Continue institutional reform, improve investment and business environment

On the morning of October 21, discussing at Group 15 (National Assembly Delegation of Phu Tho and Dak Lak provinces) on the results of socio-economic development in 2025 and the plan for 2026, delegates recommended that the Government continue to promote institutional reform, improve the investment and business environment; at the same time, strengthen the responsibility of leaders in direction and administration.

Digital transformation must go hand in hand with the development of "digital citizens"

Opinions unanimously agreed that 2025 will be a year with many historic decisions, marking a strong shift in the process of institutional innovation and state apparatus organization. The arrangement and streamlining of the apparatus, the implementation of the 2-level local government model, along with a series of legal reforms, private economic development and strategic infrastructure. Thereby, creating an important foundation for long-term growth; shaping the country's development path in the new period.

Overview of the discussion session at Group 10. Photo: Xuan Quy

According to the Government's report, economic growth in the first 9 months of 2025 reached 7.85% over the same period, and is expected to reach over 8% for the whole year, in line with Resolution 192 of the National Assembly on supplementing the socio-economic development plan for 2025. Notably, this is the second consecutive year that our country has basically achieved and exceeded 15 of the most important targets. These results are a testament to the strong leadership and direction of the Party and Government, the participation of the entire political system and the consensus of businesses and people nationwide.

In addition to the positive results, the delegates also pointed out many issues that need attention. According to National Assembly Deputy Nguyen Van Manh ( Phu Tho ), voters and people highly appreciate the strict handling of advertising and trading of fake and counterfeit goods online in recent times; however, this needs to be done more drastically and thoroughly in the coming time. Because people, especially the elderly, are still easily deceived by false advertising. Strict handling will contribute to protecting consumers and creating a healthy business environment.

National Assembly Delegate Nguyen Van Manh (Phu Tho) speaks. Photo: Xuan Quy

Regarding institutional reform and improving the investment environment, National Assembly Deputy Nguyen Thi Thu Nguyet (Dak Lak) emphasized the need to continue promoting administrative reform, reducing cumbersome procedures, increasing the responsibility of leaders and improving transparency in project approval, especially national key projects. These are three key factors to remove "bottlenecks" in the investment and business environment.

National Assembly Delegate Nguyen Thi Thu Nguyet (Dak Lak) speaks during the discussion. Photo: Xuan Quy

National Assembly Deputy Nguyen Thi Thu Nguyet also said that the implementation of the Politburo and National Assembly resolutions on science and technology development and digital transformation needs to be deployed more synchronously. In addition to investing in infrastructure and digital platforms, the Government needs to pay attention to developing “digital citizens” - that is, training and equipping people with skills to be able to effectively use online public services.

The implementation in many localities shows that people in remote areas still have difficulty accessing electronic administrative procedures. If we only focus on infrastructure without paying attention to the human factor, the digital transformation process will encounter many obstacles and waste resources.

From the practical operation of the two-level local government, the delegates also suggested that the Government strengthen inspection and supervision of decentralization, clarify the scope and responsibilities of each level as well as the resource allocation mechanism. At the same time, it is necessary to promptly submit to the Politburo for consideration the salary regime and policy appropriate to the tasks and job positions of the communal-level cadres to ensure their lives and improve work efficiency.

Research on specific policies to accelerate disbursement of public investment capital

One of the issues that many delegates are concerned about is the progress of public investment disbursement. Although the disbursement rate in 2025 reached 50.7% (the highest in many years), it is still low compared to the requirements; many agencies and localities have not yet allocated all capital, and some places have even disbursed less than 10%. The main reason is the problem of site clearance.

There are suggestions that the Government should consider researching specific policies such as separating site clearance into an independent project, not including it in the public investment disbursement plan to promote the progress of public investment disbursement.

National Assembly Delegate Nguyen Van Manh (Phu Tho) further proposed that for projects where people have agreed to hand over the site but have not completed resettlement procedures, there should be a temporary residence plan or housing rental support to ensure construction progress, especially for urgent and key projects.

Sharing the same view, National Assembly Deputy Tran Van Tien (Phu Tho) suggested that the Government clarify the reasons for low disbursement of investment capital, especially disbursement of national target program capital and ODA capital, and what solutions to achieve 100% disbursement of investment capital in the remaining months of the year. In addition, the Government needs to clarify the slow capital allocation and how slow disbursement of state budget capital affects economic growth.

National Assembly Deputy Tran Van Tien (Phu Tho) speaks at the discussion. Photo: Xuan Quy

Looking forward to 2026, delegates commented that the target of GDP growth of 10% or more and an average increase in labor productivity of 8.5% is very difficult. Because in 2025, the labor productivity growth rate will only reach 6.85% and the GDP growth rate will reach 8%.

Delegate Tran Van Tien suggested that the Government clarify the growth potential and develop specific and highly feasible development scenarios. On the other hand, regarding the total state budget revenue, it is necessary to increase the revenue rate to over 10% to reduce the state budget deficit and increase spending on development investment.

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