Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh
asked the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) to maintain
its leading role and turn itself into a powerful international
corporation.
A delegation from the Vietnamese
Ministry of the Interior is visiting China to increase the two
countries’ cooperation in the field of cadre organisation and
management.
Policies on credit, human resources and
agricultural encouragement to expand opportunities for farmers were
highly regarded by foreign professors in a seminar in Hanoi on August
11.
The Vietnam Development Bank (VDB) must
more completely fulfil its role as an efficient financial and credit
organ of the government in implementing the state’s fiscal policies.
The Government convened a regular
session under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on
Aug. 4-5 to review socio-economic development during the first seven
months and discuss plans for the coming time.
More than 100 delegates both at home
and abroad are gathering at an international forum of the Alliance for
Healthy Cities that opened in the former imperial city of Hue on July
21.
The focus of inspection activities
during the remaining months of the year is to serve the government’s
stimulus objectives in order to prevent an economic decline, maintain
growth and ensure social security, said Government Chief Inspector Tran
Van Truyen.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has
called for the nation’s concerted efforts to combat the economic
slowdown and fulfil the GDP growth target of 5 percent for this year.
Vietnam ’s economy will see positive developments in the second half of the year as the government’s loosened monetary policies and stimulus packages become effective, said a senior economic expert.
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