Gov’t continues to place importance on macro-economic stability
VGP – In the next months, the main socio-economic development targets are still to maintain macro-economic stability, curb inflation, stabilize prices, and guarantee social security.
Top priority:
Macro-economic stability
PM Nguyễn
Tấn Dũng urges ministries and agencies to prevent high inflation rate – Photo:
VGP/Nhật Bắc
Socio-economic situations in the
first two months of 2010 |
|
Industrial production value Total retail of goods and services
Total export turnover Trade gap CPI (February) |
Up 13.6% Up 27.4% against the same period
of 2009 US $8,913 million, up 0.1% against
the same period of 2009 US $1,745 million or 19.6% of
export turnover Up 1.96% against January and 3.35%
against December |
Concluding the two-day regular
meeting of the Government, which was wrapped up on Wednesday, PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
said that the domestic economy is forecast to rebound at a higher rate, especially
in industry and service sectors.
However, ministries,
sectors and local authorities should strictly follow consistently solutions and
programs to secure macro-economic stability, rein in inflation and promote
production activities.
PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (sitting, R) discusses with some members of the Government at the February regular meeting, Hà Nội, March 2-3, 2010 – Photo: VGP/Nhật Bắc |
The Government chief emphasized
some following major solutions to fulfill the targets.
- To enhance commercial activities
through the “Buy Việt
- To flexibly apply
monetary policies in order to control the total liquidity and credit;
- To tighten the management
over the domestic market, prevent speculation and uncontrolled price escalation;
- To minimize traffic accidents and jams, combat crimes and social evils.
The Vietnamese Government resolves to prevent inflation and promote production right in the first months of 2010 |
Saying “no” to high
inflation
PM Dũng urged ministries,
agencies and localities to tightly control prices of primary goods in order to
stabilize the market and prevent the recurrence of high inflation.
The prices of electricity,
coal, and petroleum must be adjusted properly, ordered the PM.
To narrow the trade gap, PM
Dũng required stronger export while minimizing the import of unnecessary goods.
By Hồng Hạnh