(VOVworld)- Ho Chi Minh City should be turned into a smart city capable of deeply joining regional and global value chains and competing with its counterparts in Asia.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc works with Ho Chi Minh municipal leaders

At a working session with the municipal leaders in HCM City on Monday, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc underlined the need to carry forward its role as a national centre of high-quality human resources and a destination attractive to investors and entrepreneurs. he said: “The city should set clear management targets, especially the application of science and technology in the international integration process. I suggest HCMC to have a bigger dream and a clearer political determination in order to have drastic advancement. HCMC will be “a gem lighting the East Sea”, but not its old name “a Pearl of the Far east.”