Prime Minister chairs meeting to remove obstacles for national key transport projects

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham MinhChinh on April 12 asked the State steering committee for national key transportprojects to regularly review and inspect the projects so as to complete the heavy workload until 2026.

Presiding over a session of the committee, theGovernment leader noted that the State has earmarked 400 trillion VND (17.05billion USD) for transport development for the 2021-2026 period, saying thetransport projects have been scattered across the country, connecting sixsocio-economic regions.

Chinh, who is also head of the committee, said among the three growth engines – investment,consumption and export, the last relies much on foreign markets, yet many ofwhich have tightened their monetary policies and cut aggregate demand.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chairs the meeting. (Photo: VNA)

He pointed out that Vietnam can work to boost the last two factors of investment and consumption. Therefore,  it is necessary to stimulate domestic consumption andpromote public investment, the leader stressed.

To boost public investment, ministries and agenciesmust step up administrative reform, approve projects quickly, work harder in site clearanceand speed up construction work, he said, adding that public investment helps createjobs and livelihoods for people, stir up economic activities and spur nationaldevelopment.

The PM urged committee members, and leaders ofministries, agencies and localities to raise the sense of responsibility and activelyfight corruption during the roll-out of national key transport projects. /.

VNA