VietNamNet Bridge – The Cabinet has identified four key tasks
for the last quarter of this year, including keeping inflation rates at less
than double digits, restructuring businesses and banks, creating jobs, and
reducing poverty.
On September 27, Prime Minister
Nguyen Tan Dung chaired the monthly cabinet meeting. It concentrated on the
socio-economic situation in September and over the last nine months
Cabinet members discussed why the
consumer price index (CPI) in September hit a record high of 2.2 percent, the
highest since the beginning of 2012.
According to the National
Financial Supervisory Committee, the CPI increase in September stemmed from
petrol, healthcare, and education price hikes. Healthcare costs suffered the
highest rise of 23.8 percent.
The Ministry of Planning and
Investment (MoPI) reported that the country’s GDP grew at 4.73 percent during
the past 9 months. If GDP growth is maintained at a level between 6.-6.5
percent for the rest of the year, the whole year total of 5-5.2 percent,
predicted by some international organisations, will be reached.
PM Dung said despite efforts to
ensure economic growth and social welfare, there were limitations in
socio-economic development caused by unsteady macroeconomic growth and large
inventories.
Mr Dung asked relevant ministries
and sectors to submit possible solutions to year’s remaining tasks, emphasising
the priority of stabilising the macroeconomic situation and curbing inflation.
Mr Dung also underscored the need
to help businesses alleviate snags in production and boost exports of key
products like rice, seafood, garments, textiles, and footwear.
He added greater attention should
be devoted to restructuring State-run businesses and banks, creating more jobs,
developing tourism, improving the financial, telecommunication and aviation
sectors, and removing difficulties for the real estate market.
Cabinet ministers also discussed
a report on solutions for value-added tax, the draft law on public investment,
the ordinance on regulations relating to the “heroic mother” title, and a plan
for public health insurance.
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