Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung speaks at the meeting (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung presenteda report on the National Master Plan for the 2021-2030 period with a vision to2050, following the opening of the 15th National Assembly’s secondextraordinary meeting in Hanoi on January 5.
Minister Dung said under the National Master Plan, Vietnam is set to become adeveloping country with modernised industry, upper middle income, economicgrowth based on sci-tech, innovation and digital transformation by 2030.
By 2050, Vietnam is set to become a developed nation with high income;equitable, democratic and civilised society. The GDP growth will reach about6.5-7.5% annually during 2031-2050 while urbanisation rate will hit 70-75% by2050.
The GDP growth is poised to hit roughly 7% annually during 2021-2030. By 2030,average GDP per capita at current prices will stand at around 7,500 USD.
In order to achieve such goals, the plan laid out four group of key tasks,namely basically setting up national infrastructure framework with a focus ontransportation, urban, rural, energy, digital, socio-cultural, irrigationinfrastructure; environment protection, fight against disasters and climatechange; accelerating economic restructuring in combination with renewal of growthmodels with priority to potential areas associated with new development space;developing locomotive zones and important national growth pillars; and formingand developing north-south, east-west and coastal economic corridors, industry-urban-servicecorridors in locomotive and major urban areas.
෴ Dung also mentioned orientations to organising development space according toregion and territory, and developing national urban and rural systems.
At the meeting (Photo: VNA)
Delivering a report examining the National Master Plan, Chairman of the NAEconomic Committee Vu Hong Thanh said the draft plan and the Government’sreport basically meet requirements in line with the Planning Law.
He suggested the Government supplement analyses of advantages and disadvantagesin terms of geographical location, topographical - geomorphological conditions,geology - soil resources, minerals, climate, and disaster risks, climatechange; look into how these conditions affect socio-economic development in thecoming time,; and clarify Vietnam's comparative advantages in comparison withother countries in the region and the world.
ღ Thanh also asked for realising the Politburo’s Resolution on improving theefficiency of managing, tapping, using and upholding economic resources for theeffort and promptly completing information system and national database onplanning in line with regulations./.
