Government’s first draft resolution sets major tasks for 2021
Permanent Cabinet members on December 18 looked at the Government’s draft Resolution No.1, which sets leadership and management orientations for the whole year of 2021.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the Cabinet meeting (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Permanent Cabinet members on December 18 looked atthe Government’s draft Resolution No.1, which sets leadership and managementorientations for the whole year of 2021.
The document puts forth 11 major tasks and solutions divided into nearly 200tasks to be assigned to departments and agencies.
The delegates expressed their approval for those orientations, saying 2021 isof significance as it marks the first year of the implementation of theresolution to be adopted at the 13th National Party Congress.
Some suggested assigning greater tasks to each ministry, agency and locality,devising mechanisms to promote innovations, further ironing out snags facingprojects, and adding the initiative to plant 5 billion trees to the resolutionso that it can be materialised in early 2021.
Presiding over the meeting, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed theGovernment’s attention to people and investment attraction.
Ministries and agencies must define development requirements, targets andorientations, particularly major institutions, mechanisms and policies toaddress new issues and create development momentum for each sector.
The resolution should chart growth scenarios, as well as main tasks, targetsand solutions, covering investment, export and consumption, the Governmentleader requested, reminding ministries and agencies that safety, job and incomeremain the public’s concern.
According to the PM, the plans on planting 5 billion trees and sustainablesocial welfare need specific measures.
He also mentioned the US Treasury Department’s labelling Vietnam, along withSwitzerland, as a currency manipulator, in accordance with the US Department ofFinance December report on the macro-economic and foreign reserve policies ofthe US’s trade partners.
He assigned the ministries and ministerial-level agencies to continue joininghands with US partners to maintain their cooperation in the time ahead, thus bringingpractical benefits to people and businesses of both sides./.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent a dispatch to relevant ministries, sectors, and localities requesting they focus on settling the consequences of natural disasters and recovering production in the central region.
Vietnam has broken into the group of countries with high human development, but this remarkable progress has been accompanied with relatively high pressures on the planet.
Vietnam has joined the ranks of countries in the world with high human development, but this remarkable progress has been accompanied with relatively high pressures on the planet.
The Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) hosted a forum on December 18 in Hanoi on the COVID-19 pandemic and its political and economic impacts on the world and different regions.
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.
Long spoke highly of the dynamic, positive, and comprehensive development of Vietnam – Russia relations in recent years. He affirmed that the Vietnamese Party and State place great importance on further strengthening the comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia in a substantive and effective manner, in line with the development needs of both nations.
At the conference, participants reported that the Government has so far issued 28 decrees on the delegation of responsibilities and powers between the central Government and two-tier local administrations. Several localities have already piloted the new governance model.
Reality is the ultimate benchmark for success, he said, urging drafting agencies to work out policies that foster development, reduce bureaucratic hurdles, and respect practical conditions.
Under the official dispatch signed on June 20, ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, and chairpersons of provincial and municipal People’s Committees are requested to concentrate efforts on implementing core measures to ensure the smooth operations of the new administrative framework.
The Party chief underscored the need for the press to innovate relentlessly, evolve to keep pace with the country's development, transform into a truly professional, humanistic, and modern sector that serves the cause of the Party, the State, and the people on the path to national construction and development.
The UN Secretary-General praised Vietnam’s remarkable achievements in socio-economic development and international integration in recent years, noting that the country has emerged as a model in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), promoting international peace and security, and engaging in key UN processes.
Nghia affirmed that this is a milestone of special significance, affirming and honouring the the Vietnamese revolutionary press’s glorious tradition of 100 years of serving the revolutionary cause of the Party, serving the Fatherland, and serving the people.
The Party and State of Vietnam always attach great importance to and give top priority to the development of Vietnam–China relations. Vietnam is ready to work with the Chinese Party and State to further deepen the Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership and promote the building of the Vietnam-China community with a shared future that carries strategic significance.
Under the leadership of President Ho Chi Minh and the CPV, President Cuong said, the press has been a steadfast force on the ideological and cultural front, rallying the masses to pursue national aspirations.
NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man stressed the need to accelerate the application of artificial intelligence and smart teaching equipment, innovate teaching and assessment methods, and further improve the quality of formal education.
He also pledged that the NA will promote its ongoing supervision, making sure that every promise must lead to results, and every commitment must bring about real changes.
Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien welcomed the proposals put forward by the US side and reiterated Vietnam’s request for consideration of key areas of interest, including reciprocal tariff policies and access for Vietnamese key export products to the US market.
Deputy PM Le Thanh Long proposed countries promote shared values, including building trust, sincerity, and solidarity among nations and peoples; fostering cooperation spirit and responsible behaviour as well as upholding international law and the UN Charter; and placing people at the centre and as the goal, the key player, and the driving force of all policies.
The show, together with a grand parade to be held silmutaneously at Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi, will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution, the National Day, and the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA).
In particular, in April 2023, the two sides successfully carried out a joint operation that dismantled a major organised, transnational drug trafficking ring involving both Vietnamese and Cambodian suspects.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Israel is closely coordinating with relevant local agencies to stay informed and provide the utmost support possible for Vietnamese nationals.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the Cabinet meeting (Photo: VNA) 
