Ho Chi Minh City Planning towards becoming a global, internationally competitive city

On behalf of the Politburo, Politburo Member, Standing Secretary of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu signed and issued the Politburo's Conclusion on the Overall Plan of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) for the period 2025 - 2050, 100-year vision (Conclusion No. 112-KL/TW dated October 28, 2026).

According to the Conclusion, the Politburo basically agreed with the viewpoints, goals, vision and main strategic orientations of the Ho Chi Minh City Master Plan for the period 2025 - 2050, 100-year vision according to the report and proposal of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee.

The Politburo assigned the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee to lead and direct the full reception of opinions from the Politburo, valid opinions from central agencies, and continue to review and complete the Plan, focusing on effectively implementing a number of requirements as follows:

Thoroughly grasp and fully concretize the guidelines and strategic orientations of the Central Government and the Politburo, especially Resolution No. 09-NQ/TW dated May 19, 2026 of the Politburo on building and developing Ho Chi Minh City in the new era; ensure inheritance and development, breakthrough thinking, vision, strategy, towards building the City into a global city, with international competitiveness, playing a leading role, leading and spreading development to the region and the whole country.

Continue to improve the development model to maximize the position, role, potential, and overall advantages of the City after the merger; organize a multi-layered, multi-polar development space, clearly defining the functions, linkage and complementary relationships between the development poles, dynamic centers, functional areas and infrastructure systems.

Clearly identify strategic and key priorities, focus resources, avoid spreading investment; closely combine economic development with cultural and human development, environmental protection, adaptation to climate change, ensuring national defense, security, social security, and improving the quality of life of people.

Pay special attention to the scientific, synchronous, unified and feasible nature of the Plan; ensuring compliance with national-level planning, regional planning and related plans.

Review and complete the goals, targets, forecasts, and growth scenarios; clearly define priorities, roadmaps, needs and plans for mobilizing and allocating resources, conditions on institutions, management capacity and implementation mechanisms. Planning must truly become a tool for creating development, effectively organizing space, creating new growth momentum, meeting the short-term and long-term development requirements of the City.

Proactively coordinate closely with central departments, ministries, and branches to complete dossiers, organize appraisal, and submit to competent authorities for approval of the Plan in accordance with regulations.

Develop programs and plans to organize implementation, clearly identify key tasks, priority projects, roadmaps, resources and responsibilities of agencies and units; strengthen inspection and supervision, ensure synchronous and effective implementation, absolutely prevent corruption, wastefulness, and negativity. Publicize information about the Plan so that people can participate in contributing, completing, and creating high consensus in organization and implementation.

Also according to the conclusion, the Politburo assigned the Government Party Committee to lead and direct the Government, relevant ministries and sectors to coordinate, guide, and support Ho Chi Minh City in the process of completing, appraising, approving and implementing the Plan according to its authority; promptly remove difficulties and obstacles in mechanisms, policies, resources and infrastructure.

Review the contents that need to be updated and adjusted in national-level planning, regional planning and related plans; consider, decide or submit to competent authorities for consideration and decision according to regulations, ensuring uniformity, synchronization and regional linkage.

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