Hanoi, (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinhchaired the Government’s November thematic meeting on November 13 on thecompilation of several important strategy and programmes.
The meeting focused on an overall strategy on COVID-19 preventionand control in 2021-2023, a programme on socio-economic recovery anddevelopment, a project on the Eastern North-South Highway in 2021-2025, and a proposalto be submitted to the Politburo and the National Assembly for issuing aresolution on piloting specific mechanisms and policies on highway developmentfor 2021-2025.
Participantsgave opinions on the targets of those strategy, programme and project, their keyand detailed contents, along with main tasks and solutions to achieve the settargets. They also discussed the assignment of work in implementing them.
Regarding the overall strategy on COVID-19 prevention and control in 2021-2023,PM Chinh required that the people and enterprises should be put at the centreand the grassroots level be made the basis when developing the strategy. Hesaid the strategy should clarify prevention and control measures correspondingto each level of the pandemic.
As for the socio-economic restoration and development programme,the Government leader directed that the programme should be combined witheconomic restructuring, digital transformation, climate change response andespecially the three strategic breakthroughs specified in the 13th National Party Congress’s resolution.
Concerning the project on the Eastern North-South Highway in2021-2025, Chinh urged relevant ministries and agencies to urgently complete theproject to submit to competent authority for consideration. He said resourcesfor the project should be mobilized from the private sector.
The PM also required that the resources for implementationshould be made clear in the strategy, programme and project./.

