President: Officials must not be afraid of responsibility but must know how to 'fear mistakes'

The President pointed out the current situation of people who like to take on too much in policy making, so they refuse to decentralize. Or "they talk about problems everywhere, and talk about problems with everyone they meet", but are slow to resolve them, leaving people not knowing who to complain to.

Speaking at the group discussion session on the socio-economic situation on the morning of October 24, President Vo Van Thuong emphasized that the country's economy has achieved many important results, basically achieving the set goals and continuing to become a bright spot in the global economy.

President Vo Van Thuong speaks at the discussion of the National Assembly delegation in Da Nang.

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"Saying that is not to praise our country, but the results we have achieved are very impressive. Recently, I participated in a number of multilateral activities, met with many leaders of countries, and basically they all highly appreciated our efforts and results, and were impressed with the development of Vietnam's economy in recent times," the President stated.

However, there are still many and very large limitations and difficulties. There are many problems that need to be solved but the ability to solve them is limited, for example, the real estate market has not been able to solve any large projects in the past 2 years, the corporate bond market, handling weak credit institutions...

"Over the past 10 years, we have not been able to resolve any of the zero-dong banks. There has even been a policy to restructure zero-dong banks, but it has not been completely resolved, posing huge risks whose consequences cannot be fully assessed," the President said.

Accordingly, there are policies with great expectations but the implementation is slow. At the National Assembly forum, a delegate also said that "the longest road is the road between saying and doing".

The Party's conclusions also clearly state that implementation is still a weak link, which is also a very difficult point. For example, the program to restore socio-economic development after the Covid-19 pandemic, despite great expectations, the National Assembly also discussed it very enthusiastically, with great determination, but the implementation was very slow.

"Public investment seems to be difficult because there is no money to spend. But even though we have money, we still cannot spend it. The report to the National Assembly also clearly stated how many ministries, branches, and localities have disbursed less than 50%," the President said.

In addition, the world and regional situation also greatly affects our difficulties. The fact that some countries have significantly reduced consumer demand, armed conflicts and wars in some places also make tourists travel less, spend less, and slow down production. The trade surplus is very impressive, but in essence it is due to the reduction in imports of input machinery components.

The President pointed out the reasons: first, decentralization has not achieved high results, is not clear, and has not encouraged the responsibility of agencies, organizations and individuals in the political system.

The Party's conclusion stated that it is necessary to promote decentralization and clear and transparent delegation of power in the direction that each level must clearly define its authority and responsibility, so that superiors do not have to reach down to do the work of subordinates.

"When it is necessary to ask, the answer must be clear and transparent. But each time we ask, it takes at least 3 months, on average 6 months, even 9 months in some cases, to receive a written response saying "following the law", the President said. The mindset of wanting to take on everything in policy making, wanting to have power in every field, so there is no decentralization.

Officials must fear mistakes.

In particular, responsibility in law-making, including laws, decrees, and circulars, is not high. "In our system, we see that officials who make mistakes are severely punished, and officials who speak out against policies and resolutions are gradually disciplined. But officials who issue a decree, circular, or law, and when implementing it, encounter many obstacles and problems, and no one has been harmed," said the President.

Another issue is whether the corporate bond market and real estate market are loose from policy and if so, is anyone responsible?

The President made it clear that officials must be afraid of making mistakes in order to work more carefully and study the law more thoroughly.

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Third is talking about cadres avoiding and fearing responsibility - this is a shortcoming because as a cadre, one cannot avoid or fear responsibility, but one must fear mistakes. "Fearing mistakes makes one work more carefully, fearing mistakes makes one study the law more thoroughly. Fearing mistakes makes one consider the pros and cons to the national economy and people's livelihood before making a decision, is a necessary quality of a cadre", the President emphasized and expressed that it seems that our cadres always "grasp the provisions of unclear legal documents". This leads to the reality that "specialists and civil servants are already weak, when they present it to the leaders and say it is difficult, the leaders will also say it is difficult, without tracing to the source of the difficulty".

"The department head said it was difficult, the deputy director said it was difficult, and finally the department director also said it was difficult, and then the vice chairman and chairman of the People's Committee also said it was difficult, so in the end, everything remained the same and was not resolved," President Vo Van Thuong emphasized.

Fear of making mistakes so that we can do our work more carefully, fear of making mistakes so that we can study the law more thoroughly. Fear of making mistakes so that we can consider the pros and cons to the country and people's livelihood before making a decision, is a necessary quality of a cadre.

President Vo Van Thuong

The President shared his feelings when meeting some officials who work in specialized state management, specializing in only one department, one district, but speak like politicians. They make general statements like this and that, all good words but the specific work is not thoroughly resolved.

"First of all, each locality must really resolve the problems. Everywhere we talk about problems, everyone we meet talks about problems. At forums like this, if we still complain about difficulties, problems, and slow resolution, who will the people complain to?", the President said, adding that people now, when faced with problems, think about whether they know anyone.

"That mindset is dead, because it reflects the negative aspects of society. People in difficulty should immediately think of the government and the law. That is the healthy mindset we must aim for," the President affirmed.

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