Central Committee discusses economic situation

Consider implementing the new salary regime from July 1, 2024

In the morning, the Party Central Committee worked at the Hall to discuss the socio-economic situation, the state budget in 2023, the plan for 2024, the 3-year state financial and budget plan for 2024 - 2026 and the roadmap for implementing the new salary regime. Comrade Pham Minh Chinh, Politburo member, Prime Minister chaired the discussion on behalf of the Politburo .

The Central Committee's consideration and comments on socio -economic issues and the state budget for 2023-2024 are set in the context of the world situation continuing to have many rapid, complex, unpredictable, unprecedented changes, with more difficulties and challenges than opportunities, advantages and forecasts, which have negatively and severely affected the implementation of socio -economic development goals and tasks of our country. Meanwhile, domestically, we still have to continue to face the "double impact" from negative external factors on a highly open economy like ours, and the long-standing, inherent shortcomings, limitations and weaknesses of the economy continue to be revealed more clearly and severely in the process of overcoming the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Speaking at the opening session of the Conference, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong requested the Central Committee members to carefully study the Submission and Reports of the Government Party Committee, focusing on discussing and analyzing in depth the outstanding features of 2023, clarifying the results achieved; the remaining limitations and weaknesses, the difficulties and obstacles that need to be resolved, the challenges that need to be overcome; pointing out the objective and subjective causes and lessons learned; forecasting the possibilities and upcoming situations, first of all from now until the end of 2023 and 2024 in a truly objective and comprehensive spirit. Paying attention to the difficulties and limitations that have been and will be faced such as: The macroeconomic stability is not yet solid due to pressure from foreign markets; the financial - monetary, real estate, securities, and corporate bond markets are still facing difficulties and potential risks; Production and business activities and workers' lives in many fields are facing difficulties; the resilience of enterprises is eroded after the COVID-19 pandemic; some mechanisms, policies and legal regulations are slow to be supplemented, amended, completed or not strictly implemented; a number of officials are afraid of responsibility, afraid of making mistakes, shirking responsibility, avoiding solving work under their authority; the security, order and social safety situation in some areas is still potentially complicated...

From there, clearly and correctly identify development perspectives, guiding thoughts, general goals, some basic and important targets and main tasks and solutions for the remaining months of 2023 and for 2024; including the necessity and correctness of implementing the new salary regime from July 1, 2024.

Thoroughly analyze the domestic and international situation to protect the Fatherland early, from afar, in all situations.

In the afternoon, the Party Central Committee worked in discussion groups on the Project to summarize 10 years of implementing Resolution 8 of the 11th Central Committee on the Strategy to protect the Fatherland in the new situation.

Ten years ago, the 8th Central Conference of the 11th tenure issued a Resolution on the Strategy for National Defense in the New Situation with strong innovation in thinking and many breakthrough and highly feasible policies and measures. Summarizing 10 years of implementing this important Resolution is an extremely necessary task for the Central Committee to analyze and evaluate the situation comprehensively, deeply and systematically and propose correct and appropriate policies and measures to meet the requirements of building and defending the Fatherland in the context of the world and regional situation that has had many new, complicated and unpredictable developments.

In his opening remarks at the Conference, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong asked the Central Committee members to focus on objectively and comprehensively analyzing and evaluating the results achieved, the remaining limitations and weaknesses, and analyzing the causes, drawing key lessons. Point out which goals, viewpoints, principles, guiding thoughts, tasks and solutions have been proven correct in practice and need to be persistently and seriously implemented.

At the same time, it is necessary to thoroughly analyze the domestic and international situation, clearly see the profound changes, complex and unpredictable developments and forecast the development trends in the coming time to promptly supplement and develop a number of viewpoints, guiding thoughts and adjust a number of key tasks and solutions to suit the new situation. Focus on clarifying the advantages and opportunities that need to be grasped, the difficulties and challenges that need to be overcome to proactively protect the independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the Fatherland from early on, from afar, in all situations; protect the Party, the State, the People and the Socialist Regime; protect the national and ethnic interests; protect political security, social order and safety and the advanced Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity; maintain political stability and a peaceful environment for the country's development in the direction of socialism. From there, give comments and suggestions to complete the draft of the new Resolution of the Central Committee on the Strategy to protect the Fatherland in the new situation.

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