Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked for more efforts to developboth domestic and foreign markets, boost exports and effectively controlimports.
The PM made the request on December 24while chairing the teleconference between the Government and localitieswhich was started on December 23 and saw participants focus theirdiscussions on the Government’s draft resolution on its guidelines andmanagement of the implementation of the 2014 socio-economic developmentplan and budget estimates.
He urged ministries,industries and localities to make full use of opportunities created byinternational commitments, and to stay active and positive innegotiations for free trade agreements, especially the Trans-PacificPartnership and those with the EU, the Republic of Korea and theCustoms Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan .
Looking back on the 2013 socio-economic development, PM Dung notedthat despite many difficulties and challenges, the country hasmaintained the macro-economic stability, reduced the inflation rate andrecorded a higher growth compared with 2012.
Theforex and gold market has been stabilised, with foreign reservesincreasing robustly, he said, adding political security and social orderand safety have been maintained while national sovereignty ensured.
However, he also pointed out a number of shortcomings that need to beaddressed, saying that GDP growth falls short of plan, business andproduction face difficulties, the settlement of bad debts remains slowand economic restructuring moves at a snail’s pace.
The government leader also requested breakthroughs in restructuring theeconomy, renovating the growth model and improving the efficiency andcompetitiveness of the economy.
He asked ministries, industries and localities to drastically reform public investment and reshuffle the banking system.
In addition, he said, it is necessary to speed up agriculturalrestructuring in combination with building new-style rural areas,providing training and generating more jobs for rural labourers.
PM Dung also called for the tightened management of the licensing andexploitation of minerals and better environmental protection.
He ordered ministries, industries and localities to effectivelycontrol market prices, ensure goods supply and maintain social order,security and safety in the upcoming New Year and Lunar New Year.
Leaders of ministries and localities gave their opinions on keymeasures to reach socio-economic development goals for 2014, including a5.8 percent GDP growth, a 10 percent rise in exports with a tradedeficit of 6 percent of the export revenue, and a consumer price indexof 7 percent.
In 2014, the Governmentwill spend about 30 percent of the total GDP on social development,reducing the ratio of poor households by 1.7 - 2 percent and 4 percentin poor districts, and generating about 1.6 million jobs, the draftresolution said.-VNA
The PM made the request on December 24while chairing the teleconference between the Government and localitieswhich was started on December 23 and saw participants focus theirdiscussions on the Government’s draft resolution on its guidelines andmanagement of the implementation of the 2014 socio-economic developmentplan and budget estimates.
He urged ministries,industries and localities to make full use of opportunities created byinternational commitments, and to stay active and positive innegotiations for free trade agreements, especially the Trans-PacificPartnership and those with the EU, the Republic of Korea and theCustoms Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan .
Looking back on the 2013 socio-economic development, PM Dung notedthat despite many difficulties and challenges, the country hasmaintained the macro-economic stability, reduced the inflation rate andrecorded a higher growth compared with 2012.
Theforex and gold market has been stabilised, with foreign reservesincreasing robustly, he said, adding political security and social orderand safety have been maintained while national sovereignty ensured.
However, he also pointed out a number of shortcomings that need to beaddressed, saying that GDP growth falls short of plan, business andproduction face difficulties, the settlement of bad debts remains slowand economic restructuring moves at a snail’s pace.
The government leader also requested breakthroughs in restructuring theeconomy, renovating the growth model and improving the efficiency andcompetitiveness of the economy.
He asked ministries, industries and localities to drastically reform public investment and reshuffle the banking system.
In addition, he said, it is necessary to speed up agriculturalrestructuring in combination with building new-style rural areas,providing training and generating more jobs for rural labourers.
PM Dung also called for the tightened management of the licensing andexploitation of minerals and better environmental protection.
He ordered ministries, industries and localities to effectivelycontrol market prices, ensure goods supply and maintain social order,security and safety in the upcoming New Year and Lunar New Year.
Leaders of ministries and localities gave their opinions on keymeasures to reach socio-economic development goals for 2014, including a5.8 percent GDP growth, a 10 percent rise in exports with a tradedeficit of 6 percent of the export revenue, and a consumer price indexof 7 percent.
In 2014, the Governmentwill spend about 30 percent of the total GDP on social development,reducing the ratio of poor households by 1.7 - 2 percent and 4 percentin poor districts, and generating about 1.6 million jobs, the draftresolution said.-VNA
