On the morning of January 14, in Hanoi, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the 5th Conference of the Red River Delta Coordination Council and announced the Hanoi Capital Planning for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050; and adjusted the Hanoi Capital Master Plan to 2045, with a vision to 2065.
Since its establishment, the Red River Delta Regional Coordination Council has held four meetings. The first session announced the establishment and agreed on the key tasks of the Regional Coordination Council; the second session focused on giving comments on the regional planning; the third session implemented the Red River Delta Regional Planning for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050; the fourth session deployed the 2024 tasks of the Regional Council, the implementation status of some key projects of the region, and gave comments on the Review Report on specific mechanisms and policies of economic regions (including the Red River Delta).
The 5th Conference is an important occasion for ministries, branches, provinces and cities in the Red River Delta region to jointly review the results of implementing the goals and targets of the socio-economic development plan for 2024; the results of implementing assigned tasks and projects in 2024; the expected action plan of the Regional Council for 2025 and promptly recognize the difficulties, challenges and obstacles in the coming time, and jointly determine directions and solutions to accelerate and make a breakthrough in completing the socio-economic development targets for 2025 and the entire term.
In his opening speech at the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that the Red River Delta region must achieve double-digit economic growth to join the whole country in entering a new era, an era of striving to develop the country into a rich, civilized and prosperous one, as directed by General Secretary To Lam.
"If the Red River Delta cannot grow by double digits, which region can?" - The Prime Minister raised the issue and asked the delegates to focus on discussing solutions for double digit growth with the spirit of "The Party directs, the Government is unified, the National Assembly agrees, the people support, the Fatherland expects, then only discuss action, not retreat".
The Prime Minister also stated that this Conference will also announce the Hanoi City Planning; thus, after a period of time, especially during the COVID-19 years, the whole country has completed 111/111 plans. This is a great effort of local Party committees, authorities, ministries and branches.
The Prime Minister also emphasized that once there is a plan, it must be implemented correctly, especially in exploiting new spaces such as outer space, underground space, etc. to serve the country's development.
