Government Message: Take Resolute Action from the First Day of the Year

On the very first day of the new year 2018, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc signed and issued Resolution 01, clearly demonstrating the spirit of determination and action right from the first day and first month.

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The Prime Minister requested not to let the situation of "leisurely beginning of the year, hard working end of the year" happen. - Photo: VGP

Resolution 01 on key tasks and solutions to implement the Socio-Economic Development Plan and State Budget Estimate for 2018 has been focused on building since the end of 2017 under the close direction of the Prime Minister.

The viewpoint of drafting the Resolution is to be concise, clear, focused, key, and prioritized; regular work under the functions of ministries and branches should not be included in the draft Resolution. Contents that have been included in other resolutions will not be included in this Resolution.

In the process of developing the Resolution, ministries and branches must focus on reviewing all relevant policies and laws, clearly analyzing and assessing existing problems, limitations, difficulties and challenges to promptly overcome them and propose specific tasks and solutions for each sector and field right from the beginning of the year, with medium and long-term solutions with specific time and reasonable priority to effectively implement the Resolutions of the Central Committee and the National Assembly.

At the Government conference with localities at the end of 2017, the Prime Minister requested that on the afternoon of December 29, 2017 or at the latest in early January 2018, the Government Office must submit to the Prime Minister for signing and promulgating Resolution 01 with appendix 242 specific tasks for localities to implement immediately, because the important thing is "policy 1, measures 10", not to let the situation of "leisurely at the beginning of the year, hard at the end of the year".

“The most important thing is the implementation, which is a weak link, a bottleneck at present, and must be resolved. From words to actions, from the committee hall, the provincial party committee to the people, to the grassroots, we must further reduce the distance, in order to organize the implementation of Resolution 01 well in our localities,” the Prime Minister stated.

Now, following the Prime Minister's direction, Resolution 01 has clearly stated 9 groups of tasks, major solutions and 242 specific tasks. For each specific task, the Resolution also clearly states the presiding agency, coordinating agency, and completion time.

The Resolution also requires that within 10 days from the date of issuance of the Resolution, ministries, branches and localities must develop and issue specific programs, action plans and directives; send them to the Ministry of Planning and Investment for synthesis and report to the Government at the first regular Government meeting of 2018. At the same time, ministries, branches and localities must develop a system of specific indicators to serve the direction and administration work according to the assigned functions, tasks, scope and fields of work.

Talking to the press about the motto of action set forth by the Government in Resolution 01: "Discipline, integrity, action, creativity, efficiency", Minister and Head of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung said that in 2018, the Government continued to raise the issue of discipline, overcoming the situation of "hot above, cold below", the top transfer but the bottom has not transferred or somewhere there is still a rate of civil servants not completing their tasks, some ministries, branches and localities still have a rate of civil servants with limited capacity.

“The Prime Minister has requested to tighten administrative discipline, promote personal responsibility, build a dedicated and clean civil service, and eliminate corruption and harassment in the performance of public duties. Any officials who neglect their duties, are incompetent and lack enthusiasm and responsibility will be replaced,” said Minister Mai Tien Dung.

The Government also requires seizing opportunities and challenges to create rapid and sustainable development, creating movement throughout the entire system, and taking efficiency as a measure of performance.

“There must be synchronization between words and actions. When doing something, we must be creative and determined to achieve the highest efficiency, not rigid. The Prime Minister requires the entire system to be more creative and innovative in performing tasks, always finding optimal solutions to meet requirements in the new context with constantly changing technology; we must find a way to use the least resources but bring the best efficiency to serve the people,” said Minister Mai Tien Dung.

Minister Mai Tien Dung said that if we act decisively from the first days and months, with the direction of the Government and the Prime Minister, creating momentum, promoting the achieved results, overcoming the shortcomings, we will complete the tasks of 2018 with the GDP growth target of 6.5-6.7% as set by the National Assembly. And the important thing is sustainable and quality growth.

According to Dr. Vu Viet Ngoan, Head of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Group, 2018 must be a pivotal year to change the quality of growth. For many years, Vietnam's economic growth has relied mainly on capital and labor, and the productivity growth rate over the past 10 years has tended to decrease. Although 2017 saw a change with labor productivity increasing by 5.87%, according to Mr. Ngoan, "that is not enough and in the coming years, according to our calculations, labor productivity growth must reach 6.2-6.3% per year."

Therefore, Dr. Vu Viet Ngoan suggested that in 2018, it is necessary to make the entire political system from the central to local levels and businesses clearly aware of the importance of improving labor productivity. Each business must have a change strategy to increase productivity, especially before the opportunities from the 4.0 industrial revolution.

“The history of the world economy shows that many latecomers can overcome, can Vietnam take advantage of the opportunities and advantages of being latecomers in the technology field? This is a big question and if we can do this, we still have a lot of space to create new growth momentum for 2018 on the basis of increasing labor productivity. 2018 will be a pivotal year to realize that wish,” Dr. Vu Viet Ngoan emphasized.

Expressing his belief that GDP will reach 6.7% this year, Dr. Vu Viet Ngoan also said that 2018 must be a pivotal year to change the quality of growth. The quality of growth in 2017 has also changed, but by 2018 it must create a trend, a turning point to meet the expectations set by the Party Congress to change the growth model, improve labor productivity, and increase the competitiveness of the economy.

According to Chinhphu.vn