Directive 18/CT-UBND Ho Chi Minh City 2021 on socio-economic recovery and development

DIRECTIVE

On continuing to control and revise COVID-19 prevention and control measures and gradually restore and develop the social economy in Ho Chi Minh City

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Latterly, Ho Chi Minh City has drastically, synchronously, actively, and effectively performed the COVID-19 prevention and control according to the Government's Resolution No. 86/NQ-CP dated August 06, 2021, Resolution No. 05-NQ/TU dated September 15, 2021, of the 8^th Municipal Party Committee Meeting, with many important achievements. To be specific: The health system is strengthened and consolidated; the number of hospital admissions, severe diseases, and deaths continuously decreased; over 95% of people aged 18 years and over have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and over 45% of them have received the second dose; several pilot activities for socio-economic recovery and development in District 7, Can Gio district, and Cu Chi district are implemented safely; awareness of the people and enterprises about pandemic prevention and control has been improved; social security, food, and foodstuff supply is guaranteed.

However, the pandemic in the City still remains complicated, the number of new confirmed cases and patients undergoing treatment at home and health establishments and the death rate is still high. On the other hand, the vaccination rate in the provinces in the Southern key economic region is still very low while the number of people who received the second dose in the City is not high, which requires the City to carefully consider when issuing economic recovery decisions and policies applicable to the entire Region.

In order to promote the achievements in the COVID-19 prevention and control, gradually restore and develop the City's social economy in accordance with the current period and continue to seriously and effectively implement Resolution No. 86/NQ-CP, the Government's motto "safe and flexible adaptation, effective control of the COVID-19 pandemic”, the Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee requests organizations and individuals in the City to continue to control and revise COVID-19 prevention and control measures and gradually restore and develop the social economy with the following specific contents:

I. OBJECTIVES - PRINCIPLES

1. Objectives

- To continue to control and prevent COVID-19 pandemic in the City; to give priority to protect the people's life and health, minimize the number of hospital admissions and deaths; to consolidate the health system, especially those at the grassroots.

- To gradually restore and develop the City's social economy in a safe, flexible, and effective manner; to pay attention to open activities of production and service zones; to ensure social security for the City's citizens.

- To get back to life with a new normal.

2. Principles

- To promote the role and mobilize all resources of the people and enterprises to participate in pandemic prevention and control and socio-economic recovery and development.

- To seriously implement directions of the Government, the Prime Minister, and the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, regulations and guidance of the Ministry of Health; to strengthen the coordination with ministries, sectors, central and local agencies in the Region, resume production and labor supply chains.

- To strengthen the application of information technology in COVID-19 prevention and control, and promote administrative reform, create favorable conditions for citizens and enterprises; to effectively process without regulating more unnecessary administrative procedures for citizens and enterprises.

- To promote the effectiveness of leadership, centralized direction, and strong decentralization of sectors, levels, districts, Thu Duc City and wards, communes, and townships in order to promote responsibility and initiative, positivity and creativity in pandemic prevention and control, economic recovery, and implementation of social security.

- To implement step-by-step in a careful and cautious manner, with a motto of “safety put first", "the safe place will be reopened". To closely follow the practical situation to consider taking the appropriate social distancing measures.

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