According to the report, in the first 6 months of 2026, Can Tho City's socio-economy achieved many positive results, agricultural production maintained its role as a pillar of the economy, and trade and service activities continued to recover,...
However, Can Tho is facing challenges when the GRDP growth rate in the first 6 months of the year reached 6.7%, lower than the proposed scenario. The industrial, construction, and service sectors have not met expectations, and the progress of public investment disbursement and unlocking development resources still has bottlenecks.
According to the People's Council of Can Tho City, this session is not only aimed at considering and deciding on contents according to state management requirements, but also has important significance in concretizing the Party's guidelines, policies, and laws of the State into practical and feasible decisions.
Accordingly, at the meeting, policies related to public investment will be considered, especially the investment policy for the Western Ring Road project of Can Tho City (connecting National Highway 91 to National Highway 80); considering assigning Vinh Long Provincial People's Committee as the competent authority to study and implement the Project to invest in the construction of the Ho Chi Minh City - Long An - Tien Giang - Ben Tre - Tra Vinh - Soc Trang expressway in the public-private partnership method.
These are important resolutions, aimed at developing the transportation network, improving the efficiency of using public investment capital, and creating more room for infrastructure development.
Along with that is considering many policies on social security, education and human development, from supporting preschool teachers, disabled students, ethnic minority children,...
Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Dong Van Thanh, Member of the Party Central Committee, Standing Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Can Tho City, requested delegates to maximize their sense of responsibility. Along with that, continue to promote wisdom, practical experience, carefully study dossiers and documents, carefully review each report, submission, draft resolution, and fully assess the necessity, legality, feasibility, and impact of each policy.
Mr. Thanh requested delegates to focus on democratic, frank, and objective discussions, go straight to the key issues that still have different opinions, and resolve with the highest quality, ensuring that each issued resolution is of quality, promotes practical effectiveness in practice, and meets the expectations of the people.
