Developing high-quality human resources and promoting the application of science and technology and innovation should be taken into consideration when building socio-economic development plans for 2024, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has said.

In a directive issued recently guiding ministries, localities, and agencies on building socio-economic development plans for next year, the Prime Minister said plans should take into account the current and future national, regional, and international contexts as well as the opportunities and challenges faced by various industries, sectors, and localities.

Orientations should maintain macro-economic stability, control inflation, promote growth, and ensure key economic balances; accelerate restructuring efforts, enhance internal capacity, self-reliance, resilience, and the adaptability of the economy; coordinate fiscal, monetary, and other macro policies effectively; ensure credit availability for the economy, with a focus on production, business activities, priority areas, and growth drivers; and promote domestic market development, expand export markets, diversify products and supply chains, and strive for a sustainable trade surplus.

Other major orientations include continuing to build and complete the institutions of a socialist-oriented market economy; improving the quality and efficiency of administrative and judicial activities, providing judicial assistance and enforcing judgments; accelerating the construction of strategic infrastructure, particularly national transport infrastructure projects that are key, inter-regional, and urban in nature; and enhancing the quality and effective utilization of human resources.

Synchronized infrastructure development should also be taken into account.