National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue: Don't lose both money and people

Closing remarksStanding Committee of the National AssemblyOn the afternoon of May 27, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue emphasized that practicing thrift and fighting waste is a major policy of the Party, which has been institutionalized into the Law on Practicing Thrift and Fighting Waste.

Good must be praised, violations, weaknesses must be criticized and disciplined.

Practicing thrift and combating waste is a very big issue, especially in the context of our country not being well-off and still poor. Sometimes, the damage caused by waste is no less than corruption, and in many areas, waste of resources is even more serious and greater than corruption. Therefore, this issue must be taken very seriously.

The National Assembly Chairman assessed that every year we have made more efforts in practicing thrift and fighting waste. From that, he suggested that it is necessary to clearly point out the outstanding achievements and the shortcomings, limitations and weaknesses in the practice of thrift and fighting waste, especially the need to clearly state the addresses of places that have not done well...

He cited the recent initiative of Hanoi to pool samples for Covid-19 screening and prevention for people who are not F1; taking 5-10 samples for pooled testing, if negative, they are immediately discarded, if positive, they are separated for separate testing. This initiative helps save time, effort, and a lot of resources for epidemic prevention and control.

According to the National Assembly Chairman, the report needs to highlight typical, advanced examples, groups or individuals that can be honored in parliament or in government meetings, before public opinion, in order to replicate good practices...

Referring to the spirit that Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh often mentioned recently, "good things must be praised, violations and weaknesses must be criticized and disciplined", the National Assembly Chairman said: "It must be clear and transparent like that" and suggested that the Government's reports and inspection reports need to continue to be improved.

The National Assembly Chairman also noted that the Government report and the review have not mentioned how far the handling of weak enterprises in the industry and trade sector has gone and when it will be completed; how will the handling of weak and loss-making banks, especially zero-dong banks, be? Will the loss situation increase?

Public procurement in the fight against Covid-19 is very confusing

In addition, the National Assembly Chairman mentioned the bottlenecks, bottlenecks, and bottlenecks in planning, investment, construction activities, business, enterprises, and business households... In particular, the current bidding process is "extremely congested, all provinces, cities, and ministries are congested". Especially regarding public procurement in the fight against Covid-19 in 2020, it was very confusing.

According to the National Assembly Chairman, in public procurement, violations must be prosecuted, such as the Hanoi CDC and some other places. Of course, violations must be handled, but what responsibility does the state have when there are no guidelines, and no mention of urgent cases where contractors can be appointed. The important thing is to be open and transparent.

"Currently, there is a situation where everyone is afraid of shopping, even of epidemic prevention equipment. Now that the epidemic is like this, testing capacity is low, but everyone is afraid of shopping, afraid of making mistakes," the National Assembly Chairman said that this situation needs to be looked at directly.

Therefore, according to the National Assembly Chairman, "people only like the money supported by the Fatherland Front because it is not budget money, or sponsorship in kind that can be used..." He noted: "Don't lose both money and people. Losing people means losing the entire elite team, professors, doctors, and people's physicians."

The National Assembly Chairman suggested that in addition to individual violations, state management responsibilities must also be considered, but in the spirit of removing difficulties and bottlenecks.

In the field of land management, the National Assembly Chairman mentioned the situation of suspended projects with about 500,000 hectares. Those suspended projects also cause waste of resources, if resolved, they will contribute a lot to economic and social development...

From there, the National Assembly Chairman suggested continuing to complete the Government's report and the verification report; arranging appropriate time for National Assembly deputies to discuss in groups, in the hall, and even broadcast live on radio and television, not just sending research documents.