NA adopts Resolution on state budget estimates for 2025
With 428 out of 430 legislators present at the sitting voting in favour, the National Assembly (NA) approved a Resolution on state budget estimates for 2025 at its ongoing 8th session in Hanoi on November 13 morning.
With 428 out of 430 legislators present at the sitting voting in favour, the National Assembly (NA) approves a Resolution on state budget estimates for 2025. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – With 428 out of 430 legislators present at the sitting voting in favour, the National Assembly (NA) approved a Resolution on state budget estimates for 2025 at its ongoing 8th session in Hanoi on November 13 morning.
Accordingly, the state budget revenue is over 1.966 quadrillion VND, while the total state budget expenditure is over 2.54 quadrillion VND. The budget deficit is 471.5 trillion VND, equivalent to 3.8% of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
A report on the explanation, acquirement, and assessment of the allocation of the state budget in 2024, the state budget estimates for 2025, and the draft Resolution on the state budget estimates for 2025, highlights several recommendations for the Government to promptly direct relevant specialised agencies to develop a plan for amending the Law on State Budget; quickly implement Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW dated September 16, 2022, by the Party Central Committee; outline a reasonable and effective mechanism for the allocation of revenues from land use fees and land rentals at the central and local levels.
Some opinions suggested that the pace of public investment disbursement must be accelerated, especially for key national projects as well as important local projects. Lawmakers recommended to re-allocate funds from projects with slow implementation to those that are potential for implementation and disbursement.
The NA Standing Committee requested the Government to provide strict and decisive leadership, with solutions to overcome difficulties; increase responsibility and encourage proactivity from ministries, sectors, and localities to speed up the disbursement of public investment, aiming to achieve the target of disbursing 95% of the allocated budget.
෴ Incorporating opinions of NA deputies, the draft Resolution on the allocation of central budget in 2025 stipulates that the allocation of state budget investment capital must ensure a concentrated and prioritised approach, in compliance with the conditions and priority order set out in the Law on Public Investment, resolutions of the NA and the NA Standing Committee./.
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State President Luong Cuong’s trip once again reaffirmed the Party and State’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification and multilateralisation of relations. It also reflected the strong trend of enhanced cooperation among countries of the Global South in shaping a new, more multipolar, fair and equitable world order.
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.
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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.
Vietnam pledges to do its utmost to build an ASEAN of solidarity, consensus, and unity in diversity, and to foster a fast and sustainable development path for ASEAN, grounded in science, technology, and innovation, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
Party General Secretary To Lam called on the criminal police force to accelerate the application of science, technology, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation in criminal investigation tasks such as crime prevention, detection, tracking and verification, ensuring that no area remains out of their reach.
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Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Pham Viet Hung praised the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ meaningful initiative, noting that the ASEAN Family Run was not only a sporting activity but also an opportunity for diplomats and their families to show unity, connection, and solidarity within the ASEAN family.
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