Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc addressed several issues at the question-and-answer session in Hanoi on November 8, as part of the 14th National Assembly’s ongoing eighth session.
National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with voters in the districts of Ninh Kieu and Cai Rang of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on October 4.
Budget disbursement of under 50 percent have been seen in 31 ministries and sectors as well as 19 localities, and even less than 30 percent in 18 others.
The alarmingly sluggish disbursement of official development assistance (ODA) capital and foreign soft loans continued to be the topic of a teleconference in Hanoi on September 13.
The Southeastern and Mekong Delta regions together have contributed up to 63.7 percent of the national gross domestic product (GDP), Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Van Trung said on August 14.
A driving force for short-term growth has lost due to the sluggish expansion of public investment, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said, demanding drastic actions to remove barriers hindering the disbursement of public investment.
The Government has asked the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) to focus on removing difficulties and speeding up the progress of public investment disbursement.
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh made clear a number of issues of public concern following the part of the question-and-answer session on culture, sports and tourism during the ongoing seventh session of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on June 6.
Disbursement of public investment was low in the first two months of this year partly due to the impacts of the nine-day Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, according to a Ministry of Finance report.
CPI in May was at the highest level in the past six years, but the Government affirmed its capacity of controlling inflation, as heard at a press conference on the monthly cabinet meeting.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MIP) to update quarterly growth scenarios for each sector during the monthly government meeting in Hanoi on June 2.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc directed not increasing electricity prices this year, as one of measures to control inflation below 4 percent as assigned by the National Assembly, during a monthly government meeting in Hanoi on June 2.
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue on May 24 asked the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and Training, and Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to quickly address their slow disbursement of public investment.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has asked centrally-run cities and provinces to promptly submit their reports on the implementation and disbursement of public investment in 2018.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired the government’s regular meeting in Hanoi on December 1, during which he urged cabinet members to well perform their promises to the National Assembly and voters as well as the NA’s resolutions.
The Government should limit or temporarily stop issuing new Government bonds during the remaining months of the year while waiting for the improvement of public investment disbursement.
Capital mobilised from the issue of G-bonds in the first eight months of this year was very positive, however, it was quite a contrast to the disbursement of the capital source.
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