• An Giang
  • Binh Duong
  • Binh Phuoc
  • Binh Thuan
  • Binh Dinh
  • Bac Lieu
  • Bac Giang
  • Bac Kan
  • Bac Ninh
  • Ben Tre
  • Cao Bang
  • Ca Mau
  • Can Tho
  • Dien Bien
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  • Da Lat
  • Dak Lak
  • Dak Nong
  • Dong Nai
  • Dong Thap
  • Gia Lai
  • Ha Noi
  • Ho Chi Minh
  • Ha Giang
  • Ha Nam
  • Ha Tinh
  • Hoa Binh
  • Hung Yen
  • Hai Duong
  • Hai Phong
  • Hau Giang
  • Khanh Hoa
  • Kien Giang
  • Kon Tum
  • Lai Chau
  • Long An
  • Lao Cai
  • Lam Dong
  • Lang Son
  • Nam Dinh
  • Nghe An
  • Ninh Binh
  • Ninh Thuan
  • Phu Tho
  • Phu Yen
  • Quang Binh
  • Quang Nam
  • Quang Ngai
  • Quang Ninh
  • Quang Tri
  • Soc Trang
  • Son La
  • Thanh Hoa
  • Thai Binh
  • Thai Nguyen
  • Thua Thien Hue
  • Tien Giang
  • Tra Vinh
  • Tuyen Quang
  • Tay Ninh
  • Vinh Long
  • Vinh Phuc
  • Vung Tau
  • Yen Bai

The Government’s regular meeting - November 2010

December 15, 2010 5:05 PM GMT+7

GOVERNMENT

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No: 46/NQ-CP

SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIỆT NAM

Independence – Freedom - Happiness

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Hà Nội, December 7, 2010

RESOLUTION

The Government’s regular meeting - November 2010

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The Government on December 1, 2010 convened its regular meeting to discuss and decide the following issues:

1. The reports on socio-economic performance in November and the first eleven months, domestic and global economic forecast, the implementation of the Government’s October resolution and working program, inspection work, settlement of accusations and complaints, anti-corruption and administrative reforms were presented respectively by the Minister of Planning and Investment, the Minister-Chairman of the Office of Government, the Inspector-General, and the Minister of Home Affairs.

Regarding to socio-economic performance in November and the first eleven months, the Government agreed that the economy has continued going up in a positive way: Industrial production growth outreached the whole year target, agricultural production maintained a stable growth despite natural disasters and floods; the service sector fairly expanded; the total retail sale of commodities and the total turnover of services and tourism considerably increased; State budget collection surpassed the preset target, the balance of payment was secured; export grew up and trade deficit continued narrowing; development investment expanded, disbursement went up, social security was guaranteed,  people’s livelihood, especially those in disadvantaged areas, continued to be improved; diplomatic activities brought about important results, political and social order, national defense and security were maintained.

However, the November socio-economic picture was affected with complicated changes: Natural disasters in the Central Region caused great damages to local residents, prices of goods and services skyrocketed and the trend may continue throughout the coming Lunar New Year Holiday, resulting in more difficulties for production and people’s life; high exchange rate and gold price brought about rising public concern; high lending rates undermined business operations.

In that context, to maintain economic growth, stabilize macro-economy, and control inflation in order to achieve socio-economic development targets of 2010 and well prepare for the realization of socio-economic development plans of 2011 and the 2011-2015 period, the Government tasked ministries, sectors, and localities to focus on the following solutions:

- For controlling inflation, stabilizing the market and exchange rate, they should exercise active coordination in implementing the PM’s Instruction 1875/CT-TTg dated on October 11 and Instruction 2164/CT-TTg dated on November 30, 2010. The two instructions were designed for price and market stabilization, especially during the upcoming Lunar New Year Holiday and Q1 of 2011.

The People’s Committees of all cities and provinces, particularly Hà Nội, Hồ Chí Minh City, and other centrally-governed cities, are assigned to seriously keep watch against price fluctuations and the realization of price-related regulations in their competent areas; to take prime responsibility, in collaboration with other relevant ministries and sectors, to review distribution systems, particularly retail system of essential products, and take proper measures against illegal price raising.

- The State Bank of Việt Nam will review monetary tools, continue applying monetary policies in a proactive and flexible manner in favor of macro-economic stability, business operations, and liquidity of the banking system; timely take strong measures to control and stabilize exchange rate, gold price and interest rates; coordinate with provincial People’s Committees to address the speculation or illegal trading in gold and foreign currencies that lead to market chaos.

It will be responsible, in collaboration with competent agencies, for evaluating the effects of the monetary solution on the economy over the past time, and propose new feasible solutions which will be submitted to the Council on financial and monetary policy advisory right after this Government regular meeting.

- To focus on removing obstacles relating to mechanisms, policies, business environment, administrative procedures, and capital in order to facilitate businesses’ operations, price stabilization and adequate supply of goods, especially essential goods, prevent the demand-supply imbalance among different localities before, during and after the Lunar New Year festival.

- Upon their assigned competence, relevant agencies must speed up information work; provide transparent and timely information of the Government and the PM’s instructions on monetary, exchange and interest rates policies, price management and market stabilization. The Ministry of Information and Communications will ask mass media agencies to fully provide and unbiased information to the public without damaging the State and people’s interests.

- Resources should be mobilized for preventing, controlling and overcoming consequences of natural disasters. The Ministry of Finance is assigned to allocate the State budget in advance for central provinces to quickly restore infrastructure. Ministries, sectors and localities will focus on checking works and projects, allocating advances for key projects for early operations, and accelerating capital construction in the dry season.

- To focus on boosting export and deploying effective measures to control import and reduce trade deficit in line with international laws and practices. Northern and Southwestern border provinces will tighten cross-border smuggling. The Ministry of Industry and Trade, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and relevant agencies, will seriously watch food export to secure food security and prevent price escalation due to export.

- The Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Public Security will take prime responsibility, in collaboration with local People’s Committees, to reduce traffic congestion in big cities and the rising traffic accidents, particularly during the coming Lunar New Year festival.

- Ministries, sectors, and localities must quickly realize the 12th NA’s resolutions, especially the Resolution on socio-economic development and that on State budget estimate for 2011. The Office of Government, the Ministry of Planning and Investment, and the Ministry of Finance will jointly organize a conference between the Government and local leaders on the realization of the plans for socio-economic development and State budget allocation in 2011.

- Ministries, sectors, and localities will focus on reducing meetings; speeding up administrative reforms, and reviewing the Overall Program on administrative reforms in 2001-2010; addressing corruption cases, accusations and complaints; drafting and finalizing legal documents detailing laws and ordinances and submitting them to the PM for approval in December.

2. The Government listened to the Minister of Planning and Investment to introduce the Project on enhancing and improving macro-level forecast to serve policy-making agencies.

During the past time, forecast work has effectively contributed to the Party and State’s performance, especially in making policies and regulating socio-economic situations. However, it has still shown several shortcomings and not come up with actualities and expectations. Thus, the work must be bettered in the time to come.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment will be responsible for collecting Cabinet members’ ideas to perfect the Project, then submit it to the PM for consideration.

3. The Government gave comments on its draft resolution on orientations for sustainable poverty reduction in 2011-2020, which was presented by the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.

The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, in collaboration with the Committee on Ethnic Minorities, the Ministry of Justice, the Office of Government and relevant agencies, will be responsible for collecting Cabinet members’ ideas and reviewing the current policies on poverty reduction, then propose new ones with more considerations for disadvantaged areas, and at the same time suggest clear mechanisms of implementation, then finalize and submit the draft resolution to the PM for approval.

4. The Government also commented on the Report on the Overall Program on administrative reforms in 2001-2010 and another similar program in 2011-2020, represented by the Minister of Home Affairs.

Cabinet members will continue to consider and give comments on the Report.

The Ministry of Home Affairs will be responsible for organizing a national-level conference to review the implementation of the Overall Program on administrative reforms in 2001-2010 and develop the Program on administrative reforms in 2011-2020 in January 2011; collect ideas of Cabinet members and participants to the conference, draft the PM’s decision on approving the Program on administrative reforms in 2011-2020, then submit it to the PM for approval.

 

ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT

PRIME MINISTER

(Signed)

 Nguyễn Tấn Dũng