PM Nguyen Tan Dung visits air defence missile battalion 64 of the Airforce Service's division 361. (Credit: VOV)
Nhan Dan – At the close of 2013, inflation was lower than 2012 at 5.4 percent, the exchange rate is stable and the reserve higher, education, culture, health care, social safety nets are being attended to, national defence and sovereignty are being consolidated. These are important prerequisites for a more productive and fruitful Year of the Horse.
Journalists and officials of Nhan Dan newspaper were at some of the key Government meetings and so we witnessed Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and members of the cabinet, discussing and approving major policies to control inflation, ensure budget revenue and secure social safety nets.
In the early months of the year, the Government worked on solutions to solve bad debt, and asked ministries and localities to join hands in helping enterprises to access capital for production and trade. The prime minister asked ministries and agencies to promote the application of science and technology; promote large scale production as a leap forward in agriculture; and asked the Ministry of Finance to allocate funding to the build of several cutting-edge hospitals to reduce overloading.
He also instructed members of the cabinet to communicate effectively the new policies to the people, so as to foster social support for the new policies.
Last year, our country was hit by severe storms, causing great losses. The PM and other members of the cabinet worked closely on the disaster relief plans so as to aid the people to quickly recover their lives.
2013 was also the year when the international community recognised and praised the Government’s performance in leading social economic development and achieving the Millennium Development Goals ahead of the 2015 deadline. The selection of Vietnam to the UN Human Rights Council was further proof of the international community’s confidence in Vietnam’s policies, efforts and achievements.
Vietnam’s investment environment, assessed by international organisations has also gained approval. At the Vietnam Development Partnership Forum, international partners like the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, etc., all expressed confidence in the bright future of Vietnam’s economy and agreed with the Government’s plans of maintaining the macroeconomic stability policy and promoting economic restructuring with a focus on the banking sector and state owned corporations.
The Year of the Snake was a positive year in Vietnam’s external affairs. The message, ‘Building strategic confidence for peace, co-operation and prosperity in Asia’ was delivered to the 12th Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore by PM Nguyen Tan Dung where participants agreed with Vietnam that trust is the root of all friendship and co-operation and can help to prevent arising conflicts. At the 68th session of the UN General Assembly, PM Dung delivered the same message, which was appreciated by various international delegations who thought it was ‘correct and to the point’.
At bilateral and multilateral events, PM Dung continued to affirm that Vietnam wants to be a friend and trusted partner of all countries, to be a responsible member of the international community and to make the world understand better the situation in the East Sea in order to ensure peace, security and maritime freedom with compliance to DOC and international laws, especially the UN Law on the Sea 1992.
Vietnam loves peace, and is determined to solve all disputes by peaceful means, to comply with international laws and respect other country’s sovereignty and legal benefits. The Prime Minister impressed the international community when he reminded them that the powerful countries have the responsibility to ensure peace, stability and co-operation, on the basis of respect to independence and sovereignty of all countries, in the Pacific region.
Spring is here and is bringing about confidence in the country’s bright future.
By HA THANH GIANG
Đăng ký: VietNam News