The Prime Minister is impatient because many lower-level leaders are still sluggish.

The head of the Government repeatedly reminded local and ministerial leaders to take strong and decisive action in implementing directives and resolutions.

The 2017 online Government Conference with localities has just ended. For the first time, the General Secretary, the President, the National Assembly Chairman and many Politburo members attended this Government Conference.

Through the two days of this important event, it can be seen that in all the statements of the Prime Minister on management and direction to the Ministries, branches and localities, the impatience of the head of the Government with the situation of "hot above, cold below" in the implementation of the tasks of the Government and localities was clearly shown.

The Prime Minister affirmed: “The implementation organization is a weak link, a bottleneck, so “from words to actions, from the committee hall, the provincial party committee to the people, to the grassroots, we must reduce the distance even better”.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc

The locality must be strong for the Government to be strong. Every province has its own advantages, but why do some provinces develop and develop, while others remain stagnant? According to the Prime Minister, the problem lies in whether the local leaders take decisive action or not.

At this Conference, the Prime Minister made it clear that he not only wanted to send a message to those sitting in the front row of the conference hall, who are leaders of ministries and branches, but also to those sitting in the second and third rows, who are leaders of general departments, divisions, bureaus, and relevant agencies.

The Prime Minister clearly saw the reality that many tasks and policies were issued but were ignored by the implementing units. Many things were said by superiors but subordinates refused to implement or do, leading to stagnation. The announcements of the Provincial Chairman, Departments and branches were not implemented and the Prime Minister especially criticized the situation of "promulgating policies and no one implementing them".

Not to mention, many localities deliberately go against the Government's directives. For example, in streamlining the payroll, while the general policy is to streamline the apparatus and reduce the number of focal points, many localities even "give birth" to additional units and focal points.

According to the Prime Minister, reform and innovation must be systemic, especially among the staff. The Prime Minister expressed concern about whether the general departments, departments, bureaus, and district levels will innovate and reform, and whether they will apply new technical advances and digital technology. “Leaders are transferred to the General Department, but the General Department leaves it there, providing old-fashioned advice without innovation, which is very difficult. If only one department changes but the whole system does not change, it will be difficult to succeed.”

Not only the Prime Minister but also the 5 Deputy Prime Ministers, when speaking about their respective fields, also placed their hopes on more drastic advocacy from leaders of localities, ministries, branches, economic groups, and business leaders...

In reality, many cadres are involved in and attached to their localities and bases, dedicating themselves to their work and the cause of the people. But that number seems to be small compared to the necessary force that must be more active to operate the apparatus smoothly and effectively./.

According to VOV