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The Government's regular meeting - March 2006
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Government
No. 04/2006/NQ-CP |
Hà Nội, April 3, 2006 |
Resolution
The Government's
regular meeting of March 2006
On March 28-29, 2006, the Government
held the regular meeting of March 2006 to discuss and decide on the following
issues:
1. The Government
listened to the supplementary report of the implementation of plans in 2005 and
the plan in 2006 by the Minister of Planning and Investment; the supplementary
report evaluating the State budget 2005 and the plan for State budget spending
2006 and the balance sheet of 2004 by the Minister of Finance.
At the 8th Session of the 9th National
Assembly, the Government submitted to the National Assembly the report of the
implementation of the Socio-economic Development Plan 2005 and the
Socio-economic Development Plan 2006 and the Report of the State budget 2005.
For the past year, our economy has not only enjoyed some fundamental advantages
but also faced many difficulties and challenges. However, thanks to the whole
people's endeavor, the entrepreneurs' activeness and creativeness, the
Government's strict control and effective performance according to the
Resolutions of the Party and the National Assembly, the economy has grown by
8.43% which is the highest rate in 9 years; there has been progress in services
and tourism, there has been positive changes in the economic structure; export
turnover has exceeded the plan, the trade gap has been considerably narrowed
compared to the same period of 2005; there has been development in all of the
forms of enterprise, particularly private enterprises which have made
considerable contributions to the economic growth; there has been progress in
the capital accumulation, especially the capital from foreign investment and
the private sector; State budget deficit has been reduced compared to the same
period of 2004, which has helped promote the investment in other important
sectors; the State budget work has improved; the budget deficit has been within
the allowable limit, which ensures the national financial security. There has
been progress in social fields. The corruption prevention, thrift practice,
anti-prodigality and administrative reforms have been boosted. The process of
integration into the international economy has been accelerated.
To fulfill the targets
and budget tasks for 2006 according to the Resolution of the National Assembly,
the difficulties have to be overcome, industrial and agricultural productions
have to be improved, the investment environment has to be improved, the
effectiveness of the production and the competition of the economy have to be
enhanced, the operation of the state-owned companies have to be reformed, the
service has to be radically developed; the State budget allocation has to be
effective; the management of the development investment has to be closely
supervised and effectively regulated; the integration with the international
economy has to be improved; administrative reforms have to be boosted, the law
on corruption prevention and eradication, thrift practices and anti-prodigality
have to be strictly observed.
The Minister of
Planning and Investment was assigned to receive all comments to complete the
report with more details about the implementation of the plan 2005 and the plan
2006; the report about the State budget 2005 and the plan on State budget 2006;
the report of the State budget 2004; on a proxy for the Prime Minister and on
the behalf of the Government, submit the reports to the 9th session
of the 11th National Assembly.
2. The Government
listened to the Minister of Education and Training presenting the project of
teaching and learning foreign languages in the education system during the
period 2006-2015.
For the past years,
there have been encouraging results in teaching and learning foreign languages.
However, the skills of pupils, students and officials in using foreign
languages are generally low; their use of foreign languages in communication is
not effective, their ability of studying and working in an international
environment is limited. The reasons are that the teaching and learning foreign
languages at any education level are ineffective; a proportion of teachers do
not have good qualifications and methods; there is insufficiency of modern
learning facilities. The requirements of industrialization, modernization and
the process of integration into the international economy have posed new
challenges necessitating a radical reform in teaching and learning foreign
languages.
The project of
teaching and learning should consider such matters as choosing a foreign
language as a compulsory subject for elementary pupils, encouraging students of
higher levels to acquire more foreign languages, the foreign language learning
should be continued throughout the levels of education, the teachers should be
well-qualified, there should be new reforms in foreign language learning
programs, course books and teaching and learning methods; taking advantages of
the State budget and the private-sector’s finance and diversifying teaching and
studying methods.
The Ministry of Education and Training was entrusted to
direct and coordinate with the Government Office to receive all suggestions in
the meeting and complete the Project of foreign language teaching and learning
in the system of national education in the period 2006-2015 and then report to
the Prime Minister and consult the Secretariat of the CPV Central Committee and
the NA Standing Committee about the decision on the issue.
3. The Government listened to the Minister of Planning and
Investment presenting the draft decree on the Law of Bid; the Minister, Chair
of the Government Office reporting some issues that needed consulting with the
members of the Government; the Minister of Justice presenting the report about
the draft decree.
The Law of Bid has come into effect since April 1, 2006.
Therefore, the Government should promptly release a decree to direct the
implementation of the Law, which will complete the full legal procedure for the
law to go into life and must ensure the consistence between the Law of Bid and
the Law of Construction so that they will become enforceable.
The Ministry of
Planning and Investment was entrusted to direct and coordinate with the
Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Construction, the Governmental Office and
the relevant agencies to receive the suggestions in the meeting to complete the
Draft Resolution instructing the implementation of the Law of Bid, and then
consulting the members of the Government, submitting it to the Prime Minister
for consideration and issuance.
4. The Government listened to the Minister of Foreign
Affairs presenting the Draft Decree for Signing and Execution International Agreements;
the Minister, Chair of the Government Office presenting the summary of Government
members' ideas on the draft decree.
The Law on Signing, Joining and Executing International
Treaties was passed at the 7th Session of the 11th
National Assembly and has come into effect since January 1, 2006. However, the
Law only governs the signing, joining and execution of international agreements
in the name of the State and the Government, not in the name of the
The Ordinance of Signing and Execution of International
Agreements should institutionalize guidelines and policies of the Party and the
State under the motto that Vietnam is willing to be a friend and a reliable
partner of all countries in the international community, following the
principle of respecting a country's independence, sovereignty and territorial
integrity, not interfering in a country's internal affairs and other basic
principles of the international laws in conformity with the international
treaties that Vietnam signed as a member.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was entrusted to direct and
coordinate with the Government Office and the relevant agencies to receive the recommendations
in the meeting to complete the draft decree of signing and execution of
international agreements, consult the Secretariat of the CPV Central Committee
before submitting to the Prime Minister for decision and submission to the NA Standing
Committee.
5. The Government
considered the report of the socio-economic situation and performance of
production, businesses and services in March and the first quarter of 2006
presented by the Minister of Planning and Investment; the report of the
commercial situation in March 2006 presented by the Minister of Commerce.
The socio-economic situation in March and the first quarter
of 2006 was stable; industrial production achieved considerable growth; despite
natural calamities, agriculture still was significant with progress made in
preventing epidemic diseases; the services had significant developments, export
turn-over grew enormously, investment funds increased, foreign investments
continued to enjoy incentives, the budget target was met, financial activities
were kept under control, market prices remained stable. There was progress in social
activities.
There were
difficulties reported. Many production targets, set for the first quarter, were
not fulfilled; the agricultural production was inefficient, the issue of
government bonds was slow; corruption and social evils went unabated; the
strikes of workers in some companies run by foreign investment negatively
affected the investment environment; traffic management was not efficient.
In observing Resolution 01/2006/NQ-CP which guides the
implementation of the socio-economic plan and the State budget in 2006; the
Government called for all ministries, branches of activity, localities and
businesses to boost production, reduce production costs, improve
competitiveness, increase export, stimulate investment and enhance the effectiveness
of investment, carry out inspections and supervisions of the management over
investment and construction according to Official Telegram 496/CD-TTg issued by
the Prime Minister on March 28, 2006; establish detailed programs of actions to
implement the law against corruption, the law on thrift practice and against
prodigality; solve satisfactorily complaints and denouncements of the people;
fight fiercely against crimes, ensure the social security and limit traffic
hazards.
ON BEHALF OF THE
GOVERNMENT
PRIME MINISTER
(Signed)
Phan Văn Khải