Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung urgedministries and localities to closely watch prices, especially onessential goods, to prevent the reoccurrence of high inflation andspeed up economic recovery.
At the regular February government meeting on March 2-3, PM Dungemphasised tasks for socio-economic development for now through the endof this year, urging the facilitation of production and business topromote development investment.
The industrial production value rose by 13.6 percent in the first twomonths of this year against the same period of last year despite theweek-long traditional festival that affected production and business,said a report presented by Minister of Planning and Investment Vo HongPhuc.
The number of foreign tourists to Vietnam is estimated at 877,000 inthe reviewed period, up 27.4 percent. The number of telephonesubscribers rose 61.8 percent to 138 million, the report said.
However, socio-economic development over the past two months sawweaknesses. Total export turnover only reached 8.913 billion USD whileimport turnover was estimated at 10.658 billion USD, leading to a hightrade deficit of 1.745 billion USD or 19.6 percent of the total exportturnover.
The consumer price index (CPI) went up 3.35 percent in the last twomonths and stood 8.04 percent higher than the same period last year.
Also, a forest fire at the Hoang Lien National Park in the northernprovinces of Lao Cai and Lai Chau destroyed about 1,000 ha of forests.
To meet this year’s socio-economic targets adopted at the sixth sessionof the National Assembly (tenure XII), the government asked ministries,branches and localities to take eight groups of solutions, focusing onthe comprehensive implementation of measures and programmes onmacro-economic stability.
At the meeting, the government gave opinions on the Ministry ofPlanning and Investment’s project on renewing and pushing up economicrestructuring for the 2011-2020 period, improving the capacity,effectiveness and competitiveness of the economy.
It offered feedback as well to the Ministry of Construction’s documenton common planning for construction in Hanoi through 2030 and vision afor 2050, and the State Appraisal Council’s assessment of investment ina project on construction of the North-South express railway, and somedraft laws and decrees./.
At the regular February government meeting on March 2-3, PM Dungemphasised tasks for socio-economic development for now through the endof this year, urging the facilitation of production and business topromote development investment.
The industrial production value rose by 13.6 percent in the first twomonths of this year against the same period of last year despite theweek-long traditional festival that affected production and business,said a report presented by Minister of Planning and Investment Vo HongPhuc.
The number of foreign tourists to Vietnam is estimated at 877,000 inthe reviewed period, up 27.4 percent. The number of telephonesubscribers rose 61.8 percent to 138 million, the report said.
However, socio-economic development over the past two months sawweaknesses. Total export turnover only reached 8.913 billion USD whileimport turnover was estimated at 10.658 billion USD, leading to a hightrade deficit of 1.745 billion USD or 19.6 percent of the total exportturnover.
The consumer price index (CPI) went up 3.35 percent in the last twomonths and stood 8.04 percent higher than the same period last year.
Also, a forest fire at the Hoang Lien National Park in the northernprovinces of Lao Cai and Lai Chau destroyed about 1,000 ha of forests.
To meet this year’s socio-economic targets adopted at the sixth sessionof the National Assembly (tenure XII), the government asked ministries,branches and localities to take eight groups of solutions, focusing onthe comprehensive implementation of measures and programmes onmacro-economic stability.
At the meeting, the government gave opinions on the Ministry ofPlanning and Investment’s project on renewing and pushing up economicrestructuring for the 2011-2020 period, improving the capacity,effectiveness and competitiveness of the economy.
It offered feedback as well to the Ministry of Construction’s documenton common planning for construction in Hanoi through 2030 and vision afor 2050, and the State Appraisal Council’s assessment of investment ina project on construction of the North-South express railway, and somedraft laws and decrees./.
