Hanoi (VNA) – Prime MinisterPham Minh Chinh on January 11 asked the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI)to constantly keep a sharp and reformed mindset, quickly grasp issues emergingin Vietnam and the world, and have foresight to advise the Party, State,people, and businesses about major socio-economic policies.

This is among the tasks for 2024 thatthe Government leader assigned to the MPI while attending the ministry’s conferencein Hanoi on January 11.

He also requested the MPI to constantlymaintain attention to and show better performance in the building andperfection of a socialist-oriented market economy. It needs to constantly playa pioneer role in attracting foreign investment, developing new economic modelsand new sectors, and facilitating innovation to help promote the economy’stransition and Vietnam’s stature in the international arena.

The MPI needs to constantly take the leadin digital transformation to create strong momentum for economic sectors todevelop, raise labour productivity and national competitiveness, and turn thisinto an important tool for the building of an independent and self-relianteconomy extensively integrating into the world. It is also necessary toconstantly enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of statistical activitiesand modernise the work to better serve the Party’s leadership and theGovernment’s management and governance, PM Chinh added.

In addition, he told the MPI to proactivelybuild socio-economic development scenarios for 2024 and beyond; devise andperfect regulations, mechanisms, and policies for strongly, comprehensively,and fruitfully making the three strategic breakthroughs, especially in terms oftraining human resources; and facilitate entrepreneurship and innovation toprovide 50,000 - 100,000 high-quality workers for the semiconductor industry inthe near future.

The PM also demanded the MPI designmore policies to support Vietnamese businesses’ engagement in regional andglobal supply chains, boost international economic integration, step up theattraction of foreign investment and external resources, and fulfil its roleas the standing body of the sub-committee for socio-economic affairs at the 14th National Party Congress.

TheMPI reported that despite numerous difficulties in 2023, it kept a close watchon the situation and made precise forecasts to submit timely proposals aboutdevelopment plans and response measures to the Government and the PM, helping thecountry minimise adverse impacts and achieve socio-economic developmenttargets.

Thesolutions it proposed to foster public investment disbursement, regionalconnectivity, digital transformation, innovation, and enterprise developmenthave helped drive green and sustainability-oriented economic growth. The ministryalso performed well in advising the Government and the PM about measures forattracting FDI, keeping macro-economic stability, ensuring social security, andpromoting production and business activities to help maximise opportunities foreconomic recovery and development, the MPI added./.