Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Tran Van Son speaks at the event (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Inorder to best achieve 2021 targets, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh orderedgiving the top priority to curbing the pandemic soon and gradually restoringproduction and trade in areas meeting safety conditions, Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Tran Van Son has said.
In a press conferencefollowing the monthly Government meeting on September 6, Son said despite thepandemic, the macro economy remained stable with inflation under control in eight months of this year. With a month-on-month rise of 0.25 percent inconsumer price index (CPI) in August, the eight-month index went up 1.79 percentannually, the lowest since 2016. The monetary, credit and foreign exchangemarkets were basically stable while interest rates continued falling.
The State budgetcollection hit nearly 75 percent of the estimate and increased over 14 percentyear-on-year. The industrial production index rose by 5.6 percent in eightmonths while export-import surged by 27.2 percent. E-commerce and cashlesspayment tended to go strong.
Over 11.58 billion USDin foreign direct investment were disbursed, up 2 percent. The Government isalso about to issue a resolution on tackling difficulties in production andtrade and supporting enterprises.
So far, about 15million workers nationwide have received aid worth 8.4 trillion VND (369.2 million USD) in total under Resolution 68/NQ-CP, apart from more than 2.1 trillion VND (92.3 million USD) for freelanceworkers and 134,000 tonnes of rice for disadvantaged residents.
According to MinisterSon, PM Chinh ordered building recovery scenarios in thecontext of wide vaccine coverage; monitoring monetary, fiscal and otherpolicies harmoniously, reasonably and effectively; and maintaining macro-economicstability, controlling inflation, ensuring social welfare and undisruptedsupply chains.
Competent authoritieswere also asked to ensure social welfare, review the implementation of Resolution 68/NQ-CP, and pool the involvement of funds in providing socialwelfare services for citizens./.
