Kinhtedothi - Reality shows that waste is as harmful to society as corruption, and has been happening very seriously in many places, in many fields, and in many forms.
The prolonged waste is like a “termite nest” that daily hollows out the “dyke”, causing budget losses and directly affecting people’s lives. If waste is successfully fought like corruption, the country will surely firmly enter a new era.
Social resources are being wasted in many forms.
In the article "Fighting against waste", General Secretary To Lam pointed out that the results of practicing thrift and fighting against waste have contributed to the renovation process achieving great achievements; achieving and surpassing most of the socio-economic development goals and targets over the terms.
Besides the results, looking straight at the truth, General Secretary To Lam also pointed out the reality and persistent existence of waste in many areas, from natural resources, national budget to human resources, time and human effort, public assets... and also "invisible" forms of waste such as wasted opportunities, wasted potential, and especially waste in the state organization and management system...
In the discussion sessions at the National Assembly, this issue is always "hot" when delegates focus on analyzing the waste of social resources in "covered projects, shelved works". Among them, there are wind power and solar power projects that have been invested in but not yet put into operation; thousands, hundreds of thousands of apartments built and then left empty or unfinished, "standing alone with time"; or projects that have been under construction for decades but are still not completed...
National Assembly Delegate Nguyen Huu Thong (National Assembly Delegation of Binh Thuan Province) stated that we may not have complete statistics on waste yet, but this figure is not less than hundreds of thousands of billions of VND, not to mention the waste that follows it. For example, waste of land resources, waste of development opportunities for enterprises, for the country... cannot be fully measured and first of all, it is waste of people's trust.
The 15th National Assembly has conducted supreme supervision of “the implementation of policies and laws on thrift practice and waste prevention in the 2016-2021 period”. It is worth noting that the supervision report has a total of 93 pages, but the shortcomings, limitations, and causes listed are nearly 60 pages. “This means that waste and loss are seen everywhere” - as National Assembly deputies have commented.
From the information provided after the monitoring, it can be seen that waste occurs in many forms, especially in the fields of State budget management, capital construction investment, public procurement, land management, public assets... causing loss of national resources. The numbers shown at that time made the delegates exclaim "really heartbreaking". In the period of 2016 - 2021, there were up to 3,085 projects using State capital with loss and waste; the total amount of loss and waste in 5 years was 31,800 billion VND; 74,378.7 hectares of land were used for the wrong purpose, abandoned, violated the law...
Recently, at the meeting announcing the results of the Standing Committee meeting of the Central Steering Committee on preventing and combating corruption, waste and negativity (October 30), statistics showed that there are currently 9 construction projects, 22 projects on electricity and industry, 15 projects on transportation, 7 projects in the fields of education, culture - sports - tourism, 4 projects on agriculture that need to be handled for CLP.
"Diagnose the right disease, prescribe the right prescription"
In recent years, the entire political system from the central to local levels has considered practicing thrift and combating waste as an urgent task. Many specific regulations on this issue have been clearly stated in the Law on Practicing Thrift and Combating Waste. Most agencies and organizations have developed and issued programs and action plans to combat waste, but the implementation has not been as effective as expected.
When talking about the causes of waste, Deputy Chairwoman of the National Assembly's Judicial Committee Mai Thi Phuong Hoa said that there are still some officials who take the fight against waste lightly in management activities. For a long time, they only considered waste as a behavior that needs to be overcome but not to a serious level, and did not consider waste as a dangerous behavior for society. Along with that, some officials still think that waste is only the ineffective management and use of State capital and assets, but in reality, there is also waste of opportunities and time.
It is a practical requirement to further clarify the responsibility of the subject, organization, and individual for the loss and waste. According to Prof. Dr. Hoang Van Cuong (former Vice President of Hanoi National Economics University), the telling figures of hundreds of projects, hundreds of thousands of hectares of land, and tens of thousands of billions of VND wasted are a very painful feeling. The waste has been going on for a long time, and we all recognize it, all realize it, and it needs to be dealt with decisively; and to deal with this incident, we must clearly identify the responsibility of whom, which individual, which organization.
Under the direction of General Secretary To Lam, the entire political system has identified and included the field of anti-waste into the Steering Committee for the prevention of negativity and corruption. From awareness to action, synchronous solutions from low to high in practicing thrift and anti-waste are being implemented such as reviewing and drastically handling slow-to-implement projects, arranging and streamlining the apparatus... In particular, building an anti-waste culture in the whole society has become ethical standards, social standards, included in the internal regulations of each agency and unit with emphasis...
As assessed by experts, while waste still exists, the practice of thrift and anti-waste becomes a regular and continuous task in all agencies, departments and all classes of people. In the public sector, anti-waste is not only the enforcement of legal regulations but must become a way of life for each individual and this is the deepest root of the problem. Along with that, strictly handling cases of intentional waste and lack of awareness against waste will be a particularly important solution to create more resources to promote development.
Corruption causes the loss of public assets and turns them into private assets, while waste causes the loss of both public and social assets, and the loss of social benefits. Thus, waste is a very broad category, including corruption, so the National Assembly has issued the Law on Practicing Thrift and Combating Wastefulness, and every year the National Assembly requires the Government to report on the implementation of this law.
Waste occurs in all areas, possibly in agencies, organizations, and even among the people; thus, fighting waste becomes a universal, consistent action that can be regulated by law, but more importantly, it must become an awareness, habit, and culture in practicing thrift.
Prof. Dr. Hoang Van Cuong (former Vice President of Hanoi National Economics University)
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