Prime Minister outlines 8 key tasks and solutions for 2025

The Prime Minister emphasized that in 2025, we will focus on preventing waste in the whole society and removing difficulties and obstacles for slow-progressing projects.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested to focus on preventing and combating waste in the whole society in 2025. Photo: Pham Thang

Growth for the whole year of 2024 is estimated to reach over 7%. On the morning of December 1, the Politburo and the Secretariat held a national conference to disseminate and summarize the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW; the socio-economic situation in 2024, and solutions to accelerate socio-economic development in 2025. At the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that the whole year's growth is estimated to reach over 7%; it is expected that 15/15 main targets will be achieved and exceeded, especially the growth target. Increase the basic salary by 30%, increase the annual regional minimum wage by 6% for employees and adjust pensions, social insurance, preferential allowances for people with meritorious services, and social allowances from July 1, 2024. Of which, over 700 trillion VND has been accumulated to implement the new salary policy for 2024 and the following years. In 2025, the Prime Minister emphasized that it is necessary to prioritize growth, striving for GDP growth of about 8% to create momentum, force, and spirit to implement the plan for the entire period of 2021-2030. The head of the Government emphasized 8 main tasks and solutions for 2025. First , continuing to perfect institutions is the "breakthrough of breakthroughs"; streamlining the apparatus, improving effectiveness and efficiency; building strong enough mechanisms and policies for officials to dare to think, dare to do, dare to take responsibility for the common good. Second , continuing to prioritize promoting growth associated with macroeconomic stability, controlling inflation, ensuring large balances and high surpluses; budget deficit and public debt within safe and reasonable limits; maintaining momentum, keeping pace and accelerating, making breakthroughs, striving to achieve a growth rate of about 8%. Third , mobilize social resources to the maximum, effectively exploit resources from state-owned enterprises, and strongly develop private enterprises. Fourth , promote the development of strategic infrastructure, especially key national projects; research and effectively exploit outer space, sea space, and underground space.

Conference to disseminate and summarize the implementation of Resolution No. 18 of the Central Committee. Photo: Pham Thang

Strengthen inspection of areas prone to corruption and negativity. Fifth , ensure electricity supply in all situations, meeting the needs of production, business and consumption both in the short and long term. Sixth , strengthen prevention and combat of corruption, negativity and waste. The focus is on perfecting the institution on controlling power, preventing and combating corruption and negativity; on protecting those fighting against corruption and negativity. Build a clean, honest, active Government serving the people; increase publicity, transparency, accountability; effectively control assets and income. Strengthen inspection and examination, focusing on areas prone to corruption and negativity such as investment, public assets, land, minerals, etc.; strictly handle violations in the spirit of "handling one case, warning the whole region, the whole field"; do not criminalize civil, administrative and economic relations. Focus on preventing and combating waste in the whole society; Focus on removing difficulties and obstacles for renewable energy projects, invested power projects, projects and works that are behind schedule and prolonged. According to Conclusion No. 77-KL/TW of the Politburo on Project 153 and power projects, renewable energy, a number of large real estate projects, BT, BOT projects, flood prevention projects in Ho Chi Minh City, hospital projects in Ha Nam province... Focus on reviewing, classifying and building, proposing mechanisms and policies to remove works and projects that are wasting land, investment resources, opportunities, jobs, assets... and have clear, feasible and effective solutions to resolve them completely, avoid waste, and supplement resources for development. In which, there must be a responsible person and a person to remove them. Urgently review and amend the Law on Practicing Thrift and Combating Waste. Continue to review, cut and save state budget expenditures, especially regular expenditures. Seventh , focus on cultural development, ensure social security, proactively prevent and combat natural disasters, and respond to climate change. Eighth , ensure political stability, firmly protect independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; promote foreign affairs and international integration.

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