The Government’s regular meeting for August in Hanoi on September 9 (Photo: VNA)At the event, officials shared the view that thanks to the drastic implementation of the resolutions and conclusions issued by the Party CentralCommittee, Politburo, National Assembly and Government, the macro-economyremained stable, with growth boosted and major balances of the economy guaranteed.
In particular, inflation has stayed under control and continued declininggradually, with an eight-month rate of 3.1% – much lower than the year’sceiling level of about 4.5%. The State budget revenue topped 1.12 quadrillionVND (46.5 billion USD) during the first eight months, equivalent to 69.4% ofthis year’s target. Public debts, government debts, and State budget overspendinghave been controlled well.
Meanwhile, foreign trade has continued bouncing back. Exports increased7.7% while imports up 5.7% in August from the previous month, with a tradesurplus of nearly 3.82 billion USD. The eight-month exports reached 227.7billion USD, resulting in a surplus of almost 20.2 billion USD.
Officialsalso highlighted positive results in terms of energy and food security, thelabour market, agriculture, industry, trade and services, developmentinvestment, the development of enterprises, social security, people’s lifequality, defence - security, social order and safety, the fight againstcorruption and negative phenomena, along with diplomacy and internationalintegration. Besides, many activities were held to celebrate the 78th anniversary of the August Revolution and the National Day (September 2).
However, Government members also pointed out certain problems,shortcomings, and challenges needing to be addressed, including economic growthfailing to reach the set target, latent risks posed to macro-economic stabilityand major economic balances, high inflationary pressure, the tightening ofmonetary policies in many countries, the slow recovery of industrial production,the number of international arrivals yet returning to pre-pandemic levels, and manyenterprises still struggling with difficulties.
PM Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the Government meeting in Hanoi on September 9. (Photo: VNA)Analysingproblems and causes, he emphasised several lessons, including seriously complyingwith the Party, State, and Government’s leadership and directions; tighteningdiscipline in management and governance; enhancing solidarity and unanimity andimproving the coordination among ministries, sectors and localities; and havinga good grasp of the situation to make quick, timely and effective policy responses.
He also requested upholding the spirit of self-resilience andexerting stronger efforts amid difficulties, boosting decentralisation, mobilisingand optimising every domestic and external resource, stepping up administrativereforms and business climate improvement, and further listening to people and enterprisesto take drastic actions to remove problems facing them.
Outlining the focal tasks and measures that must be implementedin September and the remaining months, the PM underlined the need to stayresolute, persistent, and determined to reach the set targets and not to stepback in the face of difficulties.
He urged focus on promoting the three growth drivers ofinvestment, export, and consumption.
At the meeting, the Government leader also assigned detailedtasks to each ministry, sector, and locality./.
VNA
