Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (Photo: VGP/Quang Hieu)

Chairing the meeting, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stressed the need to focus on important, key infrastructure projects in order to give a boost to socio-economic development during the five-year period. Such projects will include coastal routes, belt roads of major economic centres and urban areas, regional expressways, infrastructure for national digital transformation, and science-technology. The PM said that apart from economic projects, more attention should be paid to those covering socio-cultural aspects such as major hospitals. He also suggested that the allocation of investment must be equitable between different regions.

The premier urged ministries, agencies and localities to mobilise different investment sources for infrastructure development, through official development assistance (ODA), public-private partnership (PPP), and local budgets.