The 15th Congress of the Party Organisation of the northern port city of Hai Phong opened on Oct. 22 with the participation of 350 delegates representing more than 110,000 Party members in the city.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung speaks at the event (Photo: VNA)
The 15th Congress of the Party Organisation of the northern port city of Hai Phong opened on October 22 with the participation of 350 delegates representing more than 110,000 Party members in the city.
Addressing the congress, Politburo member and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung acknowledged the important contributions that the local Party, government, and people have made to the country’s socio-economic development.
He noted that Hai Phong has established its role as an important transport hub, the main gateway to the sea of the northern region and a development centre in the northern key economic region.
He told the city to push ahead with the implementation of breakthrough strategies, economic restructuring and growth model shift.
In particular, the city needs to make full use of its advantage in location to develop seaport, navigation, and logistics services, alongside with turning tourism into an economic spearhead, he said.
Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Duong Anh Dien reported significant outcomes that Hai Phong attained after five years of implementing the Resolution of the 11 th Party Congress and the Resolution of the 14th Congress of the Hai Phong City Organisation.
The average gross domestic product (GDP) growth is 8.67 percent per annum, resulting in a 1.52 time expansion of total GDP in 2015 compared to the 2010 figure. The poverty ratio among local households has reduced to 1.53 percent this year.
The city has focused financial resources on economic-social infrastructure, especially in transport, with major projects such as Hai Phong international port, Hanoi – Hai Phong highway, Tan Vu – Lach Huyen bridge, and Cat Bi international airport.
Positive outcomes were seen in other fields such as defence-security, social order and safety, administrative and judicial reform, and corruption prevention.
The Political Report presented at the Congress pointed to several limitations and weaknesses, highlighting unsustainable growth and low quality growth, and the moral and lifestyle degradation among a number of Party members.
Following breakthroughs in socio-economic development in recent years, many major real estate projects have been launched in Vietnam’s northern port city of Hai Phong.
The northern port city of Hai Phong plans to focus on promoting the tourism potential of the Cat Ba archipelago, which is renowned for its diversity of tourism products.
Authorities in the northern port city of Hai Phong, one of the important waterway hubs in the region, have been stridently promoting sustainable growth and protection of the environment in sea port areas, in a bid to turn the locality into a “green port city” by 2020.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has given a nod to a project to build a large-scale fisheries centre in the northern port city of Hai Phong to serve fishing activities in the Gulf of Tonkin.
Vietnam is deeply concerned about the escalating and complex conflict in the Middle East, which poses a serious threat to the lives and safety of civilians, as well as to regional and global peace and stability.
The Vietnamese Embassy advises the Vietnamese community living, studying, and working in Israel to strictly comply with directions from the Home Front Command and local authorities.
Lawmakers are set to vote on revisions and amendments to a broad spectrum of legal frameworks and impactful resolutions during the final week of the 15th NA's 9th session.
The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (SCOVA) has served as a bridge connecting and uniting the community with the homeland, becoming a trusted source of support for Vietnamese expats in times of hardship.
The programme to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses has achieved notable results, with nearly 263,000 housing units addressed to date, including 225,000 houses inaugurated and 38,000 under construction. Thirty-eight provinces and cities across the nation have already fulfilled their targets.
Stronger efforts and determination are required to achieve and surpass the set targets, especially in the eradication of makeshift and dilapidated houses nationwide, the acceleration of public investment disbursement, and the implementation of nationally important transport projects, PM Pham Minh Chinh noted.
The trip will be made at the invitations of Chinese Premier Li Qiang and WEF President and CEO Børge Brende, according to an announcement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Long spoke highly of the dynamic, positive, and comprehensive development of Vietnam – Russia relations in recent years. He affirmed that the Vietnamese Party and State place great importance on further strengthening the comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia in a substantive and effective manner, in line with the development needs of both nations.
At the conference, participants reported that the Government has so far issued 28 decrees on the delegation of responsibilities and powers between the central Government and two-tier local administrations. Several localities have already piloted the new governance model.
Reality is the ultimate benchmark for success, he said, urging drafting agencies to work out policies that foster development, reduce bureaucratic hurdles, and respect practical conditions.
Under the official dispatch signed on June 20, ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, and chairpersons of provincial and municipal People’s Committees are requested to concentrate efforts on implementing core measures to ensure the smooth operations of the new administrative framework.
The Party chief underscored the need for the press to innovate relentlessly, evolve to keep pace with the country's development, transform into a truly professional, humanistic, and modern sector that serves the cause of the Party, the State, and the people on the path to national construction and development.
The UN Secretary-General praised Vietnam’s remarkable achievements in socio-economic development and international integration in recent years, noting that the country has emerged as a model in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), promoting international peace and security, and engaging in key UN processes.
Nghia affirmed that this is a milestone of special significance, affirming and honouring the the Vietnamese revolutionary press’s glorious tradition of 100 years of serving the revolutionary cause of the Party, serving the Fatherland, and serving the people.
The Party and State of Vietnam always attach great importance to and give top priority to the development of Vietnam–China relations. Vietnam is ready to work with the Chinese Party and State to further deepen the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership and promote the building of the Vietnam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.
Under the leadership of President Ho Chi Minh and the CPV, President Cuong said, the press has been a steadfast force on the ideological and cultural front, rallying the masses to pursue national aspirations.
NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man stressed the need to accelerate the application of artificial intelligence and smart teaching equipment, innovate teaching and assessment methods, and further improve the quality of formal education.
He also pledged that the NA will promote its ongoing supervision, making sure that every promise must lead to results, and every commitment must bring about real changes.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung speaks at the event (Photo: VNA)
