Politburo members work with Standing Board of the Can Tho city Party Committee

The working session analyzed implementation of the Politburo (ninth tenure)’s Resolution No. 45, Can Tho city during the industrialization and modernization over the past 10 year.

Accordingly, in the reviewed period, people of the Can Tho city are strengthening efforts to implement the No. 45 Resolution of the Politburo and achieves many important results: The city’s economy has grown 14% on average. Its gross domestic product per capita amounts to VND 80 million per year.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong delivers speech at the working session  with the standing board of the Party Committee of Mekong Delta’s Can Tho city

However, compared with the objectives and tasks of the Resolution No. 45-NQ/TW, Can Tho city had seen a number of shortcomings and limitations such as: Economic growth is not sustainable and not commensurate with the potential and advantages of the city.

During the working session, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong underscored the importance of human and material resources.

The Party leader urged Can Tho city to continue restructuring the economy, renewing growth model with top priority being given to the service sector while simultaneously developing high-quality industry and high-tech agriculture.

Between now and 2020, Can Tho needs to rally all possible resources, seek new momentum for growth to deserve its reputation as a socio-economic hub and a driver of the Mekong delta regional economy, he said.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong also suggested Can Tho to improve the traffic infrastructure, train human resources and deal with climate change.