General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong: Continue to innovate and improve the quality and effectiveness of social policies

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said that over the past 10 years, our country has developed and achieved many important results and achievements, increasingly demonstrating the superiority of our regime. Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

Addressing this issue, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong stated that over the past 10 years, our country has developed and achieved many important results and accomplishments, increasingly demonstrating the superiority of our system.

The economy , culture, and society have developed more stably and harmoniously. The material and spiritual lives of people throughout the country have improved. Vietnam is a leading nation in poverty reduction, implementing the Millennium Development Goals and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Social policies are constantly being improved, gradually enhancing quality, support levels, and expanding coverage in a fair and progressive manner, approaching international standards, and fundamentally ensuring the well-being of the people as stipulated in the Constitution; and effectively implementing preferential policies and honoring those who have rendered meritorious services.

The labor market system is being gradually improved. Employment for workers is basically guaranteed. The healthcare, education , social security, and social assistance systems continue to be strengthened and expanded.

At this 8th Central Conference, the Central Committee reviewed 10 years of implementing Resolution 5 of the Central Committee (11th tenure) on a number of social policy issues for the 2012-2020 period. Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

The scale, capacity and quality of basic and essential social services have been improved. The work of protecting, caring for and improving people's health has been increasingly improved. Resources for implementing social policies have been given priority investment by the State, associated with promoting socialization and attracting the participation of the whole society...

To achieve the goals and tasks set out by the 13th National Party Congress, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong requested that the Central Committee focus on discussing and clarifying, creating high consensus on the assessment and evaluation of the situation, causes and lessons learned; the necessity and correctness of issuing a new Resolution of the Central Committee on this particularly important issue.

From there, analyze and forecast scientifically the new situation, new requirements and tasks; clearly identify viewpoints, guiding ideas, goals, tasks and main solutions to continue to innovate and improve the quality and effectiveness of social policies to better meet the people's legitimate requirements and aspirations in the new period.

Source