Party Central Committee looks into socio-economic affairs
Members of the 12th Party Central Committee discussed socio-economic performance in 2016 and socio-economic development plan for 2017 at the committee’s fourth meeting in Hanoi on October 11.
Hanoi (VNA) – Members of the 12th Party Centr꧟al Committee discussed socio-economic performance in 2016 and socio-economic development plan for 2017 during the third working day of the committee’s ꧒fourth meeting in Hanoi on October 11.
In the morning, they also talked about the implementation of the State budget in 2016 and State budget estimates in the following year.
Politburo member and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on behalf of the Politburo chaired the event.
In the afternoon, the committee worked in groups to mull over a project on some major policies and guidelines to reform the growth model, and improve growth quality, labour productivity and the competitiveness of the economy.
The fourth plenum of the Party Central Committee was opened on October 9 and is scheduled to last through October 15.
To put the 12th Party Congress Resolution into action, the Party Central Committee decided that the 4th plenum must issue a Resolution on building and strengthening Party, stopping and curbing the degradation in political ideology, morality and lifestyle along with the signs of “self-evolution” and “self-transformation” within the Party./.
The fourth plenary meeting of the 12th Party Central Committee opened in Hanoi on October 9 morning, with socio-economic situation in 2016 and plans for 2017 high on the agenda.
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Members of the 12th Party Central Committee scrutinised a proposed scheme on promoting Party reinforcement on October 10, the second day of the committee’s fourth sitting.
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At the meeting (Photo: VNA)
