Pham Quang Nghi, thecity’s Party Committee Secretary, emphasised the importance of these issuesduring the meeting.
“They are very important to the capital city’sdevelopment because specific planning projects will be outlined from theseplans,” said Nghi, who is also a Politburo member.
These projectsinclude the city’s Socio-Economic Development Strategy to 2030 and Vision to2050; its Master Plan by 2020 with a Vision to 2030 and a Master plan on theConstruction of Hanoi by 2030 and Vision to 2050.
Under the draft HanoiSocio-Economic Development Strategy by 2030 and Vision to 2050, the capital cityaims to become the nation’s political, administrative, cultural, economic,international trade, and education and training centre.
The plan callsfor the city to invest 60 billion USD in socio-economic development projectsfrom 2011-15 and another 98 billion USD from 2016-2020.
Thanh Tridistrict’s Party Committee Secretary Trieu Dinh Phuc said the city is notdeveloping in a very sustainable way. Big international organisations are notchoosing to open headquarters here because Hanoi was still focuses on quantityover quality when seeking foreign investments, he said.
Deputy chairmanof the Hanoi Fatherland Front, meanwhile, said planning projects must clarifywhich areas of land would be earmarked for urban development, agricultureproduction, industry and others.
Nghi said it is essential to combineHanoi’s development strategy with its master plan on socio-economic development.
Hanoi is aware that as a developing economy, culture and society, it iscrucial to consider urban management as an important and regular part of itsmission.
The city aims to attain annual average Gross Domestic Product(GDP) growth of between 9 percent and 10 percent during the 2011-20 period, andbetween 7.5 percent and 8.5 percent from 2021-30.
Service and industrywill account for more than 98 percent of the new economic structure by 2030.More than 85 percent of the city’s labourers will receive training by the sameyear.
The plans also call for Hanoi to become a green, civilised and modernurban area. It will comprise a nuclear urban centre and the five satellites ofSon Tay, Hoa Lac, Xuan Mai, Phu Xuyen – Phu Minh and Soc Son./.