Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai: "Will pay attention to controlling the consumer price index"

According to Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai, the Government has forecast a slight increase in consumer prices, mainly due to psychology. Supply and demand of goods meet demand, especially essential goods.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai speaks at the parliament on the afternoon of June 26. Photo: QUANG PHUC

Listening to the opinions of National Assembly deputies at the discussion session on the afternoon of June 26, Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai acknowledged that salary reform is a very difficult issue.

“After receiving comments from the competent authority, we completed the report and sent it immediately to the delegates, trying to report as honestly as possible, reflect as fully as possible, and write neatly, so the file was sent slowly. We hope the delegates will sympathize and share.”

The Deputy Prime Minister assessed the opinions on salary policy reform of the delegates as "very appropriate". Comrade Le Minh Khai affirmed that he will continue to implement a number of solutions to successfully implement Resolution 27-NQ/TW in 2018 on salary reform and related resolutions of the National Assembly and the Government.

According to the Deputy Prime Minister, when preparing the report on this, the Government predicted the possibility of a slight increase in consumer prices, mainly due to psychology. Supply and demand of goods meet the demand, especially essential goods. Propaganda work has also been focused on.

"Right from the time of preparing the new policy, the Government has given instructions and the Price Management Steering Committee has issued a telegram," Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai stated.

The Deputy Prime Minister also said that, taking into account the opinions of the National Assembly deputies, the Government will continue to direct the Ministry of Home Affairs and the State Bank to study and find truly feasible solutions to complete the goals set for 2024, including controlling consumer prices.

Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai chaired the meeting. Photo: QUANG PHUC

Moderating this content, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai said that the discussion opinions were unanimous that in the current context, it is very necessary to implement the contents of salary reform, pension adjustment, and allowances from July 1, 2004 to ensure the lives of civil servants, public employees, workers, retirees, and policy beneficiaries. The delegates unanimously requested the Government and the National Assembly to urgently carry out tasks within their authority to comprehensively reform salaries, pensions, and allowances according to the Party's policy. In the immediate future, it is necessary to fully, promptly, and effectively implement Conclusion No. 83 of the Politburo to ensure fairness, publicity, transparency, and increase income for salary and allowance recipients.

Also at the meeting, the National Assembly discussed the extension of repayment of refinancing loans for Vietnam Airlines (VNA). Summarizing this content, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai said that the delegates basically agreed; but suggested managing and effectively using this resource in combination with other solutions, especially VNA's own solutions to quickly improve the financial situation for VNA; urgently completing the overall project to remove difficulties, speeding up the comprehensive restructuring of VNA. VNA and relevant agencies need to forecast potential risks to develop response scenarios, ensuring the ability to repay debts and operate continuously and normally.

MR. PHUONG

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/pho-thu-tuong-le-minh-khai-se-quan-tam-kiem-soat-chi-so-gia-tieu-dung-post746429.html