Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Government is planning to implement job competition mechanisms and remove its lifetime employment policy to improve the quality of staff, civil servants and officials. In response to legislators’ queries, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said he has directed ministries, departments and localities to implement the Government’s resolutions and the Politburo’s conclusion promoting policies to streamline personnel. He also requested the rearrangement of the apparatus, appropriate job assignment schemes and a restructuring of the contingent of cadres, civil servants and officials. The Government leader also ordered to strictly implement the classification and assessment of civil servants and officials annually to remove unqualified and incompetent individuals. According to the PM, relevant resolutions of the Party Central Committee and the Politburo aim to cut 10 percent of staff of the political … [Read more...] about Lifetime employment to be removed: Prime Minister
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Vietnam Book Day helps promote reading culture: Deputy Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam speaks at the event (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The establishment of the Vietnam Book Day has contributed greatly to restoring and developing the reading culture, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said at a national conference on April 18 reviewing the impacts of the Book Day since it was first observed five years ago. April 21 every year is designated the Vietnam Book Day under the Prime Minister’s Decision 284/QD-TTg dated February 24, 2014. Deputy PM Dam hailed publishing houses, organisations and individuals who have made great efforts to publish books and send books to remote areas. The mass media have also played an important role in promoting the reading habits and the love for books. For the good habit to continue spreading, the deputy PM requested the Ministry of Information and Communications to compile policies to facilitate book publishing and distribution, noting that there remain several problems in financial and economic … [Read more...] about Vietnam Book Day helps promote reading culture: Deputy Prime Minister
Prime Minister meets overseas Vietnamese in Europe
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with the Executive Board of the Union of Vietnamese Associations in Europe in Prague on April 16. (Photo: VNA) Prague (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with the Executive Board of the Union of Vietnamese Associations in Europe (UVAE) in Prague on April 16 as part of his visit to the Czech Republic. The leader lauded the union for its activities to support the homeland, and expressed his hope that overseas Vietnamese will help the Vietnamese Government further develop the country. The Vietnamese Party and State consider overseas Vietnamese an indispensible part of the nation, and create conditions for them to invest in the homeland, he said. According to UVAE President Hoang Dinh Thang, the union was established in 2016, with an executive board of 30 members from 17 European countries. Over the past two years, the union has joined efforts to organise community activities at the regional level, he said. The union has paid … [Read more...] about Prime Minister meets overseas Vietnamese in Europe
Prime Minister celebrates Chol Chnam Thmay festival with Khmer people
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc extends New Year wishes to the Khmer community (Photo: VNA) Can Tho (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc joined a gathering in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 6 to celebrate the Chol Chnam Thmay – the traditional New Year Festival of Khmer people in the south, which falls from April 14-16 this year. The majority of Khmer people in the south concentrate in nine Mekong Delta localities of Soc Trang, Tra Vinh, Kien Giang, An Giang, Bac Lieu, Ca Mau, Vinh Long, Hau Giang, Can Tho. There are also Khmer people living in Ho Chi Minh City and southeastern localities. During the festival, Khmer people conduct many traditional rituals such as pagoda visiting and Buddha bathing, aiming to pray for favourable weather conditions and good luck for family members, as well as showing gratitude to parents and ancestors. Addressing the event, PM Phuc extended his New Year wishes to the Khmer community, which number around 1.3 million. He … [Read more...] about Prime Minister celebrates Chol Chnam Thmay festival with Khmer people
Prime Minister urges banks to lend more to stop loan-sharking
A note of a loan-sharking ring near an industrial park in Hanoi that offer loans for workers. Photo by VnExpress/Pham Du Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said banks need to lend more, especially to poor people, to overcome the loan-sharking crisis. He admitted at a conference Wednesday that though loan-sharking is prohibited, the problem persists in many rural areas, causing serious financial harm to people. One reason for its prevalence is the difficulty in getting bank loans. The PM concurred with the World Bank's warning that the ratio of the Vietnamese population without access to credit is high. "Banks are partly responsible for this issue since they have not been able to extend their services to remote and rural areas." The banking sector needs to more proactively coordinate with the Ministry of Public Security to better handle the loan-sharking crisis and make credit more accessible to people, especially the poor, he said. Incomplete statistics from the … [Read more...] about Prime Minister urges banks to lend more to stop loan-sharking