Party General Secretary and President To Lam and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen chair the meeting. Photo: daidoanket.vn

The top leader stressed the need to constantly improve the lives of the people and ensure security and national defense.

HCM City should be envisioned as a global city with smart, modern and dynamic development and integration; and green, inclusive and sustainable growth, he said, asking it to optimize potential and advantages for rapid and sustainable economic development in tandem with growth model reform, improve the local investment environment, create breakthroughs in urban infrastructure, and supplement mechanisms and policies to encourage economic sectors to join investment.

It is necessary to continue improving education-training quality; developing human resources, especially high-quality workforce; promoting science-technology in association with the knowledge-based economy, digital technology and digital society, which will be the foundation for HCM City’s fast and sustainable development, To Lam said.