National Assembly passes Resolution on 5-year socio-economic development
On the morning of January 8, under the direction of Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, the National Assembly passed a Resolution on the 5-year socio-economic development plan for 2011-2015.
The National Assembly voted to pass the Resolution on the 5-year socio-economic development plan 2011-2015, with 446 out of 458 delegates in favor (89.20%).
The Draft Resolution on the 5-year socio-economic development plan 2011-2015 resolves that the results of the implementation of the 5-year socio-economic development plan (2006-2010) with correct and timely decisions, the entire Party and people have achieved many important achievements, maintaining a good growth rate, averaging 7% GDP over 5 years. Our country has joined the group of middle-income countries, people's lives have improved, and the poverty rate has decreased rapidly.
National Assembly Deputies Comment on Draft Resolution on 5-year Socio-Economic Development Plan
However, due to difficulties in the world and domestic situation, out of 24 targets of the 5-year plan, 10 targets have not been achieved. Economic development is not sustainable, the quality, efficiency and competitiveness of the economy are still low.
Regarding the 5-year socio-economic development plan for 2011-2015, the draft resolution clearly states: The 5-year plan needs to closely follow the goals, targets, tasks and solutions identified by the 11th Party Congress; leadership and direction must be more focused and drastic, and appropriate steps must be taken to gradually create potential to implement the general goals, targets, 3 breakthroughs and 12 orientations of the socio-economic development strategy for the 2011-2020 period.
With the goal of: Developing the economy rapidly and sustainably, associated with innovation in growth scale and restructuring the economy towards improving quality, efficiency and competitiveness; ensuring social welfare and security, improving people's material and spiritual life; strengthening foreign affairs activities and improving the effectiveness of economic integration; firmly protecting independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, maintaining political security and social order and safety, creating a foundation for our country to basically become a modern industrialized country by 2020. In the first 2-3 years, focus on implementing the goal of stabilizing the macro economy, ensuring social security, reasonable growth and restructuring the economy associated with innovation in the growth model; in the next 2-3 years, basically completing the restructuring of the economy for rapid and sustainable development.
Accordingly, some key economic indicators for the next 5 years: Gross domestic product increases by about 6.5-7%; The proportion of total social investment in 5 years is about 33.5%-35% of GDP; Gradually reduce trade deficit from 2012 and strive to be below 10% of export turnover in 2015; State budget deficit reaches below 4.5% in 2015 (deficit level plus Government bonds); Public debt by 2015 does not exceed 65% of GDP, Government debt does not exceed 50% of GDP, national debt does not exceed 50% of GDP; Consumer price index increases by about 5%-7% in 2015...
Regarding social indicators: Creating jobs for 8 million people; the actual income of the population by 2015 is 2-2.5 times higher than in 2010; Reducing poverty rapidly and sustainably, the reduction rate is 2%/year and 4%/year for poor districts and especially disadvantaged communes; The average housing area reaches 22m2 of floor space/person by 2015 and reaches 8 doctors and 23 hospital beds/10,000 people... The forest coverage rate reaches 42-43%; the rate of establishments causing serious environmental pollution being handled reaches 85%...
The draft Resolution of the National Assembly also sets out 9 groups of tasks and solutions for socio-economic development. In particular, it requires focusing on quickly overcoming weaknesses due to subjective causes in leadership, direction, management and operation as mentioned in the Government's report; There is a project to restructure the economy associated with renewing the growth model towards improving quality and competitiveness with a long-term vision and a specific roadmap.
Focus on restructuring the economy in three important areas: restructuring investment, focusing on public investment; restructuring the financial market, focusing on restructuring the commercial banking system and financial institutions; restructuring enterprises, focusing on economic groups and state-owned corporations.
Continue to persistently control inflation, stabilize the macro economy, and stabilize the purchasing power of money.
Focus on implementing 3 breakthroughs and 12 strategic orientations for socio-economic development in the 2011-2020 period.
Synchronously apply policies and measures for economic development associated with cultural development, synchronously implement social equity. Strengthen and improve social security with 3 contents: employment security, social insurance policy; health insurance and social protection policy.
Fundamentally and comprehensively innovate education, improve the quality of human resources; adjust policies on preschool education and education in mountainous areas.
Complete and improve the effectiveness of policies and laws on resources and environmental protection. Promote socialization of environmental protection work.
From now until 2013, the shortage of officials in charge of judicial positions will be basically overcome.
Focus on consolidating and strengthening national defense and security. Proactively and actively integrate into the international community.
Also this morning, the National Assembly discussed in the hall the 5-year National Target Program 2011-2015; the 5-year Government Bond Usage Program 2011-2015.
Delegates focused on discussing the causes of existence and limitations in the implementation of government bond capital in the 2011-2015 period; Total amount of government bond capital in the 2011-2015 period; Principles, criteria and list of projects expected to allocate government bond capital; Causes of existence and limitations in the implementation of national target programs in the 2006-2010 and 2011 periods; Total capital sources for program implementation in the 2011-2015 period; Principles, criteria and list of national target programs in the 2011-2015 period.
According to VOV
