Mobilising human value in national development: PM

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held a working session with leaders of the Ministry of Planning and Investment on April 28, during which he stressed the important role of the human value in national development.
Mobilising human value in national development: PM ảnh 1Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the working session (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held a working sessionwith leaders of the Ministry of Planning and Investment on April 28, duringwhich he stressed the important role of the human value in nationaldevelopment.

Attention should be paid to mobilising and effectively usingnatural resources such as land, forests, sea, air and environment to servenational development, he said.

It is also necessary to make cultural tradition, historytraditions and the tradition of solidarity and unity of the nation becomedevelopment resources, he added.

Chinh directed the Ministry of Planning and Investment toconsider internal resources a fundamental, long-term and decisive strategy, andexternal resources an important, essential, frequent and breakthrough factor.

He stressed the principle of “three don’ts” in addressingproblems for localities, businesses and people: Don’t say “no”, Don’t say“difficult”, and Don’t say “yes” but then take no action.

Minister Nguyen Chi Dung stated that the ministry is makingthe Government’s action plan implementing the 13th National Party Congress’sResolution to submit to the Government in May and mid-term socio-economicdevelopment and public investment plans for 2021-2025 to report to theGovernment and submit to the National Assembly as regulated.

The ministry is also building a project on development ofsea-based economic linkage clusters in line with building a strong sea-basedeconomic centre with an orientation to 2030, which is expected to be submittedto the Prime Minister in December.

An economic restructuring project for 2021-2025 and anational strategy on green growth for 2021-2030 will be developed as well inorder to be submitted to the Government leader in May and June, respectively./.
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