This afternoon, November 12, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh answered questions from National Assembly deputies from 3:10 p.m. to 4:35 p.m.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh - Photo: GIA HAN
11/12/2024 16:37 GMT+7
Speaking at the end of the question-and-answer session, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man said that the National Assembly questioned three groups of issues under the main responsibilities of the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam, the Minister of Health, and the Minister of Information and Communications. At the question-and-answer session, 136 delegates questioned, 18 delegates debated, and 80 delegates registered to be questioned. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, on behalf of the Government, reported and explained further on issues under the Government's management responsibility and directly answered questions from National Assembly delegates. Also participating in the question-and-answer session were Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phoc, Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long; Minister of Public Security Luong Tam Quang, and Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien. According to Mr. Man, through the question-and-answer session at the meeting, it was shown that the question-and-answer contents met practical requirements, were "correct" and "hit" the issues that voters, the people of the whole country and the National Assembly deputies were interested in. He continued to affirm that this is a direct and effective form of supreme supervision of the National Assembly. Through practical activities, the National Assembly deputies have grasped the situation, carefully studied the reports, raised issues, as well as debated briefly and clearly, with specific questions such as: what is the viewpoint - when will it be implemented - when will it be completed - why is it slow - what is the solution - where is the responsibility. The ministers and heads of sectors have shown high responsibility, grasped the functions, tasks and current situation of the sectors and fields under their charge, and clearly answered many difficult and complicated issues. They were frank, did not avoid, and explained and clarified many issues raised by the National Assembly deputies. At the same time, they proposed many solutions to overcome limitations in the coming time.
Building institutions to expand creative space
11/12/2024 16:32 GMT+7 Explaining further about green development, digital development and circular economy, the Prime Minister said that this is a new trend, so it faces difficulties, lacks experience, the legal system is not complete and updated, and requires mobilizing large resources. Therefore, the Government will focus on perfecting institutions - the goal, driving force and resources for development, creating breakthroughs from the institutions themselves. 
The process also raises issues that need to be built on the issues that can and cannot be done, expanding the space for creativity. The Party's viewpoint is to protect the legitimate rights and interests of all citizens and businesses, respect human rights in business, and develop the socio-economy. Therefore, he affirmed the viewpoint of not criminalizing economic, civil and administrative relations, associated with building clear regulatory institutions. However, the Prime Minister also recognized that issues such as smuggling, tax evasion, manipulation, price gouging, hoarding, etc. must be dealt with. Regarding the building of institutions for managing activities in cyberspace, the Prime Minister said that the virtual space will be the same as the real space. Therefore, the management of real life must be the same as the management of cyberspace, but we must abandon the mindset that if we cannot manage, we must ban it. The spirit of building institutions serves both management and opens up a space for innovation and creativity, encouraging all people, businesses and creative subjects. "There are many issues that all sectors and levels must do, organize and implement resolutely, with high determination, great effort, drastic action, focus, clear assignment of people, clear work, clear time, clear responsibility and clear products for supervision to have good results" - the Prime Minister emphasized.
Prime Minister: Green development, digital development and circular economy are new trends - Photo: GIA HAN
Mobilizing resources for strategic infrastructure projects
11/12/2024 16:24 GMT+7 With the implementation of major national projects mentioned by delegate Pham Van Hoa, the Prime Minister said that we must make a breakthrough to grow, which is a bottleneck that must be removed for this term and the next term. The new trend is to develop strategic infrastructure, including digital infrastructure, transport infrastructure, hard infrastructure and soft infrastructure as the driving force for growth. 
Investment is a traditional growth driver, so it is necessary to mobilize resources for investment, resources for large national projects, create breakthroughs for strategic infrastructure with strategic projects that can change the situation and change the status, not "normal" as it is now. Therefore, with the policy of infrastructure breakthrough, it is necessary to focus on high-speed railway connecting China, North - South, electricity infrastructure to restart nuclear power projects, offshore wind power. To have resources, it is necessary to perfect institutions and mechanisms to mobilize resources from internal resources, the state, localities, public-private partnerships, borrowing... training human resources and governance... "I hope the National Assembly will support these major projects, such as the North-South high-speed railway project, Long Thanh airport phase 2. At the beginning of the term, we were concerned about resources, how to build a highway system, we have been building since 2000 with only 1,000 km of highway, so how will resources be available within 3 years to double the km of highway of the past 20 years, I was very concerned. But with the direction of the Party, we mobilized resources, increased revenue, and saved expenses" - said the Prime Minister.
Delegate Pham Van Hoa - Photo: GIA HAN
11/12/2024 16:22 GMT+7
According to the National Assembly Chairman, there are still 28 delegates registered to question the Prime Minister, but he hopes that the delegates will sympathize and send their questions to the National Assembly Standing Committee so that the Prime Minister can answer them in writing. Mr. Man also mentioned that yesterday when questioning the banking sector, delegates mentioned green transformation of enterprises, not criminalizing economic sectors. Regarding the information and communication sector today, delegates mentioned improving the capacity to perfect institutions in the banking and healthcare sectors. He asked the Prime Minister to answer the delegates clearly.
To deal with long-standing backlog projects, we must respect reality to have a mechanism.
11/12/2024 16:14 GMT+7 Regarding the handling of long-standing backlog projects raised by delegate Nguyen Thi Kim Thuy, the Prime Minister said that with the efforts of the Politburo, the National Assembly and the Government, up to now, 12 long-standing major projects have basically requested policies for handling and resolving after review and assessment. From there, the Government will properly perform its functions and powers, report issues beyond its authority and seek the National Assembly's opinion. This experience will be applied to the remaining projects, and any similar projects will be reviewed and handled with respect for the present. "There is a loss, a loss, whoever violates will be dealt with, and if we follow the law, we will get stuck, so we must continue to remove legal obstacles. With that direction, we will be able to handle it, like the spirit of handling 12 projects, we will handle the Cat Linh - Ha Dong railway, the Lot B gas project, and the Thai Binh 2 thermal power plant. We must respect reality, respect that what is broken cannot be healed, must endure the loss, and when mended, it will also become a scar, from there, we will have a policy mechanism to handle it" - the Prime Minister said. With 4 banks, two banks have been transferred, and the remaining two banks are working on it. With SCB, the Prime Minister said that the guiding spirit is to ensure the safety of the system, ensure the rights and legitimate interests of people related to handling banks, strictly control assets to prevent loss, and have a suitable implementation roadmap...
There is a solution to eliminate temporary housing and respond to climate change.
11/12/2024 16:09 GMT+7 Regarding the elimination of temporary and dilapidated houses, the Prime Minister said that this is a major policy, with the spirit of whoever has something should help, whoever has merit should help merit, whoever has property should help property. Through launching this movement, it shows that along with supporting resources, mobilizing resources from brothers, friends, the army and police are ready to help build better houses. "Recently, we launched a 450-day movement, mobilizing more than 6,000 billion VND and the Government saved 5% with more than 5,000 billion VND, that is more than 10,000 billion VND and other programs such as increasing revenue this year to have additional resources" - the Prime Minister said. Answering the question related to long-term fundamental solutions to prevent natural disasters, storms and floods, and respond to climate change of delegate Au Thi Mai, the Prime Minister emphasized that the Party and State pay much attention, but this is an extreme issue, global, all-people, comprehensive. Therefore, it is necessary to promote multilateralism and international cooperation to call for joint efforts. Next is to institutionalize the Party's policy on this issue, perfect the institution to suit the situation, and meet new requirements with many arising issues. Along with that is mobilizing resources from the State, partners, and borrowed resources. For example, the Government assigned the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to develop and implement the 1 million hectare rice project or the Mekong Delta is responding to subsidence, drought, and salinity, so it is necessary to develop a project to call for partners to support resources. Implement technology transfer associated with governance on climate change prevention and natural disaster prevention. With the Northern and Central mountainous areas facing landslides and droughts, the Prime Minister said that he assigned the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to develop the project, mobilize resources, promote human resources and self-reliance of local units, and implementation is still a weak link, so it is necessary to decentralize...
Prime Minister: Priority selection in institutional reform
11/12/2024 15:58 GMT+7
Prime Minister answers questions - Photo: GIA HAN
Delegates asked the Prime Minister to provide solutions to promote decentralization.
11/12/2024 15:54 GMT+7 Delegate Mai Thi Phuong Hoa (Nam Dinh) raised a question about decentralization and delegation of power. She said that the Government has set out the task of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the administrative apparatus, which must be associated with reasonable decentralization and delegation of power between levels. However, in the implementation process, there are still some shortcomings and limitations such as the slow review, amendment, supplementation and completion of regulations, the decentralization and delegation of power have not taken into account the characteristics of rural, urban, island areas and the capacity of each level and each sector, and have not yet fully promoted the potential and advantages of the locality. From there, she asked the Prime Minister to provide solutions to further promote decentralization and delegation of power between the Government and ministries, sectors and localities. 
Delegate Nguyen Thi Yen (Ba Ria - Vung Tau): The Government and the Prime Minister have identified institutional reform as one of the key tasks and have achieved many important results to remove barriers, create an environment and driving force for socio-economic development. She asked the Prime Minister to clarify the most important highlights in the coming time? According to Ms. Yen, the task of eliminating temporary and dilapidated houses is extremely urgent. The delegate asked the Prime Minister to clearly state the solutions to complete this task in 2025. Delegate Au Thi Mai (Tuyen Quang) stated that responding to climate change and natural disasters is a matter of global concern. The people and voters are very moved and appreciate the timely, effective and humane response of the Government and the Prime Minister when natural disasters occur, most clearly the response to the recent storm No. 3. In order to promptly encourage the people to overcome difficulties, the Prime Minister has proposed short-term and long-term solutions that have been highly appreciated by voters and people. However, the people and voters want the Prime Minister to clarify more about the fundamental and long-term solutions to cope with natural disasters in the coming time. Delegate Nguyen Thi Kim Thuy (Da Nang) highly appreciated the determination of the Government and the Prime Minister in handling backlogged projects and problems that have been stuck for many years at the Central and local levels. However, there are still a number of backlogged projects and weak credit institutions that have not been handled. She asked the Prime Minister to clarify the causes, solutions regarding mechanisms and progress in the coming time? 
Delegate Duong Khac Mai (Dak Nong) asked the Prime Minister to provide more solutions to overcome limitations and shortcomings to promote decentralization and delegation of power with the motto of local decision, local action, local responsibility as directed by General Secretary To Lam in his speech at the opening session of the 8th meeting. Delegate Pham Van Hoa (Dong Thap) asked the Prime Minister to provide solutions in the upcoming direction to successfully implement important national projects?
Delegate Mai Thi Phuong Hoa - Photo: GIA HAN
Delegate Nguyen Thi Kim Thuy - Photo: GIA HAN
Proposing competent authorities to restart nuclear power projects
11/12/2024 15:22 GMT+7 Regarding ensuring electricity supply, the Prime Minister said that he has resolutely directed and proposed amendments to the Electricity Law, implemented the plan to implement the VIII electricity plan, issued mechanisms and policies on direct electricity purchase and sale; encouraged the development of rooftop solar power; developed gas power, offshore and coastal wind power; policies on waste electricity, biomass electricity... Completed the 500kV transmission line project, circuit 3... To meet the demand for electricity, he said that he will focus on procedures, start construction and put into operation large and important electricity projects. Save energy and manage electricity demand. Review and remove legal problems in invested renewable electricity projects. At the same time, propose competent authorities to restart nuclear power projects and strongly develop offshore wind power. Regarding digital transformation, he also emphasized the motto of "accelerating, breaking through", focusing on mobilizing the participation of the entire political system and the active participation of the entire people and the business community. Completing the digital legal corridor (such as the Data Law, the Personal Data Protection Law); building specific and priority mechanisms and policies to support and promote digital transformation for businesses and people. Mobilizing resources for research and development of digital human resources. With the view of developing high-quality human resources and developing science and technology, innovation, the Prime Minister affirmed that the Government will continue to direct the completion of mechanisms and policies for developing science and technology infrastructure, accepting risks and persevering in research and innovation activities; strongly promoting the innovation system... Ensuring at least 20% of total budget expenditure for education and training; have breakthrough policies in recruiting, using and rewarding talents at all levels, sectors and localities, especially in new growth drivers such as digital economy, green economy, circular economy, knowledge economy... Mobilize and effectively use resources, especially public-private partnership for training high-quality human resources, aiming at international standards and meeting market demand. Quickly complete training of at least 50,000 high-quality human resources to meet the development requirements of the semiconductor industry.
Building a lean and strong administrative apparatus
11/12/2024 15:17 GMT+7 Regarding the practice of thrift and anti-waste, the Prime Minister acknowledged that this work still has many shortcomings and limitations as General Secretary To Lam pointed out and the National Assembly deputies have mentioned. The reasons are the situation of outstanding debts, slow issuance of documents, lack of strict discipline; slow rearrangement of housing and land facilities in some agencies and units, wasting time and resources... Therefore, he emphasized that in the coming time, legal regulations will be urgently reviewed and amended. Continue to review, cut and save budget expenditures, especially regular expenditures. Strengthen inspection and examination in all fields, especially investment, public assets, land, and minerals; strictly handle violations in the spirit of "handling one case, warning the whole region, the whole field". Simplify and cut down administrative procedures to the maximum; Building a culture of thrift and fighting waste in the whole society, building a state administrative apparatus in the spirit of the direction of General Secretary To Lam "Efficient - Lean - Strong - Effective - Effective - Efficient".
Hope the National Assembly will immediately remove legal difficulties in public investment disbursement
11/12/2024 15:13 GMT+7 In his opening remarks at the question-and-answer session, the Prime Minister said that the socio-economic situation in the first 10 months achieved positive results, better than the same period last year. All three sectors of agriculture, industry and services maintained positive growth momentum. The macro-economy remained stable; inflation was under control; major balances were ensured; public debt, government debt, foreign debt, and state budget deficit were lower than the prescribed limit. The consumer price index (CPI) decreased gradually each month, with an average increase of 3.78% in the first 10 months. State budget revenue is estimated at 97.2% of the estimate, up 17.3% over the same period. Total import-export turnover increased by 15.8%, with a trade surplus of 23.3 billion USD. The Politburo has reported and proposed to approve the plan to handle all 12 projects that have been behind schedule and ineffective for many years, some of which have been profitable; the compulsory transfer of 2 weak banks has been completed. The work to overcome the consequences of storm No. 3 has been implemented drastically, promptly and effectively. Accordingly, the Government strives for GDP growth in the fourth quarter to reach over 7.5%, and for the whole year to reach over 7%; thereby ensuring that all 15 targets are met and exceeded. It is hoped that the National Assembly will immediately remove legal difficulties in public investment disbursement. Providing more information on public investment disbursement, the Prime Minister said that the disbursement rate is still slow; after 10 months, the disbursement rate reached 52.29% (the same period in 2023 was 56.74%), ODA capital disbursement only reached 27.88%; 29 ministries, central agencies and 21 localities have disbursement rates below the national average, of which 9 ministries, agencies and localities have disbursement rates below 20%. He pointed out that the main reason is that some related mechanisms, policies and legal regulations are still cumbersome and overlapping; Difficulties in investment procedures, especially ODA projects, compensation, site clearance and land use planning. Lack of material supply; poor project preparation; leadership, direction, inspection and supervision in some places and at some times are still lacking in determination and depth, especially in the role of the head. Management and operation capacity of many project management boards is still limited. Coordination between agencies is still lacking. Discipline and order are not strict in some places; there is still a situation where officials avoid and are afraid of responsibility... Therefore, he proposed that the National Assembly immediately remove some difficulties and legal problems, find solutions to speed up compensation, site clearance, support and resettlement, improve the quality of project investment preparation, strengthen supervision, inspection, supervision, discipline and order...
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