Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired the Government meeting with localities.

The Prime Minister delivered the opening speech at the regular Government meeting in May 2023. Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

Also attending the meeting were comrades: Le Minh Khai - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister; Tran Hong Ha - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister; General To Lam - Member of the Politburo, Minister of Public Security; General Phan Van Giang - Member of the Politburo, Minister of National Defense; Party Central Committee members who are Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, and agencies under the Government; Comrade Dinh Van An - Assistant to the General Secretary; leaders of Party Committees and agencies of the National Assembly. Leaders of People's Committees of provinces and cities attended the meeting online at local bridges.

According to the meeting agenda, the Government will focus on discussing 6 main contents: Socio-economic situation in May and the first 5 months of 2023; implementation of the socio-economic recovery and development program; allocation and disbursement of public investment capital; implementation of 3 national target programs; results of planning work according to the provisions of the Law on Planning; summary report on the working results of Government members presiding over and urging, working with localities on the situation of production, business, public investment, infrastructure construction, import and export and recommendations and proposals according to Decision No. 435/QD-TTg dated April 24, 2023 of the Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister asked delegates to carefully analyze from practical direction and management what has been done, what is still limited, difficult and challenging. Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

Speaking at the opening of the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh welcomed new Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dang Quoc Khanh to attend a Government meeting for the first time.

The regular Government meeting in May was held after the success of the mid-term conference of the 13th Party Central Committee and the 5th session of the 15th National Assembly, with many important contents, including discussions and assessments of the socio-economic situation. Recently, 25 working delegations of Government members worked with localities, so the Government invited local leaders to attend the meeting to get more information and assessments of the situation in the context of many difficulties and challenges, especially difficulties and challenges for the business community and production and business activities.

The Prime Minister requested delegates to carefully analyze from practical direction and management what has been done, what is still limited, difficult and challenging, especially in production and business, especially industrial production, analyze and point out the causes, especially objective causes, and propose solutions to handle and resolve them.