Overcoming the situation where a number of officials avoid responsibility and are afraid of making mistakes

It is necessary to identify all the achievements and difficulties and challenges.

On May 9, giving his opinion at the 23rd session of the National Assembly Standing Committee, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue highly appreciated the efforts of the Government and the inspection agencies in preparing the report to submit to the National Assembly Standing Committee.

In addition, the National Assembly Chairman also noted that the report includes two parts on additional assessment of the situation in 2022 and the results of early 2023, requesting agencies to closely follow the resolutions and conclusions of the Central Committee, the National Assembly's resolutions on socio-economic and budgetary finance, the monthly assessment conclusions of key leaders, and the conclusions of the Politburo .

The National Assembly Chairman suggested continuing to improve the reports to be more concise, general, authentic and objective, concise, focused, and with additional quantification so that the numbers speak for themselves.

Correct the situation in part to avoid responsibility for the error number 1 — Overview of the meeting.

The National Assembly Chairman requested a brief presentation of the additional assessment of the situation in 2022. In particular, the additional focus is on clarifying that there is one more unmet target, reflecting the quality of growth and the budget exceeding the estimate. In 2022, the estimate was built too low, invisibly narrowing the fiscal space.

The National Assembly Chairman stated that the issue of inaccurate budget estimates has not been resolved for many years, and that the State Audit is partly responsible for it and the National Assembly's inspection agencies are also responsible for it; at the same time, he expressed concern about the budget decision-making process.

In addition, the National Assembly Chairman also suggested adding that the bright spot of the fourth quarter of 2022 is the effort to maintain macroeconomic stability in the face of domestic and foreign shocks, maintaining exchange rate and inflation stability. This result is thanks to the leadership and direction of the Central Committee and the Politburo, in which the Government is the implementing agency. In particular, the Ministry of Finance, the State Bank, the Ministry of Planning and Investment, agencies responsible for macroeconomics and the Central Economic Committee have contributed many efforts and endeavors. The National Assembly Chairman suggested closely following the Politburo's conclusion on macroeconomics to further evaluate 2022, both the efforts that have been achieved and the issues that must be continued to be addressed in the coming time.

Correct the situation that a part of the department is responsible for the error number 2 — National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue highly appreciated the efforts of the Government and the inspection agencies in preparing the report to submit to the National Assembly Standing Committee.

For 2023, the National Assembly Chairman also requested to thoroughly grasp and closely follow the resolutions of the National Assembly and the conclusions of the Central Committee to complete the report. Accordingly, in the first 4 months of the year, macroeconomic stability was basically maintained, agriculture still grew quite steadily, and total retail sales increased by 12.8% over the same period last year.

However, some other indicators have decreased rapidly, which is something that needs to be focused on and discussed, such as the industrial production index, growth drivers, number of workers in the industrial sector, and number of enterprises withdrawing from the market. Regarding investment, despite efforts, it is only equal to 19% of the assigned estimate. FDI attraction decreased by 17.9% compared to the same period last year in 4 months, realized investment capital also decreased by 1.2% compared to the same period last year. State budget revenue decreased by 5% compared to the same period last year. Exports decreased by 11.8%, imports decreased by 15.4%. The trade balance was in surplus, but the domestic economic sector had a trade deficit of more than 8 billion USD, the trade surplus was mainly foreign investment. Core inflation was higher than the average price index. Markets are still stuck, businesses and people are still facing many difficulties.

Correct the situation that a part of the department is responsible for the error number 3 — Delegates attending the meeting.

The National Assembly Chairman stated that the above figures said it all without much words. Therefore, it is necessary to clearly analyze the objective and subjective causes, from which solutions can be found. In particular, it is necessary to closely follow the solutions already in the National Assembly's resolutions and the Central Committee's conclusions, closely following the current causes such as focusing on administrative reform, improving the investment and business environment, tightening discipline, civil servant and public service discipline, responsibility of leaders, overcoming the situation where some people avoid responsibility and are afraid of making mistakes. Along with that, it is also necessary to speed up planning, land use plans, and specialized planning types such as Power Plan VIII.

The National Assembly Chairman stated that it is necessary to identify all achievements, results, difficulties and challenges; focus on holding detailed discussions and deciding on each group of issues to resolve.

Review procedures that hinder and block the operations of businesses and people.

Receiving and explaining some discussion contents, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung agreed and highly agreed with the inspection report of the Economic Committee, and said that he would receive the opinions of the members of the National Assembly Standing Committee to analyze the situation more clearly and thoroughly, and complete the report. Regarding internal difficulties, the Minister pointed out that the biggest difficulty is the situation where officials show signs of fear, avoidance, fear of making mistakes, and fear of responsibility, leading to delays in handling work.

Correct the situation that a part of the department is responsible for the error number 4 — Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung at the meeting.

Regarding the difficulties of enterprises, the Minister said that the problem is cash flow, and timely support is needed for enterprises, especially large enterprises. The investment environment is still not favorable. Minister Nguyen Chi Dung said that there are currently many new procedures arising, so there needs to be a general review of all procedures to consider which procedures are redundant, wasteful, causing obstacles and congestion in the operations of enterprises and people.

Emphasizing that achieving the growth target is relatively difficult despite the Government's efforts to resolve the issue, Minister Nguyen Chi Dung said that the Ministry will continue to advise on more appropriate and effective solutions to help economic growth, solve immediate problems, objectively assess the situation, and flexibly respond to economic fluctuations in the country and the world.

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