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The Metropolitan Government Model of Ho Chi Minh Today

Domestic news Monday, 15:42 19-04-2021

Vietnam has five central cities, in which Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh are two special urban ones. In specifying the Party resolution about establishing metropolitan government, on 6 July 2012, the Politburo organized a meeting and discussed the implementation of Resolution No 20-NQ/TW (9th Tenure) about the directions and tasks of developing Ho Chi Minh city towards 2020. The Politburo allowed Ho Chi Minh city to implement pilot programs with emerging issues in the city; to design and implement the pilot project of the metropolitan government. In the writing, the author analyzes the implementation of the pilot model of the metropolitan government of Ho Chi Minh city and proposes solutions to build it as a complete and effective model.


Source: Journal of Political Theory and Communications, no 12 (2018).

Nguyen Thi Lien Phuong

MSc, Political Fostering Center in District 6, Ho Chi Minh City

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