Prime Minister: Setting a high economic growth target is a big pressure but necessary

The Prime Minister said that setting a high economic growth target (8% or more) is a great pressure but necessary to achieve strategic goals; at the same time, he expressed his belief in the nation's mettle.

Within the framework of the 10th Session of the 15th National Assembly , at the group discussion session on the afternoon of November 4, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly appreciated the National Assembly's group discussion on the draft document to be submitted to the 14th National Party Congress; saying that this method is very suitable and effective, creating conditions for many National Assembly deputies to contribute opinions, while improving the quality of comments.

The Prime Minister also discussed and clarified a number of issues raised by National Assembly delegates of Group 11.

Regarding the great national solidarity, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stated that this is an extremely important support for our nation, and only with solidarity can we have strength. Re-emphasizing Uncle Ho's advice: "Solidarity, solidarity, great solidarity, success, success, great success," the Prime Minister pointed out that the spirit of solidarity must be demonstrated in all aspects, from solidarity of the entire Party and people to international solidarity; affirming that solidarity is the foundation for cooperation and dialogue, strengthening trust.

Regarding strategic breakthroughs (institutions, infrastructure, human resources), the Prime Minister affirmed that these three breakthroughs were set out at the 11th National Congress but are still valuable today and need to continue to be elevated, enriched in content, and increased in efficiency to develop the country.

Regarding infrastructure, the Prime Minister said that this term, total investment for development has increased by 55% compared to the previous term. Agreeing with the opinions of the delegates of Group 11 on the need to increase investment in strategic infrastructure, the Prime Minister stated that currently, transport infrastructure (highways, high-speed railways), energy infrastructure, climate change adaptation infrastructure, health, education, and cultural infrastructure... are all being actively implemented.

The bold decentralization and assignment of investment ownership to localities for expressway projects is a new point of this term and has proven to be highly effective. Localities, although initially hesitant, are now very confident and have implemented very quickly, even faster than the part implemented by the ministry in charge.

The Prime Minister also said that, taking advantage of the experience of this term, in the coming time, in infrastructure investment, what the Central Government does and what the local authorities do must be clearly defined and implemented in accordance with the spirit: Party leadership, State creation, pioneering enterprises, public and private cooperation, prosperous country, happy people. Decentralization and delegation of power must be strengthened along with resource allocation, supervision and inspection must be strengthened, and the implementation capacity of each level must be improved.

Regarding institutional breakthroughs, the Prime Minister expressed his complete agreement with the opinions of the National Assembly delegates of Group 11 (Can Tho, Dien Bien). We must continue to fundamentally change the thinking of law-making, shifting from a thinking that focuses only on management to a thinking that creates development. Law must be both a driving force and a resource, a competitive force of the economy; it must come from practice, originate from practice, stick to practice, respect practice and take practice as a measure.

Citing the recent bottlenecks in implementing investment projects, the Prime Minister said that to resolve the problems, we have decided to have both bidding and designated bidding. But whether it is bidding or designated bidding, the final issue "is still up to the staff."

"In short, the issue of law-making must be both practical and effective. However, promoting the initiative, positivity and sense of responsibility of those who implement it is very important," the Prime Minister affirmed.

At the discussion session, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh also reaffirmed the consistent viewpoint of our Party and State: Rapid development but must be sustainable and inclusive. Sustainability here includes issues related to people, the environment, and social security. Our viewpoint is not to sacrifice fairness, social progress, social security, or the environment to pursue mere growth. The proof is that in recent terms, we have invested heavily in social security.

During this term, investment in social security was 1.1 quadrillion VND, accounting for about 17% of total GDP. Vietnam has effectively implemented the policy of "leaving no one behind," completed the United Nations' millennium goals 10 years ahead of schedule, achieved impressive achievements in hunger eradication and poverty reduction, eliminating temporary and dilapidated houses, and implemented national target programs on socio-economic development for people in remote, mountainous, border and island areas...

The Prime Minister also emphasized the importance of culture, considering it an "endogenous strength"; affirming the view that "culture lights the way for the nation. If culture remains, the nation remains; if culture is lost, the nation is lost."

Regarding the economic growth target, the Prime Minister said that setting a high target (8% or more) is a great pressure but necessary to achieve strategic goals; at the same time, he expressed his belief in the nation's mettle.

Regarding climate change adaptation, agreeing with the assessment and proposals of National Assembly delegates of Group 11, the Prime Minister pointed out that the world also identified the need to unite, join hands and promote multilateralism and international cooperation in this field.

Delegations of National Assembly deputies from Dien Bien province and Can Tho city discuss in groups. (Photo: Doan Tan/VNA)

Discussing at Group 11, proposing to consider some additional contents of the draft document, delegate Le Thi Thanh Lam (Can Tho) said that it is necessary to prioritize focusing resources on science and technology infrastructure and digital transformation, avoiding dispersion; at the same time, consider increasing the investment rate for research and development commensurate with the set development goals, ensuring to create real motivation for innovation.

Along with that, delegates proposed developing high-quality human resources, the foundation of sustainable development; focusing on investing in STEM education, perfecting the selection mechanism, evaluating officials based on capacity and integrity, encouraging the spirit of daring to think, daring to do, associated with responsibility and transparency.

From the perspective of religious practice, Venerable Thich Duc Thien (Dien Bien) emphasized that the draft documents of the 14th National Party Congress have further developed previous views on national solidarity by affirming national solidarity as the main factor in the Political Report.

Venerable Thich Duc Thien also proposed to complete the content: "promoting the initiative, creativity, and resources of religious organizations for the cause of national development" in Section VII of the Draft Political Report of the 14th Congress, on page 40 this content is: "Ensuring and respecting the people's freedom of belief, religion, and non-belief; mobilizing, uniting, and gathering religious organizations, followers, dignitaries, officials, and monks to live a "good life, good religion", accompanying the nation, actively participating in patriotic emulation campaigns and movements; promoting the initiative, creativity, and resources of religious organizations for the cause of national development"./.

(TTXVN/Vietnam+)

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