The Government Office has just announced the conclusion of Standing Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh at the meeting on the project of not organizing the People's Council of districts and wards in Ho Chi Minh City and the project of establishing a city (city) under Ho Chi Minh City.

Regarding the non-organization of People's Councils of districts and wards in Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh agreed to develop a project called the Urban Government Project in the city to institutionalize the policy of rational organization of local government. suitable for rural, urban and island characteristics. At the same time, it meets the requirements of management of special urban centers, economic, cultural, tourist, educational, scientific and technical centers of the whole country.

The People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City shall coordinate with the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Home Affairs and relevant ministries and branches to complete the Scheme, ensuring it is consistent with the Constitution; clarify the mechanism and method of consolidating the organization of urban government in the city.

The Saigon Bridge connects the existing city center to the East Gate, including District 2, District 9 and Thu Duc - Photo: Huyen Tram

Regarding the project of establishing a city directly under Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, the establishment of Thu Duc city, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc commented in the Concluding Notice No. 192/TB-VPCP dated May 28, assigned "The City People's Committee to build develop the scheme, send it to the concerned ministries, branches and agencies for opinions, report it to the Government for consideration and submit it to the National Assembly Standing Committee according to regulations.

Pursuant to the legal regulations and the Prime Minister's direction, the Deputy Prime Minister agreed to implement the policy of establishing Thu Duc City under Ho Chi Minh City on the basis of the arrangement of districts 2, 9 and Thu Duc according to the arrangement scheme. administrative units at district and commune levels in the period of 2019-2021.

The establishment of the city. Thu Duc's orientation towards forming an innovative and highly interactive urban area is in line with the general policy of developing the digital economy, promoting capacity, innovation and creativity.

In the process of developing the Scheme, Ho Chi Minh City should pay attention to the general planning; should organize to collect opinions from foreign investors, the world's leading technology, financial, and real estate corporations on the orientation to build the city. Thu Duc (can be done via online meeting) to learn about investment needs, infrastructure requirements, etc., so that it can be integrated into the general planning and orientation of the city.

In order to attract investment into Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City needs to clarify the highlights and differences of the new city, in comparison not only with domestic cities, but also with financial and technology centers. in the Asia region. To do this, Ho Chi Minh City needs to work with ministries and sectors to integrate relevant projects and programs into the development orientation of the new city.

At the same time, the Thu Duc city plan needs to be incorporated into the general planning of HCMC as well as the regional planning, to create growth momentum, support, avoid duplication of development orientation between regions and regions and avoid creating unnecessary intra-regional competition, easily scattering resources.

Ho Chi Minh City also needs to clarify the form of mobilization of resources for infrastructure investment for Thu Duc City. If there are resources in the form of socialization, it is necessary to pay attention to the application of appropriate investment forms according to regulations. According to the provisions of the law, in the context of the Law on Investment in the form of public-private partnership (PPP) has now stopped the form of build-transfer (BT) investment.

In addition to economic and financial factors, due to the characteristics of Thu Duc City in the future, it may be a densely populated place, with members from many different provinces and countries, needing space design. spacious, green, clean and beautiful, ensuring security, politics, social order and safety.

Huyen Tram/Business life