On October 23, at a National Conference held by the Politburo to carry out its Resolution No. 24-NQ/TW on Socio-Economic Development in the Southeast Region, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong proposed developing the region in a green, sustainable, and comprehensive manner. Resolution No. 24-NQ/TW also sets out the goal of, by 2045, the region becoming a center of science, technology, and innovation, high-tech industry, and logistics, and an international financial center belonging to the leading group in the region and the world.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has signed a Resolution on improving the efficiency of land management and use. The land price bracket will be removed and a higher tax rate imposed on users of more than one land area, owners of more than one house, land speculators, those using land late, and those abandoning land. The resolution also specifies six groups of tasks and solutions, such as completing regulations on land allocation, land leases, and changes to land use purpose.
At a meeting with voters in Hanoi on June 23, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said it is necessary to continue the fight against corruption and a lack of transparency. At the end of June, the Party Central Committee will hold a national conference summarizing ten years of anti-corruption efforts, drawing on lessons for the new era, he said.
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong assessed the Mekong Delta as a strategically important area of particular importance in terms of politics, economy, culture, society, national defense, security and foreign affairs. Therefore, the development of the Mekong Delta is the responsibility of the entire political system. He requested the Government to soon issue the development planning of the Mekong Delta region to 2030, with a vision to 2045, creating a basis for localities in the region to develop their own development plans.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has suggested that China continue to facilitate trade between the two countries as well as strengthen cooperation in pandemic prevention.
