PM Phuc chairs monthly cabinet meeting for August

The regular monthly cabinet meeting for August convened in Hanoi on Tuesday under the chair of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, with a focus on institution building and socio-economic performance in August and the first eight months of 2016.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VNA)

In his opening remarks, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc reviewed a number of notable points in the national socio-economic performance over the past month, including the damages caused by two storms in northern provinces, improvements in the investment climate and drastic measures to protect the environment.

The government leader put an emphasis on the spirit “words accompanied by actions”, asking cabinet members to focus on discussing whether the apparatus really works for people and businesses.

With the constructive government spirit, he insisted the meeting spend time on institution building work. Accordingly, the government will discuss five draft laws, one decree, one ordinance and a number of other important documents.

PM Phuc requested renovation of the law building mindset, in order to ensure feasibility and reasonability and create a favourable legal corridor for people and enterprises; assessment of the impacts of policies and collection of opinions from policy beneficiaries.

Regulations and policies must be clear, intelligible and easily applicable, and respect the settlement of violations, thus demonstrating the strictness and deterrence of the law, he said.

The government leader also urged cabinet members to focus on discussing the draft decree on the new-tenure government’s working regulations, and assigned the Government Office to collect opinions and finalize the decree before submitting it to the PM for approval.

At the meeting, the government will hear a report by the Finance Ministry on the situation and measures for effective management and economical use of public assets.

The monthly cabinet meeting is scheduled to last two and a half days, with one and a half days spent on discussing institution building and one day on discussing the socio-economic performance in August and in the first eight months of the year.

(Source: NDO)