'The root cause of wastefulness is a selfish, pragmatic lifestyle'

Discussing the results of monitoring the practice of thrift and anti-waste, the majority of delegates agreed that there are still many shortcomings and limitations in many areas. If not given attention and drastic direction, it will hinder development and slow down the country's economic growth.

Delegate Hoang Quoc Khanh (National Assembly delegation of Lai Chau province).

To make the implementation of policies and laws on practicing thrift and combating waste more effective and substantial, delegate Hoang Quoc Khanh (Lai Chau delegation) said that in order to have a more solid political foundation, he proposed that the Politburo and the Central Executive Committee issue a directive on strengthening the Party's leadership in practicing thrift and combating waste in the current period, as a basis for continuing to perfect the system of policies and laws.

The delegates also proposed that the National Assembly, the Government, and central ministries and branches develop policies and laws to supplement the assessment of the impact of practicing thrift and combating waste as part of the policy impact assessment stipulated in the current Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents.

Delegate Nguyen Thi Viet Nga (National Assembly delegation of Hai Duong province).

Believing that a fundamental reason why the implementation of policies and laws on practicing thrift and fighting waste still has many limitations is that individual awareness only focuses on personal interests, for themselves, delegate Nguyen Thi Viet Nga (Hai Duong delegation) analyzed that the deep root cause of public waste is a pragmatic, selfish lifestyle that will lead to people only caring most about their own material interests, not for the common good, not for the collective, and that lifestyle will lead to a mindset of not making efforts for the common good.

Saving and fighting waste in the public sector requires people to put the interests of the community, the collective, and the nation above all else, making efforts in every action, from the smallest ones such as saving time to the larger ones such as using all public assets in the most effective and reasonable way.

However, according to the Russian delegate, there is a reality that the same individual behaves differently towards public property than towards private property, towards their own property. Therefore, "in addition to perfecting the legal system, promoting propaganda and dissemination of laws on practicing thrift and combating waste, improving the effectiveness and efficiency of supervision, inspection, auditing, investigation and adjudication of the implementation of policies and laws on thrift and combating waste as stated in the report, it is also necessary to pay special attention to cultivating and raising the moral awareness of people and the subjects are not only for students in general schools", the Russian delegate stated his opinion.

Delegate Nguyen Thi Viet Nga also suggested that the Government and the National Assembly pay more attention to comprehensive cultural development, emphasizing education on civilized lifestyles, because "clarifying and focusing on education on cultural and civilized lifestyles is the root of fighting waste".

In particular, the delegate emphasized that in the public sector, saving and fighting waste must not only be a matter of enforcing legal regulations but must become a way of life for each individual, and this is the deepest root of the problem. "Otherwise, no matter how synchronous and strict the legal system on saving and fighting waste is, if saving has not become a way of life and a quality of each individual, then compliance will only be a coping mechanism and there will still be many violations."

Delegate Nguyen Thi Le Thuy (National Assembly delegation of Ben Tre province).

Delegate Nguyen Thi Le Thuy (Ben Tre delegation) suggested adding and citing effective public investment project areas, commending public investment projects that are ahead of schedule, exceed targets, and save budget to highlight the achievements in practicing thrift and fighting waste and to serve as a basis for launching a movement to practice thrift and fight waste.

Delegate Pham Van Hoa (National Assembly delegation of Dong Thap province).

Delegate Pham Van Hoa (Dong Thap delegation) said that the long-term solution that needs special attention is to promote efforts to practice thrift, strive to use resources effectively from the perspective of raising awareness, responsibility and understanding of practicing thrift, fighting waste, especially the responsibility of leaders.

Delegate Le Minh Nam (Hau Giang delegation) said that in terms of practicing thrift and fighting waste, we must realize that compliance with the law is the most important, because strictly following the norms, standards, and regimes prescribed by law will be the foundation for practicing thrift and fighting waste./.