PM urges political determination, feasible measures for growth target
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked for political determination and feasible measures to achieve growth target in each sector during the Government’s May meeting in Hanoi on June 3.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is speaking (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime MinisterNguyen Xuan Phuc asked for political determination and feasible measures toachieve growth target in each sector during the Government’s May meeting inHanoi on June 3.
He made it clear that this meetingdiscusses measures to achieve a 6.7 percent growth set for this year.
Accordingly, agriculture must grow3.05 percent, in which farm produce export must rake in 33 billion USD. Industryshould expand by 7.91 percent, with mining, manufacturing and engineering,electricity and construction up 10.5 percent.
Services must grow 7.19 percent, inwhich tourism should hike more than 30 percent and serve over 13 million foreigners.
The PM directed accelerating capitaldisbursement which has so far reached 30 percent while speeding up equitisationof State-owned enterprises.
Cabinet members were asked to proposesolutions to clearing business obstacles and oversee how State groups and corporationsfollow the Party Central Committee, National Assembly and government’spolicies.
The Ministry of Planning andInvestment reported that a record 50,500 new firms were established in thefirst five months of this year. During the period, inflation was put undercontrol while foreign direct investment attraction and tourism services recordedgrowth.
The Finance Ministry offered refundof added-value tax online nationwide from May 12, marking a leap inadministrative reform.
For the first time, the government didnot delay the submission of its reports to the National Assembly (NA), andsubmitted 13 bills to the 14th NA’s third session for consideration.
The government leader also took theoccasion to brief Cabinet members on the outcomes of his freshly-ended USvisit, saying that Vietnam is one of the 16 countries running a trade surpluswith the US. Both sides discussed a range of areas, from trade to nationaldefence-security, including the East Sea issue.
The visit also marked a significantmilestone in investment promotion, with the signing of economic deals worth upto 12 billion USD, including business licenses in engineering and equipment, hesaid.
He added that intellectuals, overseas Vietnamese and US Congressmen expressedtheir support for Vietnam’s multilateral relations policy, particularly amidglobal integration at present.
In social affairs, the PM called fordealing with serious land erosion in the southwest, the medical incident in HoaBinh provincial general hospital and pavement encroachment in localities.-VNA
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested all-out efforts to achieve 6.3-6.5 percent growth this year during a monthly Government meeting in Hanoi on October 3.
The Government’s monthly meeting opened on October 29 morning with focus on measures to create a leap in the last quarter’s economic growth rate and curb this year’s inflation within 5 percent.
Cabinet members have given opinions on verification reports on five draft decrees on the function, right and organisation structure of some ministries and ministry-level agencies at the regular Government meeting on December 29.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc urged Government members to take drastic measures to attain the targeted growth rate of 6.7 percent this year at the Cabinet’s February meeting in Hanoi on March 1.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has directed that each ministry and locality must devise a detailed plan to fulfill set targets, in which responsibilities of individuals and units must be specified.
At the working session, General Secretary Lam presented the Party Committee of the VFF and central mass organisations with the Politburo’s Decision No. 304-QD/TW, which outlines the new structure, functions and tasks of the VFF Central Committee, marking a significant step in improving its organisational effectiveness.
Describing the exhibition as a large-scaled, content-rich, and unprecedented event with high requirements and limited preparation time, PM Pham Minh Chinh urged all ministries, sectors, and localities to participate with the highest sense of responsibility, ensuring the exhibition is inclusive, objective, truthful, feasible, and impactful.
Vietnam’s attendance reaffirms its consistent foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralisation and diversification, and comprehensive, intensive, extensive and effective international integration.
Cheng stressed that this is third time PM Chinh has attended the meeting and he is among the few senior government officials participating in this year's event, which is considered as a rare and commendable gesture.
The fact that the Vietnamese PM has been invited to attend and speak at this important event for three consecutive years reflects the WEF as well as the international business community's recognition and high regard for Vietnam's position, role, and contributions to global and regional economic growth.
This new era marks a crucial phase in which the country must strive with determination to fulfil its strategic objectives, achieving breakthrough development at new levels of sophistication, quality, and global standing, laying the foundation for further growth. Era after era forms a continuous history of development, ascending steadily from one level to the next.
The resolution on such mechanisms aims to serve as a legal basis for opportunely dealing with difficulties and hindrances caused by legal regulations in important, priority, and urgent areas that require immediate settlement so as to unlock resources, facilitate economic development, and turn legislation into a competitive edge.
PM Pham Minh Chinh instructed chairpersons of the People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to strictly follow the Ministry of Finance's guidelines on handling public finances and budgets, with a focus on preventing wastefulness, misconduct, or corruption.
Knapper reaffirmed the US's commitment to supporting a strong, independent, prosperous and resilient Vietnam, while respecting each other’s territorial integrity, sovereignty, independence and political systems.
Vietnam is deeply concerned about the escalating and complex conflict in the Middle East, which poses a serious threat to the lives and safety of civilians, as well as to regional and global peace and stability.
The Vietnamese Embassy advises the Vietnamese community living, studying, and working in Israel to strictly comply with directions from the Home Front Command and local authorities.
Lawmakers are set to vote on revisions and amendments to a broad spectrum of legal frameworks and impactful resolutions during the final week of the 15th NA's 9th session.
The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (SCOVA) has served as a bridge connecting and uniting the community with the homeland, becoming a trusted source of support for Vietnamese expats in times of hardship.
The programme to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses has achieved notable results, with nearly 263,000 housing units addressed to date, including 225,000 houses inaugurated and 38,000 under construction. Thirty-eight provinces and cities across the nation have already fulfilled their targets.
Stronger efforts and determination are required to achieve and surpass the set targets, especially in the eradication of makeshift and dilapidated houses nationwide, the acceleration of public investment disbursement, and the implementation of nationally important transport projects, PM Pham Minh Chinh noted.
The trip will be made at the invitations of Chinese Premier Li Qiang and WEF President and CEO Børge Brende, according to an announcement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is speaking (Source: VNA) 
