Pooling all resources to achieve economic growth rate of 8.5 percent

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung emphasised the need to successfully implement the three major tasks of achieving an economic growth rate of 8.5 percent, reinforcing administrative reform and combating corruption and wastefulness in 2007.

A conference was held in Hanoi on January 8 to implement State budget plans for 2007 which drew the participation of Prime Minster Nguyen Tan Dung and deputy Prime Ministers Nguyen Sinh Hung and Truong Vinh Trong.

Opening the conference, PM Dung highlighted the remarkable achievements in socio-economic development recorded in 2006.

Delegates to conference heard a report from Minister of Planning and Investment Vo Hong Phuc on the implementation of the plan for socio-economic development and the State Budge for 2006 and implementation solutions for 2007. Trade Minister Truong Dinh Tuyen briefed them on a number of major guidelines and policies to help the national economy maintain its fast and sustainable development after Vietnam’s entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

Minister of the Interior Do Quang Trung reviewed administrative reform programs and set tasks for 2007 while Chief Government Inspector Tran Van Truyen reported on the government’s action program on implementing the Anti-Corruption Law.

Minster of Planning and Investment Phuc said in 2007, the focus will be on seven key solutions for perfecting mechanisms of the market economy, improving the investment environment, raising the operation efficiency of the State apparatus, practicing thrift and combating wastefulness.

Minister of the Interior Do Quang Trung underscored the need to enhance administrative reform by effectively handling bureaucracy, ironing out snags in people and enterprises’ activities and removing unnecessary sub-licenses used by ministries and sectors at the central level.

Many delegates said it is essential to build a central anti-corruption agency and issue documents on implementing the Anti-Corruption Law and dealing with leaders of agencies involved in corruption. They also proposed some measures to coordinate with the Government in boosting production and business activities, reinforce administrative reform and combat corruption in the most effective way.

The conference will close on January 9.

(CPV/VOV)