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VIETNAM'S
FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR SOCIO - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
FROM 2001 TO 2005
1.
The general targets of the 2001-2005 plan are as
follows:
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To
push up economic growth in a fast and
sustainable manner; to stabilize and improve
the people’s life; to shift swiftly the
economic structure, labour structure in the
direction of industrialization and
modernization; to raise the efficiency and
competitiveness of the country’s economy;
to expand external trade; to bring about
immense changes in education and training,
science and technology and promote the human
factor; to create more jobs; to basically
eradicate hunger and reduce the number of
poor households, to eliminate social vices;
to strengthen socio-economic infrastructure
; to form the institution of the market
economy in the socialist orientation ; to
maintain stability in politics and social
order and security; to steadily protect the
independence, sovereignty, territorial
integrity an
national security.
2.
The above-motioned general targets are
concretised into orientations for development
and key tasks as follows:
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To
strive to achieve an annual average economic
growth rate higher than that of the previous
five years and be well-prepared for the next
five years.
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To
develop a multi-sector economy, in which the
state-owned sector plays the key role; to
consolidate the collective economy; to
establish the institution of the
socialist-oriented market economy; to shift
the economic structure and labour structure
in the direction of increasing the
proportion of industry and service; to raise
quickly the proportion of technological
utility in production.
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To
increase rapidly the investment in social
and economic development; to set up an
effective economic structure and enhance its
competitiveness; to basically perfect the
system of infrastructure; to invest properly
in key economic zones; and to accord more
investment to areas in extreme difficulty.
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To
expand external trade and escalate if
efficiency; to consolidate the existing
market an expand new market; to make up
favourable condition to increase export and
attract external capital and technology; to
integrate into the international economy
effectively and to implement bilateral and
multi-lateral commitments.
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To
continue the renovation and make healthier
the financial monetary system…
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To
continue the renovation and create a basic
all-round change in the development of
education and training, science and
technology; to elevate the quality of human
forces based on a reasonable structure…
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To
effectively deal with pressing social
problems: generating more jobs, reducing
unemployment in urban areas and lack of jobs
in rural areas…
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To
accelerate the administrative reforms; to
eradicate red tape and corruptions; to
practice well democracy, particularly in
communes, wards and grassroots units.
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To
fulfill the task of consolidating national defense
and security and to secure order and
discipline in economic and social
activities.
(Excerpts
from 9th National Congress Documents
– The Gioi Publishers – Hanoi 2001
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