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| A view of HCM City, the nation’s main hub for economics, tradition and tourism. – VNA/VNS Photo Vũ Sinh |
HCM CITY – The Party Organisation of HCM City led and maximised the function of presidency and strengthened public consensus in the course of the 2020–25 tenure, enabling the town to beat challenges, fulfil political duties, and lay a basis for future improvement.
Between 2020 and 2025 the worldwide and home conditions offered each alternatives and difficulties.
The fourth industrial revolution superior quickly, whereas the COVID-19 pandemic had extreme impacts on the financial system, society and folks’s lives.
The metropolis had restricted sources and improvement area, persistent institutional obstacles and frequent shuffles of key officers.
The draft political report for the primary Congress of the HCM City Party Organisation for the 2025–30 tenure, to be held on October 13–15, famous that on this context, with its custom of solidarity, dynamism and creativity, the HCM City Party Organisation efficiently led authorities efforts, constructed public unity and achieved main socio-economic targets, making a stable basis for the following stage of improvement.
Economic improvement
In the 2020–25 time period, after implementing robust measures and mobilising all sources to beat the COVID-19 pandemic, HCM City’s localities centered on reviving manufacturing.
From a pointy decline, the financial system rebounded shortly, regaining development momentum and regularly stabilising. This was achieved by reforming the expansion mannequin, restructuring the financial system, making use of science and know-how, and selling innovation.
Under the nationwide administrative reform on July 1, Bình Dương and Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu provinces had been merged into HCM City.
During this era (2020–25) Bình Dương underlined its place as a serious industrial hub, specializing in remodeling industrial parks, attracting funding and implementing high-tech industrial tasks linked with city improvement.
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| A view of the Vietnam – Singapore II Industrial Park (VSIP II) within the former province of Bình Dương (now a part of HCM City). – VNA/VNS Photo Hoàng Hiếu |
Meanwhile, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu developed quickly and steadily, counting on trade, logistics, seaports, tourism, and high-tech agriculture.
It additionally established new key sectors similar to petrochemicals, renewable power and a liquefied fuel and biotechnology hub.
The former HCM City maintained its function because the driving drive of the particular city space. It remained the nation’s main centre for financial system, tradition, finance, commerce, providers, science, know-how, innovation, and human useful resource improvement.
The expanded HCM City achieved most socio-economic targets within the 2020–25 time period.
The metropolis’s GRDP is estimated at VNĐ3,000 trillion (US$113.6 billion) in 2025, 1.4 instances the 2020 quantity and accounting for 23.1 per cent of the nation’s GDP.
Its per capita GRDP is 1.7 instances the nationwide common. Its revenues topped VNĐ737 trillion ($27.9 billion), equal to 33.4 per cent of the nation’s complete.
Service sectors superior in the direction of modernisation, with commerce and repair high quality bettering considerably.
The home shopper market and import–export actions maintained steady development.
Industry prioritised high-tech sectors, modernised current ones and fostered key industries whereas rising indigenisation.
Construction progressed with fashionable tasks utilizing environmentally pleasant supplies.
Agriculture moved in the direction of city, ecological and natural fashions, embracing know-how and decreasing greenhouse fuel emissions.
Livestock manufacturing shifted to farm scale, whereas aquaculture and seafood processing had been reorganised in the direction of sustainability.
The monetary, financial and capital markets expanded their function. The science and know-how market grew, serving to enterprises undertake new applied sciences, improve productiveness and strengthen competitiveness.
The labour market recovered shortly after the pandemic, and the true property market extra regularly.
Resources had been used extra effectively, notably land, which was reallocated to increase infrastructure, trade, and providers.
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| Hồ Tràm public seaside within the former province of Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu (now a part of HCM City). – VNA/VNS Photo Huỳnh Sơn |
Socio-cultural improvement
In the 2020–25 time period schooling and coaching achieved constructive leads to each scale and high quality, transferring in the direction of worldwide integration and complete reform.
Investment in infrastructure was maintained, and there was a robust concentrate on bettering academics and directors.
Digital schooling platforms had been expanded, administrative reform superior and a number of other pioneering insurance policies had been launched.
Healthcare was strengthened by mobilising social sources and investing in amenities, gear and human sources.
The healthcare system improved in preventive and first care, specialised providers and epidemic response.
The quantity and high quality of medical personnel elevated.
Cultural, literary and creative actions obtained centered funding. Cultural amenities had been constructed and conventional values had been preserved.
Many festivals had been maintained, expanded and developed to serve each tourism and the local people.
The media and publishing system was streamlined, whereas skilled sports activities obtained larger funding and continued to ship worldwide achievements.
Social safety insurance policies had been applied successfully, with emphasis on job creation and expanded social and medical health insurance protection.
Comprehensive help was offered for folks with meritorious service, coverage beneficiaries, social safety teams, and people affected by COVID-19.
The poverty discount programme achieved robust outcomes, with all poor and near-poor households having access to fundamental providers. The motion with significant actions expressing “Gratitude” expanded broadly and successfully.
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| HCM City’s Book Street on Nguyễn Văn Bình Street in Sài Gòn Ward was fantastically adorned for National Day (September 2) this 12 months. – VNA/VNS Photo Hồng Đạt |
Building Party, Government
In the 2020–25 interval, Party-building by way of politics, ideology and ethics was comprehensively strengthened, with well timed laws for schooling, self-discipline and integrity.
Organisation and personnel administration improved, supported by clear procedures, stronger supervision and constant anti-corruption measures.
Inspection work was renewed, coordination amongst companies was enhanced, and oversight by the People’s Council, the Việt Nam Fatherland Front, socio-political organisations, and the general public was strengthened for larger accountability and effectiveness.
The authorities equipment in any respect ranges was consolidated, linked with constructing city administration and an expert civil service.
People’s Councils achieved notable progress in each scale and high quality, particularly in making key coverage selections, renewing supervision, increasing democracy, and responding to voters’ petitions.
People’s Committees and administrative companies reformed their working types, turning into extra dynamic and versatile in administration.
Restructuring of administrative models and constructing a two-tier native authorities mannequin had been applied decisively.
Early outcomes included decentralisation, clearer powers, stronger accountability, sooner digital transformation, and extra public participation.
Administrative procedures had been simplified, public providers had been improved and governance was enhanced to help financial development and socio-political stability.
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| Staff on the Bà Điểm Commune Public Administration Service Centre in HCM City work by lunch hour to course of administrative paperwork obtained from the general public. – VNA/VNS Photo Hữu Duyên |
Military, defence and safety duties had been directed comprehensively. The metropolis led in rescue operations, catastrophe prevention and epidemic management, whereas decreasing crime and sustaining political safety and social order.
External and worldwide cooperation expanded throughout Party, State and people-to-people channels.
Promoting potentials, strengths successfully
The draft political report famous that in 2020–25 the potentials and strengths of every locality had been harnessed successfully, resulting in some exceptional achievements.
The metropolis’s three localities (the previous HCM City, Bình Dương and Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu) continued to take care of their roles as main financial centres, contributing considerably to the Government’s revenues.
Their ecosystems in providers, tourism, trade, logistics, start-ups, and innovation developed strongly.
They additionally led in digital governance and institutional reform, shaping a pioneering city area that promoted improvement not solely by velocity of development but in addition by administration high quality and sustainable fashions.
Strategic breakthroughs in infrastructure, digital transformation, science and know-how, and human sources had been successfully applied, yielding essential outcomes.
The metropolis proposed a number of particular mechanisms and insurance policies, prompting the Politburo to undertake key selections.
Regional connectivity noticed a notable shift in pondering and motion.
HCM City actively promoted regional cooperation, asserting its function as a driving drive in improvement linkages.
It centered on strategic breakthroughs in transport infrastructure and human sources, creating momentum and new development area for the southeast, Mekong Delta and different areas.
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| Metro Line 1 (Bến Thành – Suối Tiên), 19.7 km lengthy, linking central and jap HCM City, started operation in December 2024. – VNA/VNS Photo Hồng Đạt |
These achievements had been doable as a result of the town’s localities constantly obtained shut and complete management, steering and efficient help from the Party Central Committee, the National Assembly, the Government, and ministries.
The metropolis’s Party Committees in any respect ranges remained steadfast, united and constant, upholding the Party’s ideas, self-discipline and laws, whereas selling democracy and main by instance.
They persevered in educating officers and Party members, and in constructing and rectifying the Party.
The aspirations of the political system, the general public and the enterprise group had been successfully inspired and harnessed.
Leadership and administration had been renewed, with creativity and well timed implementation of Party resolutions translated into concrete programmes and motion plans.
Tasks and options had been linked with supervision, inspection and encouragement of dynamism and creativity amongst officers and civil servants.
The metropolis additionally mobilised the good strengths of nationwide unity, drawing beneficial contributions from the folks, companies, consultants, scientists, intellectuals, and abroad Vietnamese. – VNS