Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue speaks at the conference. (Source: baodautu.vn)Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Planning andInvestment (MPI) should be a national innovation centre and a pioneer ineconomic reform, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said at a teleconferenceon July 18.
The official suggested the ministry set up a working group in charge of reviewinginstitution-related bottlenecks and proposing countermeasures.
He asked the ministry to further improve the legalsystem on investment and business, make progress in public investmentdisbursement, especially official development assistance (ODA) and Governmentbonds, and help to accelerate the implementation of national target programmes.
Other tasks include developing the collective economy, selecting foreigninvestors and soon devising the mid-term public investment plan for 2021-2025,he said.
MPI Minister Nguyen Chi Dung said during the first half of this year, theplanning, investment and statistics sector has taken the lead in innovation andreform in institution and law building, and planning.
He said that the amended Law on Public Investment,compiled by the MoPI, was adopted at the seventh meeting of the 14th NationalAssembly, adding that the ministry will draft important laws.
Besides, the ministry completed many major programmes and projects like the2019 National Population and Housing Census and the White Book on VietnameseBusinesses.
Its project on a sharing economy was also submitted to the Prime Minister forapproval, which is expected to create a foundation for the building anddevelopment of digital economic models in the future.
At the teleconference, representatives of ministries, agencies and localitiespointed out shortcomings in the sector, especially those regarding the implementationof the Planning Law.-VNA
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