing business activities; drastically improve the business investment environment; promote entrepreneurship and innovative innovation.

Promoting the reform of administrative procedures, strengthening decentralization and power-sharing in work processing; improving the provincial public administration efficiency index; promoting national digitization, building smart cities, Project 06, and enhancing online public service deployment on the National Public Service Portal.

The Prime Minister demanded that socio-economic development go hand in hand with conservation, promotion of traditional cultural values and environmental protection. Resolve social issues well; implement good social security policies, solve employment problems. Continue to improve the quality of education and training; focus on forming leading national, regional and international educational and training centers.

Strengthening national defense and security, maintaining political order and social safety; creating conditions and environment conducive to socio-economic development. Emphasizing the work of building a clean and strong Party and political system, enhancing leadership capacity and fighting power of Party organizations and party members. Concentrating on building an organized machinery, operating efficiently and effectively, building a team of qualified personnel, especially leaders, restructuring and improving the quality of staff, civil servants, officials.

The Head of Government stressed that Ho Chi Minh City must play an important role as the "nuclear, growth capital of the region", a "civilized, modern and dynamic creative city" and "the country's economic, financial, commercial, scientific, technological and innovative center".

Also at the meeting, leaders of ministries and sectors responded and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chí gave guidance with proposals and suggestions by the City regarding draft Decree regulating mechanisms, policies to encourage development of self-generated rooftop solar power, self-consumption (to be issued in the coming days), Offshore wind power development pilot project, Pilot Project for developing a carbon credit market in Vietnam and amending Decree 06/2022/NĐ-CP on Regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the ozone layer;