Ho Chi Minh City was tasked with continuing to refine the two-tier local administration model in a streamlined, effective, and substantive way; stepping up decentralisation and delegation of authority alongside power control and accountability; and building quantitative criteria to assess operational effectiveness, with citizens and businesses placed at the centre of service delivery.

A decision by the Politburo and the Secretariat to conduct inspection and supervision for the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee’s Standing Board was officially announced at a conference in the southern metropolis on March 14.

Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Chairman of its Commission for Policies and Strategies Tran Luu Quang has been assigned to join the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee and its Standing Board, and hold the position of Secretary of the municipal Party Committee for the 2020 - 2025 tenure.