On the morning of December 9, the People's Council of Can Tho City, term X, 2021-2026, opened the 18th session (regular session at the end of 2024).
In his opening speech, Chairman of the Can Tho City People's Council Pham Van Hieu said that the City People's Council acknowledged and highly appreciated the efforts of all levels, sectors, mass organizations, enterprises... in implementing the tasks of socio-economic development and ensuring national defense and security in 2024.
The city has achieved many positive results such as GRDP growth estimated at 7.12% over the same period; implementation of Can Tho City Planning for the period 2021 - 2030, vision to 2050; The work of preventing and combating corruption, negativity, waste and practicing thrift continues to receive attention and good direction...
With a huge amount of work and the importance of the session, the Chairman of the session requested that delegates promote a sense of responsibility, democracy, frank exchange, questioning, and intellectual concentration in discussion and decision making...
"We need to go straight to the point, with the spirit of speaking frankly and honestly about the issues raised by delegates and voters; proposing effective, specific and satisfactory solutions to resolve the pressing issues that voters are concerned about and meet the requirements of the city's political tasks," said Mr. Hieu.
At the meeting, Chairman of the People's Committee of Can Tho City Tran Viet Truong presented a report on the implementation of the City People's Council's resolution on socio-economic, national defense and security in 2024. The city achieved and exceeded 14/17 targets, with 3 targets not yet achieved, including GRDP growth rate, GRDP structure and labor productivity value.
The Chairman of Can Tho acknowledged that 2025 is of special importance, being the final year of implementing the 5-year socio-economic development plan 2021-2025, the year focusing on organizing the 15th City Party Congress, towards the 14th National Party Congress.
The city's theme for 2025 is "Determination to reorganize and perfect the city's apparatus and political system to be streamlined, effective and efficient; promote resource mobilization to promote the city's socio-economic development; successfully implement the Resolution of the 14th City Party Congress, term 2020 - 2025".
On that basis, in 2025, the city will continue to create strong changes in economic restructuring associated with growth model innovation, best exploiting potentials and advantages, restructuring industries towards modernization, associated with promoting innovation...
"The city is looking for new driving forces to accelerate rapid and sustainable socio-economic development such as digital economy, green economy, and circular economy. Improving the quality of human resources, especially high-quality human resources, creating breakthroughs in productivity, quality, efficiency and competitiveness," said Mr. Truong.
The Chairman of the People's Committee of Can Tho City also pointed out 17 main targets to strive for in 2025, in which the City strives for GRDP economic growth to reach at least 9.5% or more, and average income per capita to reach at least 120 million VND or more.
