PM chairs 2022 National Urban Conference in Hanoi

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 30 presided over a national urban conference in Hanoi aiming to make a breakthrough in urban development in the coming years.

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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chairs the 2022 National Urban Conference in Hanoi on November 30.

In his opening speech, Chinh noted the conference presents a chance for the government, ministries and localities to review the urbanization process in recent times and introduce solutions to better manage urbanization and urban developent in the coming years.

He expressed hope solutions and recommendations put forward at the conference would help improve the quality of urbanization and urban development in the next 10 years with a vision to 2045, with a particular focus on enhancing the efficiency of exploitation and use of resources, and bringing into full play innovation resources as well as comparative and competitive advantages of urban areas in the context of national, regional and international development.

According to the Ministry of Construction, Vietnam has 888 urban areas at present, and the figure is projected to rise to 950 – 1,000 by 2025 and 1,000-1,200 by 2030. Its urban economy is anticipated to make up 75% and 85% of the country’s GDP by 2025 and 2030 respectively,

Under the Politburo’s Resolution 06 on urban planning, construction, management and sustainable development of Vietnam to 2030, with a vision to 2045, the urbanization rate of Vietnam is required to rise to over 50%, striving to reach the average level of the ASEAN region.

Vietnam will build at least 3-5 international urban brands, and the urbanization rate is in the middle and high group of ASEAN and Asia by 2030.

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