Improving the efficiency of the management and use of economic resources is an urgent task to deal with weaknesses of the national economy and spur development, according to a resolution recently issued by the Politburo.
Over the past three days, more than 1,100 tonnes of rice sourced from the national reserves were provided to 16,818 households with a total of 74,226 people in five drought-hit districts of the south-central province of Ninh Thuan.
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has instructed the Ministry of Finance to provide rice for the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum to support local people during the between-crop period.
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has recently inked decisions on rice distribution to the provinces of Ha Giang, Bac Kan, Thanh Hoa and Phu Yen ahead of Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.
Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue has entrusted the MpF to provide rice from the national reserves to the northern mountainous province of Son La to aid local people affected by recent storms and floods.
The Prime Minister on October 16 decided to allocate nearly 29,000 tonnes of rice from national reserves for the central province of Nghe An, which has suffered serious losses due to natural disasters.
Instead of being wary about investors, tourism management authorities should collaborate with them in preserving the natural environment, says Dr Nguyen Hoang Tri, Secretary of the National Committee for UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) in Vietnam.
Eleven rice exporters of Thailand has planned to buy all 160,000 tonnes of edible rice in national reserves, which was put for the third rice auction this year.
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said the country is determined to sell all the rice in national reserves this year, reported local media on January 17.
The Prime Minister has entrusted the Ministry of Finance to supply more than 667 tonnes of rice from national reserves for Phu Yen and Tuyen Quang provinces.