Localities urged to boost production

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at a meeting with leaders of ministries and localities..VNA/VNS photo Duc Tam

HA NOI (VNS)— Ministries and localities should focus on settling inventories and bad loans, while removing barriers for enterprises to boost production and trade.

The comments were made yesterday by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at a meeting with leaders of ministries and localities.

He asked relevant agencies to keep track of people’s lives post-harvest to offer them timely support and also called for developments in the labour market to be monitored to ensure labour forces for enterprises’ operations.

Ministries are also being urged to conduct economic restructuring, especially to banking systems, in the coming months.

In addition, traffic safety and crime prevention should also be ensured, he said.

At the meeting, the government office put forward the idea that state offices, public officials and labourers should accomplish their tasks and ensure projects’ progress after the long Tet holiday.

The office also suggested relevant agencies and localities observe market developments and the prices of necessities to work out effective contingency measures in the case of sudden changes in inflation.

A happy Tet

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung highly appreciated the efforts of ministries and localities in ensuring a full, safe and economical Tet for everybody in Viet Nam.—VNA/VNS photo Nguyen Thuy

Dung highly appreciated the efforts of ministries and localities in ensuring a full, safe and economical Tet for everybody in Viet Nam.

Sought-after products stayed at reasonable prices and travel demand were adequately met, he said.

The government has given gifts of VND393.5 billion (US$18.7 million) to the 1.9 million people contributing to the state and allocated nearly 24,000 tonnes of rices to 15 provinces to prevent people from being hungry.

Localities have spent VND807 billion ($.38.4 million) providing support for the poor and needy, especially children.

Localities have also held many festivals and art performances for their people, meanwhile all local health stations and hospital have entrusted their doctors to be on duty 24/7.

Effective measures to maintain social order and security were also implemented.

During the nine-day holiday, 681 criminal cases were reported, a 4.76 per cent drop from the same period last year. Among them, police have investigated 355 cases and seized 681 suspects.

Production and tranportation of firecrackers was mainly prevented. However, cases of burning firecrackers have occurred in some areas of Ha Noi, Hai Duong and Lao Cai.

During the holiday, there were more than 370 traffic accidents with 314 people killed and 387 injured.— VNS