Deputy PM urges early completion of legal framework to carry out national target programmes
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh on March 17 chaired a teleconference on the implementation progress of 2021-2025 national target programmes, during which he urged the completion of the legal framework to soon carry out them.
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh chairs the teleconference. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh on March 17chaired a teleconference on the implementation progress of 2021-2025 nationaltarget programmes, during which he urged the completion of the legal frameworkto soon carry out them.
The Prime Minister has approved threenational target programmes for the 2021 – 2025 period, namely the nationaltarget programme on socio-economic development in ethnic-inhabited andmountainous areas, another on sustainable poverty reduction, and one onnew-style rural area building.
Currently, ministries and sectors are focusing on finalising legal norms and documents related to the programmes for submission to competent authorities for promulgation.
Deputy PM Minh stressed that those programmesreceive great attention from the National Assembly, voters and peoplenationwide.
He assigned the Ministry of Planning and Investment tocoordinate with the Ministry of Finance and the Government Office to quickly complete a draft Decree on the mechanism for management and implementation ofnational target programmes, which should be submitted to the Government before March 24 so as to present to the National Assembly Standing Committee in early April.
The Deputy PM also assigned the Government Committee for EthnicMinority Affairs, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs to reviewand finalise the proposed plan on capital allocation to the national targetprogrammes on socio-economic development in ethnic-inhabited and mountainousareas and sustainable poverty reduction. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Agricultureand Rural Development was required to develop and finalise a plan for capitalallocation for the new-style rural area building programme./.
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Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh chairs the teleconference. (Photo: VNA) 
