Cabinet members focus on administrative reform
Ha Noi, June 1 (VNA) -- Cabinet members met in Ha Noi on May 31 and June 1 to discuss administrative reform programme for the 2001-2010 period.
The two-day monthly meeting which was chaired by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai was attended by President Tran Duc Luong, representatives of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front, the Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour, the Viet Nam Farmers' Association, and others.
The cabinet members agreed to view points and objectives of the ten-year administrative reform programme, focusing on building a democratic, transparent, firm, professional, and modernized administration which effectively operates along the socialist State of law and under the leadership of the Party. The building of a contingent of qualified public employees to meet the demand for national construction and development was also debated.
Other discussions dealt with Internet management, regulations on bidding for exploration and exploitation of oil and gas, foreign investment in the 2001-2005 period, investment in housing construction for sale and lease, and administrative management in urban areas.
The cabinet members reviewed the implementation of socio-economic development tasks in May and in the first five months of this year.
Addressing the meeting, Prime Minister Khai asked ministries and agencies to immediately carry out breakthrough reforms with a view to strengthening State management efficiency. He said that each ministry must reform administrative procedures in the direction of bringing into full play democracy, enhancing law enforcement, maintaining social order, and fighting bureaucracy and corruption.
PM Khai also asked the Government and ministries to perfect their action programmes to implement the resolution of the ninth National Party Congress. He focused on the importance of taking measures to encourage exports, particularly farm produce. He also mentioned the need to fight and prevent cross-border smuggling and commercial fraud as well as the need to effectively treat illegal labour export cases and drug abuse.
The PM urged efforts to accelerate the process of re-arranging enterprises, and renewing technology and production equipment.--VNA
