The great turning point bringing our country into a new era

On the morning of April 30, the City Party Committee - People's Council - People's Committee - Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City solemnly held the "Celebration of the 45th Anniversary of Southern Liberation and National Reunification Day, April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2020".

The program was organized online with the main bridge at Thong Nhat Hall, along with bridges at the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City and at 18 departments and branches, 24 districts.

Attending at the Thong Nhat Hall bridge were comrades: Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan - Politburo member, Chairwoman of the National Assembly; Truong Hoa Binh - Politburo member, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister; Nguyen Thien Nhan - Politburo member, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee; Tran Luu Quang - Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee; Nguyen Thanh Phong - Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee; Vietnamese Heroic Mothers; historical witnesses who participated in the historic Ho Chi Minh Campaign; together with leaders of central ministries, branches and sectors, representatives of departments, branches and sectors, and people of all walks of life in the City.

In his commemorative speech, comrade Nguyen Thien Nhan recalled President Ho Chi Minh's journey to find a way to save the country, building the Communist Party of Vietnam, mobilizing the masses to make revolution, defeating French colonialism to build an independent Vietnam, the first worker-peasant state in Southeast Asia, followed by the 9-year long resistance war against French colonialism returning to invade Indochina and ending with the historic Dien Bien Phu campaign.

Comrade Nguyen Thien Nhan emphasized the dramatic developments when the US participated in the Indochina situation, building the Saigon government in the area south of the 17th parallel. Especially the General Offensive and Uprising in the spring of 1975 ended with the historic Ho Chi Minh campaign, bringing the resistance war against the US to a brilliant success, unifying the country.

Comrade Nguyen Thien Nhan stated that the success of the historic Ho Chi Minh campaign is a heroic page in the history of our country, a great turning point for the entire nation, bringing our country into a new era, an era of building a rich, strong, fair, independent country; the whole country together moves towards socialism...

A corner of Ho Chi Minh City. Photo TL

The Secretary of the City Party Committee recalled the important milestones of the City in the past 45 years. He emphasized the milestone of 2017, when the National Assembly passed Resolution 54 on piloting special mechanisms and policies for the development of Ho Chi Minh City. This is a national breakthrough, synchronous, timely, and suitable decision in line with the development situation of the City, helping the City to better promote its traditional strengths in the development process, while also making the best use of resources from the people, investors, international partners, and overseas Vietnamese, to develop the City faster and more sustainably, for the whole country, with the whole country.

Secretary Nguyen Thien Nhan highlighted the achievements that Ho Chi Minh City has achieved in the past 45 years, since the reunification. The city's economy has the highest growth rate in the country, maintaining its position as the economic locomotive, accounting for only 0.6% of the area and 8.6% of the country's labor force. The city contributes the most to the country's gross domestic product with 23% and contributes the most to the country's budget revenue, accounting for 27%.

Highlights of success after 45 years, the City has a High-tech Park with a total investment capital of over 7 billion USD, exports of over 8 billion USD, is considered the most successful high-tech park in the country. Quang Trung Software Park with 200 enterprises and investors, revenue in 2019 reached nearly 12,000 billion VND, equivalent to over 500 million USD, of which over 80% is export value and is also considered the most successful software park in the country.

Most recently, the City has planned to develop the Eastern Creative Urban Area, with the goal of being the driving force for the 4th industrial revolution in the City, expected to contribute about 30% of the total domestic product in the City...

In 2020, the entire Party Committee and the City Government focused on leading and directing the completion of socio-economic development tasks for 2020 and the entire 2015-2020 term, while resolutely preparing and organizing Party Congresses at all levels, towards the 11th Congress of the City Party Committee. In the first months of 2020, the situation of acute respiratory infections caused by the Corona virus has become increasingly complicated worldwide, and has had many impacts on the City. Together with the whole country, the City has proactively, resolutely, and creatively implemented solutions to prevent and fight the epidemic and done a good job of caring for and supporting the poor, social protection beneficiaries, and workers who lost their jobs due to the epidemic, contributing to ensuring social security in the City, joining hands with the whole country to successfully control and prevent the spread of the epidemic.

The City is currently actively preparing to transition to the recovery phase of production, business and social activities, while preventing the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic. In that context, the City is proactively mobilizing all resources to complete the 5-year socio-economic plan for 2016-2020, the Resolution of the 10th City Party Congress, the Resolution of the 12th Party Congress and Resolution 16 of the Politburo on the development direction of Ho Chi Minh City until 2020 and Resolution 54 of the National Assembly on piloting special mechanisms and policies for the development of the City.

The City Party Secretary especially emphasized the difficulties that the City is facing in the current complicated epidemic situation and clearly stated the tasks that the City Party Committee and Government must resolutely carry out in the new normal conditions.

Comrade Nguyen Thien Nhan said that the City government's resolute direction is to not let the epidemic happen, this is a premise for successful economic development in 2020 and 2021; focusing on successfully organizing Party Congresses at all levels and moving towards the 11th City Party Congress, term 2020-2025 and the 13th National Congress of the Party.

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan also emphasized the important orientations that the Party Committee and the City Government have been, are and will continue to follow: Taking people's satisfaction as a measure of success; promoting the innovation movement, increasing labor productivity, striving to become the most creative locality in the country with the eastern creative city; Party members must be pioneers, not violate the law, wholeheartedly serve the people, build a strong and clean government...