Gov't ensures dual targets of pandemic prevention, economic development
The COVID-19 prevention and control work needs to ensure the twin targets of pandemic prevention and economic recovery and development so as not to affect production and business activities, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai said at the Government’s regular press conference on March 2.
Major supply systems join hands in supporting people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The COVID-19 prevention and control work needs to ensure thetwin targets of pandemic prevention and economic recovery and development so asnot to affect production and business activities, Deputy Minister ofIndustry and Trade Do Thang Hai said at the Government’s regular pressconference on March 2.
Answering a reporter’s query on stepping up the consumptionof agricultural products of pandemic-hit localities, Hai said that over thepast time, the Government has instructed ministries, sectors andlocalities to carry out measures to ensure the implementation of the twintargets.
When the pandemic showed signs of worsening in Hai Duong and Quang Ninhprovinces, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc issued DirectiveNo.05 on January 28 on urgent COVID-19 prevention and control measures, in which theGovernment leader assigned Chairpersons of provincial and municipal People’sCommittees to decide social distancing measures to be used based onthe level of risk of each area.
However, as several localities put overemphasis on pandemic prevention and control, they imposed several measures which caused difficulties to the circulation of goods, particularly farm produce, in pandemic-hit areas, particularly Hai Duong province.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has put forward solutions to address those difficulties, such as working directly with major domestic supplysystems and major firms in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to help with the sale of farm produce.
It has also worked with the Ministry of Agriculture andRural Development and localities to seek measures to ease consumers’concerns about agricultural products from disease-affected areas.
At the proposal of the MoIT, the PM assigned tasks to eachministry and locality to quickly address difficulties in goods circulation andtransportation, Hai said, adding that the ministry held a working session with related localities, ministries and agencies on ways to implement the PM's directions. The ministry then issued a document guiding the consumption of goods produced in pandemic-affected areas, which received consensus from all stakeholders./.
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Major supply systems join hands in supporting people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic (Photo: VNA) 
