However, in the face of new opportunities as well as difficulties and challenges, the new Government will have to work harder and manage well to promote the process of national industrialisation and modernisation.

The new Government with five Deputy Prime Ministers and 22 cabinet members led by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung – one of inheritance from the previous government - can afford to meet the requirements for national renewal and international integration.

In the context of the country’s drastic changes, cabinet members will go to extreme lengths to create favourable conditions for people and enterprises, to mobilise all resources aimed at achieving the set targets for high economic growth rate, progress in social equality, poverty reduction, cultural and educational development, healthcare, environmental protection and improvement while at the same time maintaining national defence and security, social and political stability with the aim of raising Vietnam’s international role and position.

In regard to the responsibility of the new Government, NA deputy from central highland Dak Nong province, Luong Phan Cu said, “We will not be on the right track to guarantee sustainable development if we fail to keep economic development going along with social development. Therefore, the new Government should pay due attention to solving social issues such as poverty reduction, epidemics, food hygiene and safety in which the State and Government play an important role in management activities that cannot be done by the people.”

Vietnam’s tremendous achievements recorded during the national Doi Moi (Renewal) process in recent years, particularly its entry to the World Trade Organisation marked its full integration into the global economy, opening up a new opportunity for the country. The new Government should grasp new opportunity to make a major breakthrough, bringing the country out of an under-developed nation status and achieving the goal of a powerful country with rich people living in an equal, democratic and civilised society.

Starting a new term at a time when the country is entering a crucial turning point, the new Government will take on the onerous task of inheriting experiences from the previous Government, reinforcing the bloc of great national unity and promoting the process of national renewal and economic development in order to lift Vietnam out of the under-developed nation status and turn it into an industrialized nation by 2020 as mentioned in the resolutions of the 10^th National Party Congress.

The previous Government had one Deputy Prime Minister in charge of anti-corruption. For the new term, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung pledged in his swearing-in speech to effectively deal with burning issues related to economics and social affairs, especially to fight uncompromisingly against corruption, wastefulness and bureaucracy in the State apparatus.

Chief Government Inspector Tran Van Truyen shared his view, “Being a cabinet member involved in inspection, I understand how important my task is because inspection staff are regarded as a bulwark against corruption. Therefore, we have devised an action programme to make inspection activities more effective in the fight against corruption.”

The entire Vietnamese population has high hopes that the new Government will continue to enhance its efficiency and management capacity by bringing into full play the achievements of the previous government and the individual responsibility of the top Government leader.

The new Government is expected to put a new stamp on the State apparatus as it will try its best to make the country keep pace with the world’s development and quickly become a modern and industrialised nation.