(VOVworld) – President Truong Tan Sang praised contributions by the planning, investment, and statistics sector to the national economy at a patriotic emulation congress in Hanoi on Friday.

President Truong Sang in his address at the congress (Photo: Nguyen Khang/VNA)

President Sang said that as a special counsellor in socio-economic development strategies and plans, the Ministry of Planning and Investment should provide timely advice to the Party and government on more effective master-planning, mechanisms, and policies.

He said “to make the sector’s patriotic emulation campaign more effective, I call on the ministry to focus on its political missions, keeping the macro-economy stable, speeding up restructuring, reforming the development model, increasing productivity, and improving quality, competitiveness, and the economic growth rate. The sector should report socio-economic development accurately and objectively to avoid mistrust in released statistics and conform with international practices.”