The Government on December 25 started a video conference with authorities of localities nationwide on socio-economic development tasks and State budget projection for 2013 under the chair of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
Speaking at the two-day event, Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh said that the implementation of the Government’s resolutions has recorded positive results, helping curb inflation, stabilise the macro economy, initially remove difficulties for production and business activities, ensure social welfare and stabilise people’s life stable.
However, Vinh noted that shortcomings and weaknesses still remained, including unsound macroeconomy, a lower-than-target GDP growth rate, slow recovery of industrial production, high inventories and slow settlement of bad debts.
Dung asked local leaders to focus discussions on the contents of a draft resolution on key measures to implement socio-economic development plans and State budget projection for 2013 as well as another on how to remove difficulties for production and business activities, support the market and solve bad debts.
To clear inventories, it is necessary to support the market, especially real estate, and investment activities, reducing production costs and creating favourable conditions for businesses, a draft said.
Regarding the settlement of bad debts, the resolution said that the State Bank of Vietnam must review and assess bad debts, classify them so as to have measures suitable for each kind of bad debts.
At the conference, provincial and municipal leaders said that in the 2013 socio-economic development plan, in addition to carrying out measures to strengthen the macroeconomic stabilisation, curb inflation, remove difficulties for production and solve bad debts, the Government should continue to pay attention to and prioritise those on ensuring social security.
They also affirmed a strong determination to attract businesses to invest in rural areas, strive to successfully implement the objectives of the new rural area building programme and focus on solving bad debts for businesses operating in the agricultural and rural sector, especially aquaculture and seafood processing.
On December 26, the conference will continue with discussions on measures to implement the National Assembly’s Resolution on socio-economic development tasks and State budget projection for 2013./.VNA
Speaking at the two-day event, Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh said that the implementation of the Government’s resolutions has recorded positive results, helping curb inflation, stabilise the macro economy, initially remove difficulties for production and business activities, ensure social welfare and stabilise people’s life stable.
However, Vinh noted that shortcomings and weaknesses still remained, including unsound macroeconomy, a lower-than-target GDP growth rate, slow recovery of industrial production, high inventories and slow settlement of bad debts.
Dung asked local leaders to focus discussions on the contents of a draft resolution on key measures to implement socio-economic development plans and State budget projection for 2013 as well as another on how to remove difficulties for production and business activities, support the market and solve bad debts.
To clear inventories, it is necessary to support the market, especially real estate, and investment activities, reducing production costs and creating favourable conditions for businesses, a draft said.
Regarding the settlement of bad debts, the resolution said that the State Bank of Vietnam must review and assess bad debts, classify them so as to have measures suitable for each kind of bad debts.
At the conference, provincial and municipal leaders said that in the 2013 socio-economic development plan, in addition to carrying out measures to strengthen the macroeconomic stabilisation, curb inflation, remove difficulties for production and solve bad debts, the Government should continue to pay attention to and prioritise those on ensuring social security.
They also affirmed a strong determination to attract businesses to invest in rural areas, strive to successfully implement the objectives of the new rural area building programme and focus on solving bad debts for businesses operating in the agricultural and rural sector, especially aquaculture and seafood processing.
On December 26, the conference will continue with discussions on measures to implement the National Assembly’s Resolution on socio-economic development tasks and State budget projection for 2013./.VNA
