 PM Pham Minh Chinh chairs the first government meeting in 2024 (Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac) |
At the meeting, the PM urged maintaining macro-economic stability, taming of inflation, ensuring major economic balance, and managing monetary policy in a flexible, timely and effective way, saying they should go in tandem with fiscal and other policies. Apart from consolidating traditional markets, efforts are needed to seek new ones, he said, calling for more attention to controlling budget spending, overspending, as well as public, government, and foreign debt.
He said ministries, agencies and localities were asked to forge growth engines, focusing on luring and disbursing social investment sources, and attracting large-scale, high-tech foreign direct investment (FDI) projects, particular those in processing, manufacturing, electronics, semiconductors and hydrogen. He stressed the need to effectively organize investment, trade and tourism promotion activities. The Prime Minister asked ministries, sectors and localities to ensure a safe, practical and happy Tết for the people.