The report on the supplementary assessment of the actualisation of the socio-economic development plan in 2015 shows that national GDP grew about 6.68 percent, the highest increase since 2008, even higher than the 6.5 percent reported to the legislature and the set target of 6.2 percent.
By the end of last year, around 1,526 communes or 17.1 percent of total communes nationwide and 15 districts have been recognised as new-style rural areas, according to the report.
More than 1.6 million jobs were created in the year, 1.6 percent higher than the target set previously. The unemployment rate hit about 3.29 percent, meeting the set target of below 4 percent.
Poverty rates among households dropped to below 4.5 percent and among districts slid to 28 percent, the report said.
In the next five years, efforts will be focused on macro-economic stability, economic restructuring in tandem with growth model reform, democracy, social equality and progress, climate change response, natural resources management, environmental protection, national defence and security, and international integration, in order to quickly turn Vietnam into a modernity-oriented industrialised country.
To meet these goals, the ministry laid out 12 key tasks and measures.
Another report presented by Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung reveals that State budget overspending in 2015 hit VND256 trillion (US$11.52 billion), accounting for 6.11 percent of GDP.
State budget collection was close to VND997 trillion (US$44.9 billion), up nearly VND86 trillion (US$3.9 billion) or 9.4 percent of the estimated figure.
Also on March 7, the committee heard a report delivered by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on land use plans for 2016-2020.
