Hung Yen attends the teleconference between the Government and localities

Delegates attend the conference at the Hung Yen’s bridge point

At the Hung Yen’s bridge point, the conference saw the participation of comrades: Nguyen Huu Nghia, Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Tran Quoc Toan, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Tran Quoc Van, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee. In the attendance were Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee, leaders of a number of province’s departments and branches.

In his opening speech, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh assessed that in the first quarter of 2025, the macro economy is stable, major balances are ensured; all three sectors of industry, agriculture and services have grown positively, especially agriculture. Culture and society are focused on; people's lives are improved. Politics and society are stable, national defense and security are consolidated, foreign affairs are promoted, diplomatic activities are very vibrant; maintaining a peaceful and stable environment for national development.

The Prime Minister asked the delegates to focus on discussing and assessing the context and situation in the past time; the direction and administration of the Government, the Prime Minister, ministries, branches, and Chairmen of the People's Committees of provinces and cities; the socio-economic situation with highlights and impressions; analyzing causes and lessons learned; forecasting the situation in the coming time; clearly identifying key tasks and solutions in April and the second quarter, things that need to be done immediately, immediate solutions, long-term tasks...

According to the report of the Ministry of Finance, in the first quarter of this year, the country's GDP growth is estimated to reach at 6.93% compared to the same period last year. This positive result helps Vietnam continue to be among the countries with the highest growth in the world and the region. The average consumer price index (CPI) in the first quarter increased by 3.22% over the same period. State budget revenue reached 36.7% of the estimate, up 29.3% over the same period, of which domestic revenue is estimated to attain at 38.7% of the estimate, ensuring resources for development investment and implementing policies to support people and businesses. Import-export turnover in the first quarter increased by 13.7% over the same period; trade surplus is estimated to reach at 3.16 billion USD. In the first quarter, disbursement of public investment capital attained 9.53% of the plan; total social investment capital increased by 8.3%, 2.8% higher than the same period in 2024. Total registered FDI capital was nearly 11 billion USD, up 34.7% over the same period; realized capital reached nearly 5 billion USD, up 7.2%. Social security work has been focused on and effectively implemented by all levels, sectors and localities. The fields of culture, society, information and propaganda continue to be promoted. The work of law making, institutional improvement, reviewing and amending the Constitution, and streamlining the apparatus at the central and local levels have been carried out resolutely, ensuring progress and quality according to the direction of the Central Committee, the Politburo and the National Assembly. National defense, security, independence and sovereignty are maintained; political security and social order and safety are ensured...

At the conference, delegates focused on discussing solutions to increase GDP growth; restructuring the apparatus, reorganizing administrative units, building local governments in a streamlined, productive, effective and efficient direction; the tasks that need to be focused on in the fields of culture, society, security, national defense, etc.

Concluding the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that in the coming time, Vietnam has many prospects to improve its growth rate through promoting public investment, consumption, and tourism; increasing the contribution of digitalization and high technology to growth, accelerating the green transformation process, taking advantage of the trend of shifting foreign investment flows... However, the economy still faces many risks and complex fluctuations. The Prime Minister requested ministries, branches, and localities to continue to comprehensively and effectively implement resolutions and conclusions of the Central Committee, the Politburo, the Central Party Secretariat, the National Assembly, and the direction of the Government and the Prime Minister; proactively advise and handle newly arising tasks and issues according to their authority. In particular, strengthening dialogue and promoting bilateral negotiations with the US to agree on a reasonable and appropriate "reciprocal tax" level, ensuring harmony of interests; grasping the situation, responding to policies proactively, promptly, flexibly and effectively; proactively resolving work within authority, not pushing or avoiding responsibility; assigning tasks with focus and key points, ensuring: "clear people, clear work, clear responsibility, clear authority, clear time, clear results"; "do each work properly; finish each work completely". Along with that, it is necessary to focus on the fields of culture, society, environmental protection, natural disaster prevention and control, climate change response; strengthen discipline and administrative discipline; promote the prevention and fight against corruption, negativity and wastefulness; consolidate national defense and security; maintain social order and safety; enhance foreign affairs and international integration; strengthen information and communication work, create social consensus...