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Minister Dinh Tien Dung speaks at the conference.

Comprehensively complete the 2019 task

Contribute to the country's socio-economic achievements and results in 2019, with the efforts of the entire finance industry. In the context that the economy has many advantages but also many difficulties and challenges, the whole finance sector has united, strived and drastically implemented key solutions and tasks set out at the beginning of the year; actively reported and received close and timely guidance of the Government and the Prime Minister on State financial and budget management measures and solutions.

As a result, the finance sector has successfully completed its assigned political tasks, contributing to the socio-economic development of the country.

2020 is the last year to implement the 5-year socio-economic development plan 2016-2020, preparing and creating momentum for the 5-year plan of 2021-2025 and the 10-year strategy of 2021-2030, which is also the year with many events, celebrate big holidays and proceeding to the 13th National Party Congress of the Party in 2021.

To accomplish the financial and budget tasks in 2020 and successfully implement the objectives and tasks of the entire tenure of 2016-2020; immediately after the Government issued Resolution No. 01/NQ-CP of January 1, 2020, on major tasks and solutions for implementing the socio-economic development plan and state budget estimate in 2020; Resolution No. 02/NQ-CP of January 1, 2020 on continuing to perform major tasks and solutions to improve the business environment and raise national competitiveness in 2020; the Party Committee of the Ministry of Finance issued Resolution No. 01-NQ/BCSĐ dated January 3, 2020 on leadership, directing the successful implementation of state budget finance tasks in 2020.

Improve the responsibility of the head

At the same time, the Minister of Finance issued Decision No. 16/QD-BTC dated January 3, 2020 on the action program of the Ministry of Finance to implement Resolution No. 01 of the Government with 72 key task groups and 162 proposals (including 56 proposals of the Government, the Prime Minister and 106 Circulars of the Ministry of Finance).

Accordingly, in 2020 the Ministry of Finance identifies a number of key tasks and solutions, including: continuing to build and perfect institutions and policies in the field of finance according to the socialist-oriented market economy; administer tight, effective, disciplined and transparent fiscal policies and ensure the country's balances; thoroughly saving, combating wastefulness and raising the responsibility of being the leader in state budget management.

Along with that is restructuring state budget revenues; improve the efficiency of state budget revenue management, collect outstanding tax debts; fight against revenue loss, transfer pricing, tax evasion, smuggling, trade fraud and fake goods; combating fraud and origin fraud; manage state budget expenditures according to estimates assigned by the National Assembly; improve the efficiency of state budget expenditure management and public debt; control overspending and public debt within the limits allowed by the National Assembly; continue to build lean, effective and efficient apparatus; enhance the responsibility of heads and administrative discipline.

The Minister of Finance also issued Decision No. 17/QD-BTC dated January 3, 2020 on the action program to implement Resolution No. 02 of the Government with four groups of solutions with 89 output products, in the Ministry of Finance has determined that the main tasks and solutions in 2020 are to: promote reform of administrative procedures in the field of tax and customs; reduce and simplify business conditions, support and remove difficulties for businesses; shorten processing; modernize and apply information technology in management; reduce the time to implement administrative procedures, ensure publicity, transparency and improve the responsibilities of state administrative agencies; continue to coordinate with ministries and branches to comprehensively reform the regulations on specialized management of import and export goods, in line with international practices, to achieve the targets and requirements by 2020.

The Ministry of Finance wants to hear from the opinions and contributions of units, ministries, branches and localities to clarify the results achieved in the past year and especially to discuss solutions to successfully accomplish the objectives and tasks assigned by the National Assembly, the Government and the Prime Minister to the finance sector in 2020.