Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked theVietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) to continue coordinating with the Government inraising the public’s awareness about their role in preventing and controlling theCOVID-19 epidemic, ensuring health and safety for themselves and the community.

The PM made the request at a working session with President of the VFFCentral Committee Tran Thanh Man on February 18. The session aimed to review cooperationbetween the Government and the VFF in 2019 and outline key tasks for thecooperation in 2020.

The VFF reported that voters and people value the efforts and drasticactions made by the Government and the PM in governance in general and inresponding to the COVID-19 epidemic in particular.

PM Phuc praised the direct contribution of the VFF Central Committee tonational development in the past time.

He said the VFF should push ahead with implementing the instructions anddirectives of the Party Central Committee’s Politburo and Secretariat onreforming the working methods of the VFF and political organisations, towards maximizingthe position and role of the VFF in the political system and strengthening thenational great solidarity bloc.

The PM also laid stress on the need to involve the public in massmovements, especially patriotic emulation campaigns, to fulfill socio-economicdevelopment plans for 2020, the five-year plan for 2016-2020 towards thesuccessful organization of the 13th National Party Congress.

He said the VFF should further diversify its methods of operation,connect with ministries, sectors and local administrations, keep up to datewith public opinion and the people’s aspiration, and well implement activitiesto solidify solidarity among ethnic groups, religions and overseas Vietnamese.  

The Government leaderreminded the VFF to actively work with State management agencies in settlingcomplaints and petitions and promoting administrative reform./.