More efforts needed to untangle knots for businesses: Deputy PM
Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on December 27 asked the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to effectively put in place issued policies and those expected to be adopted in order to untangle knots facing businesses, control inflation, and spur socio-economic recovery and development, thus achieving the targets set for 2024.
As of December 25, state budget revenue surpasses 1.693 quadrillion VND (nearly 69.5 billion USD). (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister LeMinh Khai on December 27 asked the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to effectively put inplace issued policies and those expected to be adopted in order to untangleknots facing businesses, control inflation, and spur socio-economic recoveryand development, thus achieving the targets set for 2024.
The Deputy PM made the request while addressing aconference reviewing the monitoring over the implementation of finance-statebudget tasks in 2023, and putting forth tasks for next year, during which he lauded theministry’s performance over the past time.
He urged the ministry to quickly roll out action plansand programmes, and take drastic actions right in early 2024 to materialise thesocio-economic development plan in 2024, and state budget estimate, as well as theGovernment’s instructions.
The ministry needs to focus on building and perfectingfinance-state budget institutions and policies, and speed up the building of digital government, while continue studying and proposing adjustments and supplements toduty laws and regulations, Khai said.
The Deputy PM reminded the MoF to pay more heed tostate budget collection management, and suggested it optimise science-technologyin the work.
He also asked the chairpersons of provincial andmunicipal People’s Committees to closely supervise the implementation offinance-budget solutions, saying localities should coordinate with tax andcustoms agencies and seriously follow regulations relating to the use ofelectronic invoices, thus preventing revenue losses.
According to a report presented at the meeting, as ofDecember 25, state budget revenue surpassed 1.693 quadrillion VND (nearly 69.5billion USD), up 4.5% compared to the yearly estimate.
Meanwhile, the total state budget expenditure in theyear stood at about 1.73 quadrillion VND or 83.4% of the estimate.
The Deputy PM lauded the financial sector forpromoting e-government building, streamlining the apparatus, stepping upinspections and supervisions, and implementing policies to remove difficultiesfor businesses./.
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As of December 25, state budget revenue surpasses 1.693 quadrillion VND (nearly 69.5 billion USD). (Photo: VNA) 
