Government’s first draft resolution sets major tasks for 2021
Permanent Cabinet members on December 18 looked at the Government’s draft Resolution No.1, which sets leadership and management orientations for the whole year of 2021.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the Cabinet meeting (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Permanent Cabinet members on December 18 looked atthe Government’s draft Resolution No.1, which sets leadership and managementorientations for the whole year of 2021.
The document puts forth 11 major tasks and solutions divided into nearly 200tasks to be assigned to departments and agencies.
The delegates expressed their approval for those orientations, saying 2021 isof significance as it marks the first year of the implementation of theresolution to be adopted at the 13th National Party Congress.
Some suggested assigning greater tasks to each ministry, agency and locality,devising mechanisms to promote innovations, further ironing out snags facingprojects, and adding the initiative to plant 5 billion trees to the resolutionso that it can be materialised in early 2021.
Presiding over the meeting, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed theGovernment’s attention to people and investment attraction.
Ministries and agencies must define development requirements, targets andorientations, particularly major institutions, mechanisms and policies toaddress new issues and create development momentum for each sector.
The resolution should chart growth scenarios, as well as main tasks, targetsand solutions, covering investment, export and consumption, the Governmentleader requested, reminding ministries and agencies that safety, job and incomeremain the public’s concern.
According to the PM, the plans on planting 5 billion trees and sustainablesocial welfare need specific measures.
He also mentioned the US Treasury Department’s labelling Vietnam, along withSwitzerland, as a currency manipulator, in accordance with the US Department ofFinance December report on the macro-economic and foreign reserve policies ofthe US’s trade partners.
He assigned the ministries and ministerial-level agencies to continue joininghands with US partners to maintain their cooperation in the time ahead, thus bringingpractical benefits to people and businesses of both sides./.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent a dispatch to relevant ministries, sectors, and localities requesting they focus on settling the consequences of natural disasters and recovering production in the central region.
Vietnam has broken into the group of countries with high human development, but this remarkable progress has been accompanied with relatively high pressures on the planet.
Vietnam has joined the ranks of countries in the world with high human development, but this remarkable progress has been accompanied with relatively high pressures on the planet.
The Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) hosted a forum on December 18 in Hanoi on the COVID-19 pandemic and its political and economic impacts on the world and different regions.
Addressing the meeting, Party General Secretary To Lam expressed his pleasure at meeting a large number of Vietnamese living and working in the RoK, acknowledging and appreciating their efforts in contributing to the growing Vietnam–RoK partnership.
He also welcomed the “Vietnam Private Sector Panorama” as a platform for dialogue, awareness-raising, and inspiring a wealth-creation movement, emphasising that it must deliver tangible results.
During a meeting on August 10 in Seoul with 100 representatives from the RoK’s intellectuals, associations, people’s organisations, businesses, and non-governmental organisations operating in Vietnam, Party General Secretary To Lam expressed his gratitude to Korean friendship, economic, cultural associations, universities, research institutes, individuals, and NGOs for their significant contributions to nurturing the Vietnam–RoK relationship.
Party General Secretary To Lam met with Chairman of the Republic of Korea (RoK)–Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group Ahn Gyu-back in Seoul on August 10 as part of his state visit to the RoK.
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Vietnam’s Ambassador to Brazil and Bolivia Bui Van Nghi has led an embassy delegation to attend official events marking the 200th anniversary of Bolivia’s Independence Day.
Party General Secretary To Lam met with members of the Vietnam Innovation Network in Korea (VINK) and Vietnamese experts living and working in the Republic of Korea (RoK) in Seoul on August 10 as part of his state visit to the RoK.
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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is also a Politburo member and Secretary of the Government Party Committee, attended the 4th Party Congress of the EVN Party Organisation for the 2025–2030 tenure on August 10, directing EVN to ensure power supply to meet the country’s development demands with double-digit growth set for the coming years.
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The outcomes of Party General Secretary To Lam's visit will serve as a driving force and source of inspiration for the two countries to inherit, promote, and elevate their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, contributing to the national construction and development cause in each country, and to peace, cooperation, and development in the region and the world.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 9 inspected the construction site of the new Phong Chau bridge, and surveyed a planned route for the Lao Cai – Hanoi – Hai Phong railway section running through the northern province of Phu Tho.
Across print, broadcast, and online platforms, Angolan media portrayed State President Luong Cuong's visit as a warm and historic occasion, strengthening bilateral ties and boosting Vietnam’s presence in Africa through the AU.
The 500kV Lao Cai – Vinh Yen power transmission line has a total investment of over 7.41 trillion VND (282.5 million USD), and a total length of 229.5 km, passing through 31 communes in the two provinces, and comprising 468 transmission tower foundations.
The visits reflected the elevated position of Vietnam’s foreign policy in the new era—aimed at not only advancing ties with key regional partners like Egypt and Angola but also delivering a strategic message about Vietnam’s commitment to deepening relations with African nations as a whole.
At their talks and meetings, President Cuong and Angola’s top leaders affirmed that the close brotherhood and traditional friendship are a valuable shared asset and a solid foundation for the two nations to advance into a new phase of development.
The ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) attaches great importance to the friendship, solidarity, and comradeship with the Communist Party of Vietnam, and voiced her Party’s wish to further deepen and expand relations between the two sides for the benefit of the Vietnamese and Angolan people.