'The Prime Minister wants the press to clarify the direction of the review at the Ministry of Planning and Investment'

“The Prime Minister wants the press to clearly state that the Working Group has stated the Prime Minister's direction that the Ministry of Planning and Investment must review when there is still a mindset of asking and giving, pulling and pulling for benefits...”.

This morning (August 26), Minister - Head of the Government Office (VGO) Mai Tien Dung continued to lead the Working Group of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to inspect the implementation of tasks, conclusions and directions of the Government and the Prime Minister at the Ministry of Finance. Yesterday, the Working Group worked with the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

At the working session, Chairman Mai Tien Dung - Head of the Prime Minister's Working Group once again emphasized the Prime Minister's message to the new Government: determination to build an action-oriented, honest, serving Government, consistent between words and deeds, shifting from rigid administrative management to a mechanism serving the people and businesses to attract resources for national development.

Chairman Mai Tien Dung - Head of the Prime Minister's Working Group spoke at the working session at the Ministry of Finance.

Mr. Mai Tien Dung shared that this morning, before going to the Ministry of Finance, the Prime Minister called him up to remind him when he did not see the press convey the Prime Minister's instructions that the Working Group had raised when working with the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Specifically, the Prime Minister wants the press to clarify that the Working Group has stated the Prime Minister's direction that the Ministry of Planning and Investment must review when there is still a mindset of asking and giving, pulling interests towards the Ministry in the issue of preparing the Investment Law, building capital allocation plans...

Mr. Mai Tien Dung said that with the spirit of inspecting, monitoring, urging, and reviewing all tasks assigned by the Government to ministries and branches as well as the tasks decided by the Politburo, the working group as well as the inspected agencies must seriously evaluate the tasks that have been completed and the tasks that have not been completed to find the causes and to resolve the difficulties and obstacles that have not been implemented.

“The Prime Minister also conveyed, through me, the request for the Ministry of Finance to clarify that when building the local budget estimates, the Ministry of Finance has not tightened up. The Secretary and Chairman of the province/city still go to the Ministry of Finance to request to be assigned lower tasks of exceeding revenue, increasing revenue, spending more, and then requesting to keep 5% of the excess revenue to spend on salary reform,” said Mr. Mai Tien Dung.

Minister Mai Tien Dung also said that despite strong reforms in customs, tax procedures, and reduction of sub-licenses, compared to the demands of the people and businesses, the activities of the Ministry of Finance still need to be reviewed a lot, and the people and businesses still complain of inconvenience, so it is necessary to seriously consider and review more carefully, especially the implementation at all levels.

In response to the above comments, Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung said: "The revenue and expenditure budget estimates that the Prime Minister criticized also have objective problems, but I will discipline any person in the Ministry who compromises with the locality. Accepting the Prime Minister's reminder, the Ministry will try to estimate the budget closer to reality."

“I take responsibility before the Prime Minister, the working group and the huge task. I would like to accept all the Prime Minister's reminders to move towards a more transparent and clear spirit,” Minister Dinh Tien Dung said, adding that every week at the Ministry's meeting, he mentioned the issue of focusing on perfecting legal policies because he considered this the number 1 task./.

According to VOV