Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the meeting (Photo: VNA) The government leader said the financial sector had comprehensively fulfilled its missions in the past five-year term, especially last year.
With complicated developments expected in the world situation in 2021, he said Vietnam must continue with reform efforts and take more drastic actions so as to realise its growth target.
The PM suggested the sector continue to innovate its strategic thinking to ensure the smooth flow of the economy’s blood line, creating the foundation and favourable conditions for the country’s socio-economic development.
He asked the financial sector to follow the Government’s motto of action in arranging for the synchronous and effective implementation of relevant Government resolutions, and to continue to work closely with relevant agencies in conducting fiscal and monetary policies to ensure macroeconomic stability and control inflation and major balances in the economy.
Also underlined was the importance of ensuring that the budget is spent economically and effectively, with the PM adding that the State budget deficit should be controlled to 4 percent of GDP or lower.
The restructuring and equitisation of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) and the disbursement of overseas development assistance (ODA) capital need to be sped up, he said.
At the meeting (Photo: VNA) About 185,000 taxpayers were given extensions on payments, while over 6 million enjoyed tax and fee exemptions and reduction policies, with total value of some 130 trillion VND (over 5.6 billion USD), he said.
The sector collected over 1.5 quadrillion VND for the State budget in 2020, equivalent to 98 percent of the estimate.
Meanwhile, over 18 trillion VND was spent on preventing COVID-19 and supporting people affected by the crisis, Dung noted./.
VNA
