While chairing the Government’s regular meetingon June 3, PM Chinh asked for more efforts to effectively carry out the country’svaccine strategy and apply information technology in pandemic prevention andcontrol in the context of the fourth outbreak developing in a more complexmanner.
Regarding the economic situation, the PM said itis necessary to create harmonious and reasonable monetary and fiscal policy tocontrol inflation and ensure growth, tighten financial and budgetarydiscipline, in particular saving budget funds for use in key and extremelydifficult regions, issue policies for employees, employers, and businessesaffected by the pandemic, and continue controlling entry and exit and strictlypunishing illegal immigrants.
The Government leader lauded the efforts of localitieshit hard by the pandemic, such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Bac Giang, and BacNinh, and people working on the frontlines of the fight, like members of thearmy and public security forces and medical workers.
At the meeting, Government members heard reportsand discussed COVID-19 prevention and control efforts, the socio-economic andState budget situation in May and the first five months of 2021, socio-economicand State budget forecasts for the first half and solutions for the secondhalf, as well as the outcomes of the implementation of the medium-term publicinvestment plan during 2016-2020 and the plan for the next five years.
It was reported at the meeting that Vietnam had recorded4,780 COVID-19 infections since April 27.
To date, 1.1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses havebeen administered, with 31,177 people fully receiving two shots.
Vietnam still recorded outstanding results despitethe impact of the pandemic, with foreign direct investment hitting 14 billionUSD, up 8.8 percent year-on-year, and export turnover exceeding 130 billionUSD./.