Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at the event

This was the annual event between the Governmentand localities that aims to set up orientations for implementing the NationalAssembly’s resolution on socio-economic development tasks for 2020.

After listening to reports by the Government andseveral ministries, sectors and localities, the top leader highlighted thatdespite numerous difficulties and challenges in 2019, thanks to efforts by thewhole Party, people and army, Vietnam has made many important and encouragingaccomplishments in almost all fields that are better than in 2018.

On behalf of other Party and State leaders, hethanked the National Assembly, the Government, all-level Party committees andauthorities, organisations, businesses, people and soldiers nationwide forthose enormous successes.

However, Trong also noted as a number ofdifficulties and challenges are still lying ahead, they must not be complacentabout what have been attained.

To address existing shortcomings, he requestedspecial attention to four lessons, which are upholding and bringing into playthe major and historic achievements over the past more than 30 years of reformsand the comprehensive results obtained since the tenure’s beginning; enhancingthe solidarity and unanimity in the whole Party, people and army, and creatingpositive changes in bringing into full play the Party’s leadership, the State’smanagement and the people’s right to mastery; making good use of the supportand opinions of cadres, Party members, veteran revolutionaries, people andmedia agencies to create combined strength and unanimity in the entirepolitical system and the whole society; and encouraging and creating favourableconditions for the private economic sector to develop into an important drivingforce of the economy and, together with the State and collective economicsectors, become the core force for improving the economy’s self-reliance andintegration into the world.

The Party and State leader noted 2020 holds aparticularly important and decisive role in the realisation of the 12thNational Party Congress’s resolution. It is also the year for all-level Partycongresses towards the 13th National Party Congress, for Vietnam’s chairmanshipof ASEAN and non-permanent membership of the UN Security Council in 2020-2021,as well as for many other major political events.

He called for more activeness and creativity in2020 to achieve better results than in 2019.

Pointing out the key tasks for the next year, hesaid in terms of economic development, it is necessary to consolidate themacro-economic foundation; control inflation; improve the economy’s internalstrength and self-reliance; further improve the investment – business climate;promote fast, sustainable and substantive growth; and step up the realisationof strategic breakthroughs, economic restructuring and growth model reformswhile improving the economy’s productivity, quality, effectiveness andcompetitiveness.

In terms of society and culture, the leaderrequested more concrete, practical and suitable policies and measures fordeveloping culture and society, ensuring the harmonious human and economicdevelopment, improving people’s material and spiritual lives, building new-stylerural areas and creating jobs, and sustainably reducing poverty.

Regarding defence, security and externalrelations, the country needs to intensify defence – security strength, firmlysafeguard political stability and social order and safety, better theeffectiveness of the external work and integration into the world, and fulfillthe roles of the ASEAN Chair and a non-permanent member of the UN Security,thereby helping to further promote the country’s prestige and stature in theinternational arena.

Meanwhile, in terms of the Party and politicalsystem building, he asked sectors and localities to boost the reform ofagencies’ leadership and working style. The Government, governmental agenciesand authorities at all levels need to pay more attention to reformingadministrative procedures and improving the capacity and efficiency of theirapparatus.

Mentioning the organisation of all-level Partycongresses towards the 13th national event, Trong said in 2020, all-level Partycommittees, administrations and the whole political system need to promptly andseriously implement the Party Central Committee’s resolution and thePolitburo’s directive to successfully organise the congresses. Through theevents, they must improve Party organisations and members’ leading capacity andcombat strength, further solidify the great national unity bloc, and enhancethe people’s trust in the Party.

The Party and State leader expressed his hopethat the Government and local authorities will join the whole Party, people andarmy in staying united, exerting stronger efforts and being more active andcreative to successfully achieve the targets set for 2020 and the whole 12thtenure./.VNA