Participants at the seminar on tapping into potential and resources for rapid and sustainable development. (Photo: dangcongsan.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) - Participants at a seminar in Hanoi on May 16 discussedthree pillars of the nation’s rapid and sustainable development.
It was jointly held by the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Informationand Education, the Economic Commission, the Party Committee of Central BusinessSector and the Online Newspaper of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
The three pillars discussed were the sustainable economy, society andenvironment.
Economic sustainability covers economic growth rates, macroeconomic balances,growth quality and the economy’s competitiveness.
The social sustainability pillar must ensure public social equity, job securityand access to public services while the environmental sustainability pillarcovers saving resources, emissions reduction, climate change resilience, greenenergy use and green production and consumption.
Dr Tran Doan Tien, editor-in-chief of the Online Newspaper of the CommunistParty of Vietnam, said the viewpoint of rapid and sustainable development hasbecome a consistent policy in the Party and the State’s leadership during thenational development for many decades.
The seminar looks to exchange ideas to bring into full play the Party’sleadership in the national economic development and raise awareness on theParty’s leading role in fostering socio-economic growth in a fast andsustainable way, he said.
The seminar received nearly 50 discourses from ministries, localities, expertsand businesses.
Discussions focused on the Party’s viewpoint on rapid and sustainabledevelopment as well as solutions to make the best use of social resources.
Others expressed views from the perspective of businesses.
Representatives from localities recommended promoting regional linkages,restructuring the economy associated with growth model innovation andincreasing labour productivity.
Participants discussed potential and resources that Vietnam can take advantageof to grab opportunities and overcome challenges.
The workshop also discussed the role and rational use of resources for nationaldevelopment, including internal resources such as geographical location andnatural conditions and external resources such as capital, market, science andtechnology, production and business management experience learned from othercountries./.
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Participants at the seminar on tapping into potential and resources for rapid and sustainable development. (Photo: dangcongsan.vn) 
