Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has told the banking sector to definitely curb inflation under 7 percent in 2010 while pushing up the economic growth higher than the 2009 rate.

The Government leader made it clear at a banking conference in Hanoi on December 23 that those, along with the effort to ensure social security, should be the primary task of the entire banking sector for next year.

Dung asked the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to closely follow developments of the monetary market, both at home and abroad, so as to work out timely and suitable solutions.

“The SBV should better implement its State management duty,” emphasised the Prime Minister.

He added that the banking system is a special business and should be put under strict observation by the State while operating dynamically to meet market economy requirements and ensuring the system safety in the interest of socio-economic development.

“The SBV should speed up administrative reforms, modernise the system, facilitate personnel training and tighten supervision over credit quality,” Dung said./.