HO CHI MINH CITY, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City on Friday set a target of posting a gross regional domestic product growth of 8.4-8.7 percent in 2017.
Other key goals set for 2017 include advancing to Vietnam's top five of localities with the highest provincial administration performance index, establishing 50,000 new enterprises, having 17 doctors per 10,000 residents, supplying safe water to all households, increasing the ratio of treated industrial wastewater to 90 percent, said the municipal legislative body.
Ho Chi Minh City plans to issue municipal bonds worth up to 5,140 billion Vietnamese dong (230 million U.S. dollars) next year.
