Hai Phong port city asked to envisage future development
The northern port city of Hai Phong needs to regularly review its development master plan and envisage how it will be in the next 10-20 years in order to take supplementary moves in a firm, step-by-step manner, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong has told local authorities.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (C) takes photo with Hai Phong city's leaders (Photo VNA)
Hai Phong (VNA) – The northern portcity of Hai Phong needs to regularly review its development master plan andenvisage how it will be in the next 10-20 years in order to take supplementarymoves in a firm, step-by-step manner, General Secretary of the Communist Partyof Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong has told local authorities.
At a working session on November 15 in HaiPhong, the Party leader said the city boasts a lot of advantages and plays asignificant position in the north. He recognised its achievements in economicrestructuring and new rural building.
However, Hai Phong should fully tap itspotential to grow vigorously and map out what to do in the three-year orfive-year periods.
He emphasized the Party building andreorganisation as a key task, which relates to not only millions of Partymembers but also the whole political system, State apparatus, personnel work,and working lifestyle.
The prevention of corruption and negativephenomena must be conducted completely, drastically and persistently to createremarkable changes, he stressed.
Meanwhile, international integration,industrialisation and urbanisation must go with cultural preservation andpromotion of great national unity, resilience, and creativity, he said.
He asked Hai Phong to reform growth models andpromote investment attraction to take the lead in the country’s “Doi moi”(renewal) process.
Earlier on November 14, the Party leader visitedthe VINFAST automobile manufacturing complex and Dinh Vu-Cat Hai sea bridge -part of Tan Vu-Lach Huyen Highway - the longest sea bridge in Southeast Asia.
According to Secretary of the municipal PartyCommittee and Chairman of the municipal People’s Council, the gross regionaldomestic product (GRDP) expands by 12.73 percent per year, higher than theyearly target of 10.5 percent.
The export turnover is expected to grow by morethan 22 percent in 2017 and hit 12 billion USD by 2020. The budget collectionacross the city is estimated at 71 trillion VND (3.12 billion USD) in 2017, up26.22 percent against the previous year, while the total social investment isprojected to reach nearly 68 trillion VND (2.99 billion USD).
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Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (C) takes photo with Hai Phong city's leaders (Photo VNA)
