Saturday, 03/07/2021 10:41 (GMT+7)
The Prime Minister has signed and promulgated a resolution on a number of policies to support employees and employers facing difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic with a total budget of about VND26 trillion.
Illustrative photo (Source: VNA)
So said Tran Van Son, Party Central Committee member, Minister - Chairman of the Government Office and Government spokesman, during the Government's regular press conference on July 1.
According to Minister Son, on July 1, under the chairmanship of Politburo member and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, the Government held the June regular session. In which, the Government discussed the socio-economic situation in the first 6 months of the year, as well as the goals, directions, guiding views, tasks and solutions for the last 6 months of 2021; and tasks and solutions to remove difficulties related to the prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the context of the economy facing many difficulties and challenges, mainly from the outbreaks with new strains of COVID-19, thanks to the efforts of the whole political system, the drastic and timely direction of the Government, the Prime Minister, the joint efforts of the business community and the people, the socio-economic situation in the first 6 months of the year continued to change positively, for both preventing COVID-19 and promoting production and business, successfully organizing major political events of the country such as the 13th National Party Congress and the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and the People's Councils for the term 2021-2026.
The Minister - Chairman of the Government Office said that in the coming time, the Government is determined to maintain macroeconomic stability and ensure major balances; concentrate all resources on pandemic prevention and control; and carry out pandemic prevention and control in harmony with economic development./.
Compiled by BTA