The standing committees of the HCMC People's Council and People's Committee met on 12 October to prepare the sixth (thematic) session of the XI-term People's Council. The session is expected to consider 60 items, including 38 normative resolution drafts and 22 individual resolution drafts. Of these, 25 relate to implementing the Urban Development Law, covering interest-rate support for priority projects, selection criteria for PPP investors, and mechanisms for issuing local government, urban and green bonds. The agenda also includes the city's 2025–2050 master plan with a 100-year vision, free trade zone and sea economy policies, land rent exemptions for socialized facilities, and revised budget-funded lending rules for poor people. Chairman Nguyễn Văn Được asked agencies to prioritize policies that are eligible and ready to implement, while council chairman Võ Văn Minh urged a review of the list to avoid a year-end backlog and full consultation for policies with broad impact.
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