The Prime Minister affirmed the determination to resolve obstacles in legal documents and emphasized that this is a key task for August – Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
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Also attending the meeting were Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang, and leaders of ministries, sectors, and agencies.
The delegates discussed and gave opinions on two contents: Report on the construction of the draft Law on Public Investment (amended); and Report on the construction of the draft Law on Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Law on Planning, Investment, Public-Private Partnership Investment, and Bidding. These two contents were chaired by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
Earlier, the Steering Committee for Inspection and Handling of Obstacles in the System of Legal Documents organized two meetings immediately after its establishment, identifying the groups of contents that need to be amended in the laws with many urgent obstacles that need to be handled to remove bottlenecks, promote growth, control inflation, and stabilize the macro-economy in the current context.
Concluding the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that the proposal to amend the above laws has sufficient political, legal, and practical basis, thereby implementing the resolutions of the Party, conclusions of the Politburo, and directives of the key leaders, as well as the resolutions of the National Assembly and the Government.
This is important, contributing to the implementation of the three strategic breakthroughs; preventing corruption and negativity; overcoming the fear of mistakes and responsibility in a part of officials and party members; meeting the aspirations of the people and businesses in reducing administrative procedures, preventing harassment and trouble, and reducing compliance costs; and removing difficulties and mobilizing and using effectively all resources for development.
Acknowledging and commending the efforts and responsibilities of the Ministry of Planning and Investment, as well as the heartfelt and appropriate opinions at the meeting, the Prime Minister affirmed the determination to resolve obstacles in legal documents and emphasized that this is a key task for August. He requested that the ministries, sectors, and agencies prioritize time and resources for this task with the spirit of “working day and night if necessary”, arranging competent, dedicated, and responsible officials, and timely rewarding and disciplining.
Regarding the proposal to build the Law on Public Investment (amended), the Prime Minister emphasized some additional guiding views: What has matured and is clear, has been proven effective in reality, and has the consensus of the majority will continue to be implemented and legalized; no scattered investment, the central investment budget focuses on connecting regions, countries, and internationally, and central support for localities must also follow this direction; flexible use of central and local capital sources; taking public investment to lead, activate investment, and mobilize and use all social resources effectively; not creating an environment for negativity, and eliminating the mechanism of asking and giving; reducing administrative procedures, promoting decentralization and delegation of power, along with the allocation of resources, improving capacity, clarifying the responsibilities of each agency and level, and having tools to strengthen monitoring and inspection; and timely rewarding and disciplining in public investment.
 Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung speaks at the meeting – Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
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Regarding the proposal to build the draft Law on Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of 4 Laws (Law on Planning, Investment, Public-Private Partnership Investment, and Bidding), the Prime Minister basically agreed with the proposal to amend and supplement to remove difficulties and obstacles in the process of implementing investment, speeding up the progress, improving the quality of planning, simplifying procedures, and speeding up the implementation of projects and packages.
The Prime Minister emphasized the requirement to remove urgent obstacles arising in reality and create development for the future; the view of harmonious interests and shared risks; encouraging strategic investors and high-tech investors; carefully evaluating the impact, and if it is clear that it needs to be amended, proposing to amend it immediately; considering proposing to amend some other related laws; and reporting to competent authorities on issues beyond their competence.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment shall synthesize, continue to review and carefully study the recommendations of the ministries, sectors, and localities on the difficulties and obstacles in the implementation of the above laws, noting the identification of urgent contents that need to be prioritized for immediate amendment of each law; contents with different opinions between ministries, sectors, and localities in the review process; and contents that need to be further studied, summarized, and carefully evaluated to propose consideration when comprehensively amending and supplementing these laws.
Basically agreeing and giving opinions on some specific policy proposals, the Prime Minister assigned Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang to directly direct the construction of the proposal of the draft laws; the Ministry of Planning and Investment to urgently synthesize the opinions at the meeting, rectify and perfect the dossiers for proposing the construction of the draft laws, especially the contents of the policies; coordinate closely with the agencies of the National Assembly, organize consultations with relevant agencies, organizations, and subjects, as well as experts and scientists; and submit to the Government for consideration and submission to the National Assembly for consideration and approval at the 8th session (October 2024), ensuring progress and quality, meeting practical requirements and the aspirations of the people.
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