On November 30, information from the National Assembly Office said that National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man had signed and issued a Resolution of the National Assembly on the Socio-Economic Development Plan for 2026.
Accordingly, the goal of the Resolution is to prioritize promoting growth on the basis of maintaining macroeconomic stability, controlling inflation, and ensuring major balances.
At the same time, priority is given to ensuring social security and improving people's lives. Resolutely and persistently fight against corruption, waste and negativity.
The Resolution also sets out many important indicators such as the growth rate of gross domestic product (GDP) striving for 10% or more; the average growth rate of social labor productivity is about 8.5%.
The proportion of agricultural labor in the total social labor force is about 25.3%; the proportion of labor with degrees and certificates is about 29.5%; the rate of unemployment in urban areas is below 4%; the rate of poor households (according to the multidimensional poverty standard) decreases by 1 - 1.5 percentage points.
In the health sector, the National Assembly has set key targets such as reaching 15.3 doctors and 34.7 beds per 10,000 people, and at the same time aiming for 95.5% of the population to participate in health insurance.
Regarding the number of doctors, in an interview with Lao Dong reporter, National Assembly delegate Pham Van Hoa (Dong Thap National Assembly delegation) said that training quality is a decisive factor.
This delegate emphasized that it is impossible to lower admission standards due to pressure on quotas. Training a good doctor takes a long time, requiring entrance students with real abilities.
He cited that it is impossible to compare the quality of 25-28 admission schools with schools that only take 15 points, because this directly affects the quality of the medical team in the future.
In addition to the enrollment stage, many opinions also suggested strengthening supervision of the training process through educational quality assessment activities.
Training programs need to be assessed periodically to ensure compliance with rapid changes in medicine, from the teaching staff, curriculum to facilities.
Regarding the hospital bed quota, National Assembly delegate Pham Van Hoa said that this is also an important task. To do this, there needs to be synchronous investment from the grassroots level to the central level, with special attention paid to developing medical infrastructure in localities.
Delegate Pham Van Hoa noted that hospital beds are only effective when accompanied by adequate human resources, equipment and medicine. If one of these factors is lacking, the bed nutritional allowance is unlikely to bring real benefits.
Some previous opinions also stated the view that bedside allocation should not be over weighted because the current trend prioritizes outpatient or day-time inpatient treatment.
However, ensuring facilities and medical resources is still the foundation for improving the quality of people's health care in the coming years.
