The policy of President Barack Obama’s administration in his second term is to continue attaching importance to boosting relations with Vietnam.

Relevant authorities and businesses should ensure adequate supply of goods and price stability during Tet (lunar new year) early next year, the Government website has quoted Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai as saying.

National Assembly (NA) deputies have emphasised the urgent need to remove difficulties for businesses, which serve as blood vessels to feed the economy, as they are weakening alarmingly.

The fourth session of the 13th National Assembly opened in the capital city of Hanoi on October 22, with its agenda taking on decisions on the national socio-economic development plan and State budget for 2013.

The sixth plenum of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) issued an announcement at the end of the session on October 15.

The southern localities of Dong Nai, Binh Duong and HCM City have reported highly positive signs in attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) this year.