Addressing the event, PM Chinh underlined that amid impactsof outside factors and internal difficulties in 2023, Vietnam still achieved positive socio-economic recovery, completing the overall target of ensuringmacro-economic stability, controlling inflation, promoting growth, keeping majoreconomic balances, ensuring social welfare, improving people’s living conditions, intensifying corruptionprevention and combat, and reinforcing security-defence.
Outstanding attainments in the year included thedisbursement of 23.18 billion USD in foreign direct investment, the completionof 95% of the public investment capital disbursement plan, and the State budget collection surpassing the plan by 8.2%.
He attributed the results to the close leadership of theParty, the companion of the National Assembly, the drastic management anddirection of the Government and local administrations, as well as the drastic efforts and support of thepeople and the business community, and the cooperation of internationalpartners.
At the same time, the Government leader requested that the conference concentrate onevaluating and forecasting the situation in 2024, and propose key tasksin direction and management activities to promote growth, rein in inflation,ensuring major economic balances, as well as monetary and fiscal policies, thusoptimising traditional growth drivers and exploit new ones.
He urged participants to recommend measures to speed upstrategic breakthroughs, promote more practical and effective economicrestructuring, and more harmoniously combine cultural and socialdevelopment with economic development, among others.
Participants are scheduled to contribute ideas to a reporton socio-economic situation in 2023 and orientations, tasks and solutions for2024./.