Prime Minister chairs first meeting of Steering Committee for waste prevention and control
On the morning of February 25, the first meeting of the Steering Committee for Waste Prevention and Control was held online in Hanoi and 63 provinces and cities across the country.
The first meeting of the Steering Committee for Waste Prevention and Control was chaired by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh. At Nghe An bridgehead, comrade Nguyen Van De - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired, along with representatives of provincial departments, agencies and branches.
At the first session, representatives of many localities, ministries and sectors expressed their opinions that it is not difficult to identify waste in today's society. It is the ineffective use of human and material resources of the country, agencies and units, most noticeable in suspended projects, suspended planning, abandoned works...
Therefore, to effectively prevent and combat waste, it is necessary to resolutely implement solutions to completely handle backlog and suspended projects, in order to complete and put them into operation, effectively use them to promote project objectives, avoid wasting resources, and cause public outrage. It is necessary to improve the quality of investor selection, avoiding incompetent investors. In particular, it is necessary to proactively and promptly handle public assets (works, headquarters) after merging agencies and administrative units to avoid waste.
It is necessary to implement groups of solutions to combat waste and free up resources for economic development. At the same time, it is necessary to handle the responsibility of individuals and organizations that have delayed projects and works for a long time; resolutely replace or transfer to other jobs for officials and civil servants with weak capacity, who do not dare to do, avoid, push, work half-heartedly, are afraid of responsibility, are late and do not meet the requirements of assigned work in solving related issues that have delayed projects and works, prolonged, and wasted resources...
In Nghe An, recently there have been many suspended projects, projects behind schedule and projects using land for the wrong purpose, causing bad public opinion in society and wasting land resources, losing tax revenue to the budget, affecting the investment attraction environment of the province, reducing trust, and hindering the economic and social development of the locality.
The Steering Committee for Waste Prevention and Control was established on December 17, 2024 under Decision 1579/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister. This is an inter-sectoral coordination organization, with the function of assisting the Prime Minister in researching, directing, and coordinating the resolution of important, inter-sectoral tasks related to waste prevention and control; the Government's overall program on practicing thrift, combating waste, and implementing other important tasks and solutions in preventing and combating waste of economic resources.
The Steering Committee for Waste Prevention and Control is headed by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh himself, and the Ministry of Finance is the standing body of the Steering Committee.
Concluding the first meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested that supporting agencies promptly advise on the completion of the Steering Committee for Waste Prevention and Control and promptly issue directives for direction.
The Prime Minister also requested the participation of the entire political system in preventing and combating waste; there is no limit of space or time in preventing and combating waste. He requested heads of ministries, branches, provinces and cities to thoroughly grasp and seriously and effectively implement the direction of General Secretary To Lam on combating waste; effectively organize the implementation of resolutions and directions of the Government on the effective use of resources, quickly deploy works and projects, avoid loss and waste, especially backlogged projects, projects that have stopped construction...
Review and compile statistics on all projects, works, and offices that are not used or are not used effectively within the scope and area of management. It is necessary to enhance the role of leaders in preventing and combating waste, contributing to building a sustainable economy with resources used effectively and transparently, bringing benefits to the people and the country...
