On May 22, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed a Directive on the development of the socio-economic development plan and the state budget estimate for 2025. The Prime Minister requested ministries, central agencies and localities to consistently implement the goal of maintaining macroeconomic stability, controlling inflation, promoting growth, ensuring major balances of the economy, and promoting production and business. Along with that, it is necessary to step up the development, completion and review of legal policies to promptly remove obstacles, mobilize and effectively use all resources for development, and improve the investment and business environment.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. Photo: Nhat Bac

At the same time, accelerate the progress of building synchronous strategic infrastructure, especially key, important national transport infrastructure projects, inter-regional projects, large urban infrastructure, seaports and airports; promote human resource development, especially high-quality human resources to meet the requirements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and international integration. Ministries, branches and localities continue to restructure three key areas of public investment, state-owned enterprises and credit institutions; promote the development of digital economy, green economy, circular economy, e-commerce, new and effective business models... Regarding the task of building the state budget estimate, the Prime Minister noted that the domestic revenue estimate for 2025 should increase by at least 5-7%; Estimated revenue from import-export activities in 2025 will increase by an average of about 4-6% compared to the estimated implementation in 2024. Estimated state budget expenditures are close to the implementation capacity, minimizing the cancellation of estimates and transferring resources to the following year. Ensure resources to continue implementing salary and social insurance policies . Develop the state budget expenditure estimate for 2025 to ensure compliance with legal regulations, in conjunction with promoting the restructuring of the apparatus, streamlining the payroll, and focal points of the public service sector; in conjunction with funding for the new salary regime, adjusting pensions, social insurance benefits, preferential allowances for people with meritorious services and social allowances from July 1. The Prime Minister emphasized the need to ensure resources to continue implementing wage and social insurance policies in accordance with Resolutions No. 27 and 28 of the 7th Central Conference (12th tenure) and Resolution No. 104/2023 of the 15th National Assembly. Along with that, it is necessary to thoroughly grasp the principles of publicity, transparency and the requirement to practice thrift and combat waste right from the task determination stage... The 2025 State budget public investment plan allocated to tasks and projects must be consistent with the implementation and disbursement capacity of each task and project, ensuring detailed allocation and assignment to tasks and projects before December 31, 2024. In particular, it is necessary to overcome the situation of fragmented, spread out, ineffective capital allocation, capital allocation but not allocating the assigned capital, ensuring the progress of allocation and assignment of detailed plans to tasks and projects in accordance with regulations. The Head of the Government noted the need to innovate management and financial mechanisms, reorganize the system of public service units, and develop expenditure estimates for public service units; continue to develop the 2025 state budget expenditure estimates to reduce at least 3% of direct support expenditure from the state budget compared to the 2024 estimate, and reduce the number of public service employees receiving salaries from the state budget. Public service units whose regular expenditures are guaranteed by the state budget under ministries and central agencies must reduce at least 2% of direct expenditures from the state budget compared to the 2024 estimate, except for basic and essential public services guaranteed by the state budget. In particular, for agencies and units applying special financial mechanisms, the Prime Minister requested that from 2025, state administrative management agencies and units will no longer be allowed to apply special financial mechanisms on salaries, allowances, incomes, and regular expenses. These units shall prepare revenue and expenditure estimates for 2025 based on the decision of competent authorities on the financial mechanism applicable from July 1, 2024 and for 2025, in accordance with the 2024 State budget estimate. The Directive also clearly states that ministries and central agencies shall, based on the salary, pension, and allowance regimes for meritorious people, and social security policies decided by competent authorities to be implemented in 2024, review and prepare estimates for 2025, detailing salary funds, contributions, policies, and human resource spending regimes, along with specific increases and decreases.

Thu Hang - Vietnamnet.vn

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