| THE PRIME MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT ------- | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness ---------- |
| No: 19/2006/CT-TTg | Hanoi, June 12, 2006 |
DIRECTIVE
ON FORMULATION OF THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND STATE BUDGET ESTIMATES FOR 2007
In furtherance of the Xth National Party Congress' Resolution on orientations and tasks of the 2006-2010 five-year socio-economic development plan, with an important target of accelerating economic growth, raising the efficiency and sustainability of development, and quickly bringing our country out of the underdevelopment state, the Government already submitted the 2006-2010 five-year socio-economic development plan to the National Assembly for decision.
The Prime Minister hereby requests ministries, branches, localities, economic groups and corporations 91 to thoroughly grasp the Xth National Party Congress' Resolution and the 2006-2010 five-year plan, continue with renewal in all aspects, from the thinking on the direction of economic reform to the contents and methods of formulating plans; exploit to the utmost potentials and advantages so as to accelerate economic development; in the immediate future, concentrate efforts on formulating the socio-economic development plan and state budget estimates for 2007, with the following principal requirements and contents:
A. PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVES AND TASKS OF THE 2007 PLAN
I. OBJECTIVES AND TASKS
The year 2007 is the second year of realizing orientations and tasks of the 2006-2010 five-year socio-economic development plan, a crucial year in sustaining the momentum for the fulfillment of the objectives of the 2006-2010 five-year plan and for effective international economic integration.
The Prime Minister hereby requests ministries, central agencies and localities to concentrate efforts on properly performing the following principal objectives and tasks:
1. To strive for an economic (GDP) growth rate of over 8%. To continue stepping up economic restructuring and labor restructuring along the line of quickly increasing the shares of services and industry; to strive to increase the value of agriculture, forestry and fisheries by more than 3.2% (with the production value to increase by more than 4.3%), value of construction industry by more than 10% (with the industrial production value to increase by more than 15%), and import and export turnovers by more than 16% so as to create a premise for fast and sustainable economic development in 2007 and quick growth in subsequent years.
To create a favorable environment and conditions in order to reduce costs and raise the quality of services. To improve the quality of domestic trade, attaching special importance to the development of distribution networks in the context of integration. To consolidate and reorganize the real estate market.
To associate the enforcement of the Anti-Corruption Law and the Law on Thrift Practice and Waste Combat with the improvement of construction and investment management. To reorganize project management units; to step by step put an end to closed investment and construction; to enhance supervision and inspection so as to effectively prevent embezzlement and waste and ensure the quality of projects. To create conditions for the economy to develop stably and sustainably at a rate higher than that of 2006.
2. To effect socialization in various social domains, encouraging the private sector to invest therein.
To renew state management and extend the rights to autonomy and accountability of non-business units operating in the culture, healthcare, education, physical training and sports domains; to generate a sustainable change in educational and training development; to step by step improve the quality of social services. To continue effectively implementing the comprehensive strategy on economic growth, hunger eradication and poverty alleviation and the millennium development goals.
To apply policies to step up the generation of new jobs, develop the vocational training system and improve the quality of human resources with an appropriate structure.
To effectively address pressing social issues, especially crime, drug abuse and traffic accidents; to control population growth.
3. To reduce environmental pollution, improve environment quality, and basically solve the problem of environmental deterioration in plants, industrial parks and densely populated areas; to improve the environment in highly polluted rivers, lakes, ponds, ditches and canals.
To improve the capability of forecasting unfavorable natural and weather changes. To raise the capacity of preventing and minimizing negative impacts of natural disasters and unfavorable climatic changes on the environment, to promptly respond to and overcome consequences caused by natural disasters.
To exploit natural resources and environmental conditions in river basins in a rational, effective and sustainable manner, ensuring ecological balance, nature conservation and bio-diversity preservation. To promote communication, education, training and fostering work so as to raise awareness about the environment, considering environmental conservation and protection as a responsibility of the whole society.
4. To step up reform and perfect administrative institutions, raise the ethics and qualifications of cadres and civil servants, and reform public finance. To effectively implement policies and solutions for corruption and waste prevention and combat; to consolidate the people's and enterprises' confidence in the state management apparatus.
5. To strengthen and consolidate defense and security, firmly preserve national independence, maintain social order and safety, especially in key regions, border areas and islands, forming a stable political environment for economic development and international integration.
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