Prime Minister Le Minh Hung: More aggressively exploit growth potential.

Attending the session were Comrade Pham Gia Tuc, Member of the Political Bureau, Standing Deputy Prime Minister; General Phan Van Giang , Member of the Political Bureau, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense; members of the Political Bureau, members of the Secretariat, members of the Central Committee of the Party; Deputy Prime Ministers, Ministers, Heads of Departments, Secretaries of City and Provincial Party Committees, leaders of ministries, central agencies and localities.

At the meeting, delegates focused on discussing the following topics: the socio -economic situation in September and the third quarter of 2026, the allocation and disbursement of public investment capital, etc. (Photo: chinhphu.vn)

In his concluding remarks, Prime Minister Le Minh Hung emphasized that 2026, the first year of implementing the Resolution of the 14th National Congress of the Party, is of great importance, creating a foundation, momentum, and strength for a new development phase. Despite numerous difficulties and challenges in the world and domestically, with the efforts and determination of the entire political system, we have achieved many very positive and comprehensive results.

The Prime Minister stated: The Government and the Prime Minister highly appreciate the efforts of localities, especially those with outstanding growth in the third quarter, contributing to the growth of the first nine months and the overall growth of the country; many localities are expected to achieve higher growth than the set targets; some localities, although not yet achieving their targets, have made great efforts.

Directing the main tasks and solutions from now until the end of the year, the Prime Minister stated that the remaining months of 2026 are crucial for achieving the socio-economic development goals for 2026; he requested that Ministers, heads of agencies, Secretaries, Standing Committees, and Chairmen of People's Committees of localities continue to closely monitor and implement action programs and plans more effectively and decisively to complete the 2026 goals, creating momentum for a breakthrough in 2027 with a spirit of acceleration, decisive action, and clear transformation.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung delivers the concluding remarks. Photo: chinhphu.vn

The Prime Minister stated that, in order to achieve double-digit growth, GDP growth in the fourth quarter must be above 12.5%. This is a huge pressure and a very heavy task, requiring ministries, sectors, and localities to be determined and make the utmost effort.

Regarding common tasks with ministries, sectors, and localities, the Prime Minister requested continued improvement of institutions and laws , ensuring the highest quality of draft laws submitted to the National Assembly, and the timely and complete issuance of detailed regulations; striving to disburse 100% of the public investment plan, completing key projects according to the 2026 schedule, and resolving long-standing backlogs. Localities should actively participate in providing feedback on the draft Government Decree, proposing groups of tasks and solutions for the development of special economic zones as stipulated in the Law on Urban Development.

The head of government emphasized focusing on strongly developing the domestic market, stimulating demand, effectively exploiting the year-end consumption and tourism season while controlling and stabilizing prices, boosting exports, reducing the trade deficit; promoting new growth drivers; promoting private investment and attracting foreign investment; and requiring corporations and general companies to complete their investment, production, and business plans.

The Prime Minister emphasized the need for strict price control and a determination to maintain the inflation target for 2026 approved by the National Assembly. This includes ensuring the supply of essential goods such as gasoline, electricity, food, construction materials, and medicine; strengthening inspections and strictly punishing hoarding, speculation, and smuggling; not increasing electricity prices; and continuing to study appropriate solutions for regulating the prices of state-managed goods such as electricity and gasoline.

On the other hand, according to the Prime Minister, it is necessary to promote the development of science and technology, innovation, digital transformation, and the efficient disbursement of allocated capital; complete the "100-day intensive campaign" to address bottlenecks in digital transformation; implement tasks to develop strategic technology products linked to the strengths of industries and localities; focus on developing culture and society, improving people's lives; develop social housing and rental housing; vigorously implement the "500-day campaign to intensify the search, collection, and identification of the remains of martyrs"; implement key tasks in education, health, and social security; strengthen national defense, security, social order and safety, and cybersecurity.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung delivers the concluding remarks. Photo: chinhphu.vn

For the People's Committees of provinces and cities, the Prime Minister directed them to closely monitor the situation in their localities; urgently review and update the growth scenario after 9 months, specifically assess each industry, sector, and indicator; clearly identify the shortfall compared to the set scenario; and on that basis develop appropriate tasks and solutions in the fourth quarter, striving to achieve the highest possible growth target for 2026.

On the other hand, it is necessary to fully review and identify the driving forces and potential areas that can still be exploited, especially in sectors, fields, and projects with the potential to create added value; to review and clearly identify bottlenecks, difficulties, and obstacles hindering growth, especially in investment, land, land clearance, project implementation procedures, etc., focusing on resolving them decisively and promptly reporting issues beyond the authority of the relevant agencies.

Localities that are growth poles with large economic scales, such as Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh, Dong Nai, Bac Ninh, etc., must strive harder, more vigorously exploit growth potential with immediate solutions, and play a leading and influential role, contributing more to national growth.

For localities where growth is still below the set target, especially those projected to fall below the annual target, it is necessary to carefully assess the growth potential, immediately implement strong, decisive, specific, and effective solutions, and strive to achieve the target at the highest possible level.

The Prime Minister emphasized that ministers and heads of agencies need to proactively and thoroughly prepare the content for the 4th Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the 2nd Session of the 16th National Assembly; and at the same time, be more proactive and strengthen coordination with media agencies in policy communication.

VNA