Ministry of Planning and Investment reviews performance in H1
The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) held a teleconference in Hanoi on July 28 to review its six-month performance and outline tasks for the remaining months of this year.
Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA)🌸 – The Ministryof Planning and Investment (MPI) held a teleconference in Hanoi on July 28 toreview its six-month performance and outline tasks for the remaining months of thisyear.
Speakingat the opening ceremony, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dungsaid despite COVID-19, the Vietnamese economy still posted a positive growthwith exports and social welfare ensured. However, challenges remain ahead,requiring strenuous efforts and flexible and suitable measures to achieve thehighest growth this year. Head ofthe MPI’s Department of National Economic Issues Do Thanh Trung attributed a1.81 percent economic growth to the Government’s effective and sound leadershipas well as efforts by ministries, agencies and localities. The business climate aswell as national competitiveness have been improved, he said, adding that the Government alsorequested speeding up the disbursement of public capital to ensure projects’progress. Betweennow and the year-end, the MPI will work closely with ministries, agenciesand localities to closely grasp the socio-economic performance, thus offering timelyconsultancy to the Government. Itwill also devise the 2021-2025 mid-term public investment plan and decreesguiding the enforcement of the Law on Investment, the Business Law and the Law onPublic-Private Partnership. At the same time, it will also improve theefficiency of the drafting of bills, draw more foreign investment and build anational strategy on foreign investment cooperation for the 2021-2030 period,he said. Concludingthe event, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung asked units torealise the public investment plan, step up public capital disbursement and preparefor the 2021-2025 economic development plan. The MPIwill improve its professional efficiency and continue simplifying procedures insupport of businesses, with the aim of achieving the highest results this year,he said./.
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Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung (Photo: VNA) 
