Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 6 presides over a Cabinet meeting to review socio-economic performance in the first ten months of 2021. (Photo: VNA)In his opening remarks, Chinh said that many important events took place in October.In the month, the 13th Party Central Committee held its 4th session, while the15th National Assembly convened its second plenum. To serve these two events,the Government actively prepared many documents and reports to submit to the PartyCentral Committee and the legislature, focusing on socio-economic developmentand pandemic prevention and control.
He also mentioned to external activities that heparticipated in, including his attendance at the 38th and 39th ASEAN Summits and the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of theParties (COP26), and his working visit to the UK and his official visit toFrance.
In October, the Government issued Resolution 128 ontemporary regulations on safe adaptation to and flexible and effective controlof the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Ministry of Health also issued Decision 4800concretising this resolution.
The Government leader said that Vietnam has changed itsthinking and method of pandemic fight towards risk management, not pursuing a “zeroCOVID” policy.
At the meeting, Government members discussed achievementsand weaknesses in the past ten months, and proposed solutions and things to doin November and December – the two important months for economic recovery,growth and social welfare assurance.
At a regular Government press conference held after themeeting, Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Tran Van Son said that theGovernment has requested more efforts to quickly build and complete a nationaleconomic recovery programme, and soon cover the second shot of COVID-19 vaccinefor pandemic-hit areas./.
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