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Ho Chi Minh City’s People’s Committee Chairman Nguyen Van Duoc has signed Directive No. 45 outlining urgent tasks and priority measures to implement the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Conclusions 18-KL/TW and 27-KL/TW, with the goal of achieving two-digit economic growth in 2026. The directive requires heads of departments and agencies, as well as People’s Committee chairmen at wards, communes, and special administrative areas, to apply synchronized solutions to promote growth, improve governance efficiency, and maximize the city’s development resources.
For 2026, the city targets state budget revenue of 1 quadrillion dong. By the end of the second quarter, it aims to collect more than 500,000 billion dong. To meet the target, the directive calls for reviewing and accelerating auctions of land-use rights, appraising and approving land prices, and urging organizations and individuals to fulfill land-related financial obligations in line with regulations.
The city will also intensify tax-debt collection, particularly large and long-standing cases, and apply coercive measures under the law where applicable. In parallel, it will strengthen inspections and audits, tighten controls over revenue and cost declarations, related-party transactions, and transfer pricing, and strictly address fraudulent practices and tax evasion.
On local budget management, Ho Chi Minh City will implement at least a 10% saving of current expenditures, strive for an additional 5% saving compared with the budget approved by the People’s Council, and increase the share of development investment to more than 50% of total local budget expenditure.
For the 2026–2030 period, the city will review the full project list and cut at least 30% of the number of projects compared with 2021–2025 to avoid dispersing resources. Funding will be retained for core projects that are considered truly effective.
Priority areas include works to reduce traffic congestion, drainage projects to prevent flooding, environmental improvements, school construction, and relocating housing along canals.
In 2026, the city targets GRDP growth of 10% or more and will implement “breakthrough measures” to deliver noticeable changes in economic and social development. The directive also sets out efforts to complete procedures to start a series of key projects to mark the city’s 50th anniversary, including the Ho Tram urban expressway–Long Thanh International Airport; the Thủ Thiêm–Long Thành railway; the Can Gio–Vũng Tàu sea-crossing bridge; Ben Nghe Rong Cultural Park; Bình Tiên Bridge; the Cat Lai–Phú Hữu interport corridor; and the Thủ Thiêm 4 bridge, along with social housing, urban upgrading, and science-technology infrastructure projects.
The city will review, audit, and propose solutions to remove difficulties for stalled projects and land plots, including addressing long-standing delays.
For BOT projects, Ho Chi Minh City will review all existing, ongoing, and planned projects and only consider those that are truly necessary, urgent, and consistent with planning. Projects that can be implemented via BOT, BLT, or public investment will not be proposed under BT. The city will publish a list of PPP projects to be implemented immediately and build a catalog of key strategic projects to attract investment.
It will also finalize plans to reorganize, dispose of, and use public assets and surplus office space in Q2 2026.
At the April 2026 economic review session, Deputy Chairman Hoang Nguyen Dinh said that in the first four months the city started 10 strategic infrastructure projects with total capital of nearly 520,000 billion dong (about 20 billion USD), contributing significantly to growth this year. He noted that departments and localities have moved quickly, which strengthens confidence among strategic investors and businesses that administrative procedures can be accelerated.
He also emphasized that the 1 quadrillion dong budget target and double-digit growth require units to follow the implementation plan closely. Regarding public investment disbursement, he urged units not only to strive for targets but to disburse 100% of the capital plan assigned by the Prime Minister. The city targets 40–45% of the plan to be disbursed in Q2 2026, focusing on projects with large disbursement potential in May and Q2.
To achieve two-digit growth despite multiple challenges, the directive calls for concrete plans, clear assignment of responsibilities, progress monitoring, and decisive execution. Each task must be linked to KPIs and tracked against progress.
The city will focus on unlocking capital and land to enable project implementation and improve capital-use efficiency. The Finance Department and the City Institute for Development Research are tasked with promptly updating the 2026 two-digit growth plan and the 2026–2030 strategic growth plan to reflect new conditions.
On administrative reform, Ho Chi Minh City requires full transparency of administrative procedures, ensuring that 100% of procedures are published on time and that all records are tracked on the national public service portal, integrated with the national e-government portal.
The city will overhaul procedures affecting production and business to reduce processing time by 50% and compliance costs by 50% compared with 2024, and eliminate 100% of unnecessary business conditions. Targets include processing 98% of dossiers on time and handling grievances at a rate of 95% or higher. Agencies are required to apologize to citizens for late handling.
The directive also sets a requirement that 100% of feedback and recommendations from citizens and businesses be addressed, aiming for overall satisfaction with administrative procedures of 96% or higher, including 92%+ in land, construction, and investment areas.
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