Mentioning the improvement of economic competitiveness and administrative reforms, representatives of Hà Nội asserted that, first and foremost, it is necessary to renovate and perfect the institutions. They also suggested the Government build more transparent and open institutions suitable to Vietnamese and international laws. Delegates from Hồ Chí Minh City and major investment attractions like Đồng Nai, Hải Phòng, Đà Nẵng, Cần Thơ focused on difficulties in infrastructure, environmental pollution, and shortage of high-skilled human resource.

Meanwhile, representatives from mountainous, central and southwest provinces paid attention to solutions to improve social life, poverty reduction, infrastructure construction and agricultural development in disadvantaged areas to narrow the gap between urban and rural areas as well as between the mountains and the plains.

Concluding the conference, PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng once again stressed that the conference was aimed to design a resolution to fulfill all duties assigned by the National Assembly, with better results compared to previous year.

The PM urged ministries, sectors and localities to center on five tasks:

First, every sector and locality should set proper growth goals. It is also necessary to ensure a rapid and sustainable growth rate through facilitating enterprises’ establishment and operation, and lifting difficulties in disbursement and investment formalities;

Second, to deal with social issues, especially poverty alleviation;

Third, to increase the absorbability of capital and make good preparation in terms of infrastructure, transport, electricity, harbor and human resource;

Fourth, to boost administrative reforms, from procedures to apparatus and the contingent of civil servants;

Finally, to promote anti-corruption./.

By Xuân Hồng