Hanoi, Oct. 9 -- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 9 chaired a nationwide teleconference to launch the National Target Programme on Drug Prevention and Control to 2030, with connections to 34 provinces and cities and 3,321 communes, wards, and special zones.

Addressing the conference, the PM said the event holds important significance in strengthening political commitment, ensuring unified awareness, and setting out clear responsibilities for each stakeholder under the principle of "six clarities" - the clarity of personnel, tasks, timeline, responsibility, authority, and results.

PM Chinh stressed that the Party and the State have always attached special importance to drug prevention and control, issuing and implementing many s...