Minister and head of the Government Office Nguyen Van Nen fieldedquestions about steps against negative impacts on socio-economicdevelopment arising from the ongoing East Sea dispute at theGovernment’s monthly press briefing in Hanoi on July 1.
Cross-border trade activity with China has slowed down, he acknowledged,but assured that its bad effects will not spread too far.
“China is closely monitoring cross-border trade with Vietnam, which alsomakes it easier for Vietnamese goods to enter the country via officialchannels,” he said.
By launching both short and long-termmeasures, Vietnam is seeking more markets, especially those in demandfor farm produce, Nen said, emphasising that the government has directedministries and agencies to jump on the process as well.
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai, for his part,refuted a rumour that not until the East Sea dispute broke out didVietnam start to expand markets.
Vietnam has long sought toextend its commercial reaches, both in and outside the country, forquite a long time, especially in its traditional US and EU markets,besides new markets such as Russia, the Middle East, Africa, heconfirmed.
“It is the East Sea event that forces the country to make faster changes to deal with even the worst case,” he noted.
At home, the annual “Vietnamese people prioritise using Vietnamesegoods” campaign has become a success story, according to Thang, whocited the case of the northern signature fruit, litchi, as an example --as much as 60 percent of the exotic fruit are sold domestically at ahigher price than export one.
Dismissing news that Chineselitchi are making ways to Vietnam, Minister Nen joined in making clearthat Vietnam is still shipping litchi to the neighbour.
Aboutthe Taiwanese-invested Formorsa’s proposal on the establishment of aspecial economic zone in the central province of Ha Tinh together withthe building of houses for foreign workers working for the project, Nensaid the government has turned down its request reasoning Vietnameselaws having no regulations mandating the issues.
At present, ministries, agencies and localities are working together to handle the case in line with the law, he added.
On the East Sea issue, Nen voiced his concern that it has done harm to Vietnam – China cooperative ties.
In face of that, the Prime Minister has asked ministries, agencies andlocalities to keep an eye on the latest developments there. They werealso requested to collect all available materials as the government isconsidering taking legal actions against China in conformity withinternational law, according to the official.
Aid packageswill be provided for more workers and enterprises affected by theanti-China riots in central and southern provinces in May. At the orderof the PM, security and social order must be secured to prevent similarincidents in the future and safeguard the country’s sacred sea andisland sovereignty, Nen said.
The cabinet is considering how tobring its aid package of 16 trillion VND (761 million USD) to fishermenaffected by the East Sea tensions as soon as possible.
Issues related to new electricity prices and fines on wearing sub-standard helmets were also cleared up.-VNA
Cross-border trade activity with China has slowed down, he acknowledged,but assured that its bad effects will not spread too far.
“China is closely monitoring cross-border trade with Vietnam, which alsomakes it easier for Vietnamese goods to enter the country via officialchannels,” he said.
By launching both short and long-termmeasures, Vietnam is seeking more markets, especially those in demandfor farm produce, Nen said, emphasising that the government has directedministries and agencies to jump on the process as well.
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai, for his part,refuted a rumour that not until the East Sea dispute broke out didVietnam start to expand markets.
Vietnam has long sought toextend its commercial reaches, both in and outside the country, forquite a long time, especially in its traditional US and EU markets,besides new markets such as Russia, the Middle East, Africa, heconfirmed.
“It is the East Sea event that forces the country to make faster changes to deal with even the worst case,” he noted.
At home, the annual “Vietnamese people prioritise using Vietnamesegoods” campaign has become a success story, according to Thang, whocited the case of the northern signature fruit, litchi, as an example --as much as 60 percent of the exotic fruit are sold domestically at ahigher price than export one.
Dismissing news that Chineselitchi are making ways to Vietnam, Minister Nen joined in making clearthat Vietnam is still shipping litchi to the neighbour.
Aboutthe Taiwanese-invested Formorsa’s proposal on the establishment of aspecial economic zone in the central province of Ha Tinh together withthe building of houses for foreign workers working for the project, Nensaid the government has turned down its request reasoning Vietnameselaws having no regulations mandating the issues.
At present, ministries, agencies and localities are working together to handle the case in line with the law, he added.
On the East Sea issue, Nen voiced his concern that it has done harm to Vietnam – China cooperative ties.
In face of that, the Prime Minister has asked ministries, agencies andlocalities to keep an eye on the latest developments there. They werealso requested to collect all available materials as the government isconsidering taking legal actions against China in conformity withinternational law, according to the official.
Aid packageswill be provided for more workers and enterprises affected by theanti-China riots in central and southern provinces in May. At the orderof the PM, security and social order must be secured to prevent similarincidents in the future and safeguard the country’s sacred sea andisland sovereignty, Nen said.
The cabinet is considering how tobring its aid package of 16 trillion VND (761 million USD) to fishermenaffected by the East Sea tensions as soon as possible.
Issues related to new electricity prices and fines on wearing sub-standard helmets were also cleared up.-VNA
