During the ongoing 6^th session of the Da Nang People’s Council in its 9^th tenure of the 2016 - 2021 term, municipal People’s Committee Vice Chairman Ho Ky Minh reviewed the city’s socio-economic performance, and its security and defence this year.

The session in progress

By the end of this year, Da Nang’s gross regional domestic product (GRDP) is likely to have increased by 9% compared with last year to hit 58,579 billion VND. 

The production value of local services is expected to have risen by 8.1%, the industrial production and construction sector by 7.9%, the production value of the local agro-forestry-fishery by 3.7%, and exports by 12.4%.

Also by late 2017, the total of taxes collected in the city is predicted to have climbed by 17.96% against last year to stand at around 23,400 billion VND. 

The number of job opportunities is expected to have been 4.4 % greater.  The urban unemployment rate is likely to have reduced to 3.6%, whilst the number of local households living below the city’s poverty 2.86 %, and birth rate 0.1%.

In addition, the main tasks for next year were presented at the ongoing session. 

The top priority will be on taking advantage of the greatly successful APEC Economic Leaders’ Week 2017 to further advertise the image of Da Nang to international friends.

Importance will be attached to synchronously implementing effective policies for boosting the tourism sector, appealing for more domestic and FDI inflows, developing private businesses and start-ups activities, promoting technological innovations, and securing a favourable environment for super small, small and medium-sized enterprises.

Greater efforts will also be made to develop a synchronous infrastructure system, with more effective solutions to traffic congestions and environmental pollution.

Also next year, a socio-economic master plan will be developed to realise the city’s main target of becoming a big economic hub in Central Viet Nam and Highlands in the years ahead, and accelerating regional economic development links with other localities.

In particular, the city is also planning to see public transport become the preferred choice of travel for local residents and visitors.  In addition, focus will be on developing new urban areas in its western part and Da Nang Bay, as well as to refurbishing the downgraded parts. 

Special heed will be paid to continuing to implement such meaningful social welfare campaigns as the ‘City of 4 Safe Programmes’, and the ‘5 No's, 3 Yes's’, enhancing administrative reforms, and ensuring political security, social order and defefence.