Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chairs Government’s February regular meeting (Photo: VNA)In his opening remarks, PM Chinh stressed that 2023 is thepivotal year to implement the five-year plan in the 2021-2025 period. In thefirst two months, the regional and world situation continued to witness complicated and unpredictable developments, affecting various aspects of the domesticsituation, especially in the country's economic development, he said.
He requested Government members to carefully analyse thesituation in the region and the world and the impacts on the domesticsituation; make forecasts for March and the coming time; and discuss advantagesand opportunities, as well as difficulties and challenges to have appropriatesolutions.
At this meeting, the Government is scheduled to assess thesocio-economic situation, the implementation of the programme on socio-economicrecovery and development, the allocation and disbursement of public investment,the implementation of three national target programmes in February and thefirst two months of 2023; while discussing measures to improve the business andinvestment environment, as well as tasks and solutions to develop the domesticmarket and promote exports in the coming time.
A report presented by the Ministry of Planning and Investment showedthat in the first two months of this year, the consumer price index (CPI) increasedby 4.6% year-on-year; the State budget's revenue was estimated to reach 22.4% of theestimate, up 10.6% year-on-year; newly-registered foreign direct investment (FDI) hit 1.76billion USD, a 2.8-fold rise compared to the same period last year; and tradesurplus was estimated at 2.82 billion USD./.
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