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The stabilization of prices tops the new Government’s agenda. |
The Government of the 12 th tenure convened their first meeting in Ha Noi on August 5, with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung putting emphasis on seven major tasks from now until the end of the year.
The stabilisation of prices topped the new government’s agenda, followed by food hygiene issue and traffic safety, as these were the outstanding problems in the past seven months.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) reported that the nation’s consumer price index (CPI) rose by 6.19 percent in the past seven months, compared with 4.4 percent of the same period last year, while bird flu and several pig diseases threatened to spread. Traffic accidents were on the rise raising alarms to the society.
The PM also asked all ministries, branches and localities to work out detailed plans on administrative reform and strictly follow these plans.
“All cabinet members must exert their best efforts towards a transparent and strong administrative apparatus of the people, by the people and for the people,” he said at the meeting.
Hunger eradication and poverty reduction continued to be a highlight in the government’s task list, he said, urging all agencies and localities to include it in their socio-economic development.
According to the MPI’s report, the country’s industrial production value in the first seven months of the year is estimated at 325.9 trillion VND, a year-on-year rise of 17 percent. The growth was propelled by the non-State economic sector with an increase of 20.4 percent and the foreign-invested sector, 18.9 percent. The State economic sector increased by 9.7 percent.
At a press briefing on the results of the first cabinet meeting, Minister of Home Affairs Tran Van Tuan said that from now until the end of the year, the government’s organising work will focus on defining the functions, tasks, power and the structure of ministries, ministerial level agencies and Government agencies.
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