Capital strives for GRDP per capita of over US$ 6,300 in 2023

It is one of the targets set under a Resolution on the city's socio-economic development plan in 2023, which has recently been approved by the Municipal People's Council.

The resolution, setting 22 targets and 10 main groups of tasks in 2023, was approved at the 10th session of the 16-tenure People's Council of Ha Noi on December 10.

Under the resolution, GRDP growth is planned to accelerate at 7 percent and export turnover is projected to increase by 6 percent.

The number of public schools meeting national standards will increase to 81 percent while unemployment rate in urban areas will be kept below 4 percent in 2023.

The overall goal of the plan is to maintain stability and ensure major balances of the economy, control inflation, and promote growth; continue to restructure the capital city's economy; consolidate and develop new growth engines; as well as improve the internal capacity, resilience and adaptability of the capital's economy.

The plan aims to focus on comprehensive and synchronous development of the fields of culture and education; effectively control diseases; ensure social security as well as improve people's material and spiritual life.

Besides, it will enhance the development of digital infrastructure, science and technology activities, innovation, creativity and start-ups; strictly manage and effectively use land and resources, protect the environment, and actively respond to climate change; continue administrative reform, rearrange the apparatus, tighten discipline as well as raise the responsibility of the head.

It will strengthen the application of information technology in State management, build digital government, improve the ranking of indicators such as the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI), Public Administration Reform Index (PAR Index), Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI), and Satisfaction Index of Public Administrative Services (SIPAS); step up the fight against corruption, negativity and wastefulness; ensure national defence, local military and social order and safety.

According to the report of the capital People's Committee, despite many difficulties in this year, the city's GRDP recovered strongly, with the following quarter seeing higher growth than the previous quarter. GRDP increased by 9.69 percent in the first nine months of this year - the highest in recent years; and the whole year's GRDP is expected to expand 8.89 percent.

Total State budget revenue of the city this year is over VND 332.9 trillion (US$14 billion), reaching 106.8 percent of the plan, about 2.7 percent higher than in 2021.

Total local budget expenditure of the city this year is estimated to be VND 100.5 trillion (US$4.25 billion), reaching 94.1 percent of the assigned target./.