Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested measures to continue tackling difficulties for people and businesses as part of key tasks and solutions to promote growth, curb inflation and stabilize the macro economy for July and the third quarter of 2024.

In a dispatch issued on July 21, PM Chinh asked the Ministry of Finance to effectively implement policies on tax and land-use fee payment deadline extension and reduction.

The PM required the State Bank of Vietnam to effectively use management tools to administer exchange rates and interest rates; improve credit quality; promote the disbursement of the social housing development credit package worth VND120 trillion ($4.7 billion) and the VND30 trillion ($1.17 billion) credit package for the agro-forestry and fishery sector.

The Government leader also asked relevant ministries, agencies and localities to speed up disbursement of public investment capital; promote exports and imports; develop domestic market; and ensure energy and food security.

Measures are needed to complete mechanisms, laws and policies to tackle difficulties and obstacles as well as release resources to promote socio-economic development, according to the dispatch.