Minister of Industry and Trade: “Export and import activities reached a record of nearly 670 billion USD, up nearly 23% compared to the previous year, becoming a bright spot of the economy and putting Vietnam in the group of 20 leading economies. on international trade”.
Speaking at an online conference to review the work in 2021 and deploy the tasks in 2022 of the Industry and Trade sector taking place on the morning of January 9, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien said that 2021 is the first year of implementation. implementing the Resolution of the 13th Party Congress; The 10-year socio-economic development strategy 2021-2030 and the 5-year socio-economic development plan 2021-2025 in the context of many difficulties and challenges; especially the serious and unprecedented impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Along with the whole country, the Industry and Trade sector has been active, proactive and creative in implementing tasks and solutions to support and help enterprises in production and business, ensuring circulation, timely supply of essential goods, promote import and export and have achieved important and positive results. In which, industrial production continued to expand and maintained a growth rate of nearly 5%, higher than the same period last year; in which, the processing and manufacturing industry increased by 6.37%, continuing to affirm its role as a driving force for the growth of the whole industry, making positive contributions to economic growth, creating jobs, ensuring social security. society.
“Especially, import and export activities reached a record of nearly 670 billion USD, up nearly 23% compared to the previous year, becoming a bright spot of the economy and putting Vietnam in the group of 20 leading economies in terms of trade. international; in which exports had a spectacular breakthrough, increasing by over 19% (exceeding 15% of the plan), maintaining the trade surplus for the 6th consecutive year with a surplus of over 4 billion USD”, Minister Nguyen Hong Dien emphasized.
Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien speaks at an online conference to summarize the work in 2021 and deploy tasks in 2022 of the Industry and Trade sector.
Also according to the leader of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, in 2021, the supply and demand of goods will be guaranteed, the domestic and foreign supply chains will be basically maintained, fully and promptly supply essential goods and services to serve the needs of customers. production services and people’s lives with relatively stable prices. At the same time, effectively exploiting commercial forms and markets, contributing to the consumption of tens of millions of tons of agricultural products to farmers at reasonable prices in the context of social distancing.
Notably, in 2021, e-commerce will thrive, becoming a new growth engine, making an important contribution to preventing disruptions in the supply chain of goods and promoting exports. State management of competition and protection of consumers’ interests; Market management and trade remedies are concerned, implemented comprehensively and effectively, contributing to protecting and supporting the healthy development of the domestic market and protecting the rights and interests of the nation and people. in the process of international economic integration.
However, the head of the Industry and Trade industry also pointed out that, in addition to the achieved results, there are also some shortcomings, limitations and problems for the Industry and Trade industry that need to be considered and resolved in a straightforward manner. frank, market-oriented and innovative and creative to achieve a stronger and substantive change in the coming time.
8 solutions to achieve goals in 2022
To contribute to the GDP growth rate of the whole country in 2022, the Industry and Trade sector strives to achieve the index of industrial production (IIP) increasing by about 7-8%; Total export turnover is about 6-8% and the trade balance maintains a surplus. Total retail sales of consumer goods and services will increase by about 7-8% compared to 2021. Total electricity produced and imported for the whole system is expected to be about 275.51 billion kWh, up 7.88% compared to 2021. with 2021; Commercial electricity for the whole system in 2022 is expected to be about 245.8 ÷ 250.4 billion kWh, an increase of 7.1 -9.1%.
In order to achieve the set goals in the context of the international and domestic situation, there continue to be unfavorable factors, especially the Covid-19 pandemic, which may still be complicated and unpredictable… Ministry of Industry and Trade determined to continue innovating, improve the quality of work, break through and rise up with 8 solutions. One is, continue to study, thoroughly grasp and organize the serious and effective implementation of the guidelines and policies of the Party and State; Two is, focus on renewing and improving the quality of institutional work of the Party’s views, guidelines and resolutions. Continue to review, amend, supplement and complete inadequate mechanisms and policies, and regulations that are hindering the implementation process; Three is, urgently develop an Action Plan and focus on implementing synchronously, drastically and effectively the tasks assigned in the Master Program on Covid-19 pandemic prevention and control; Socio-economic recovery and development program and Resolutions 01 and 02 of the Government.
Four is, restructuring the Industry and Trade industry on the basis of science and technology, innovation and digital transformation. Promote the development of management skills, transfer of technology, form supply chains of materials, raw materials and industrial clusters, contribute to improving the competitiveness of Vietnamese enterprises and the self-reliance of the economy. country economy.
Delegates attended the online conference to summarize the work in 2021 and deploy the tasks in 2022 of the Industry and Trade sector.
Six is, focusing on synchronously and effectively implementing the effective Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), promoting the diversification of export markets and products, and restructuring export industries effectively. ; improve the quality of goods in the direction of meeting regulations and requirements on environmental standards, product quality and rules of origin of goods and focus on import management.
Seven is, strongly develop domestic trade to effectively exploit the market of nearly 100 million people with a high growth of the middle class. Promote the development of e-commerce to more effectively exploit the strong development of the trend of digitizing the economy…
Eight is, strengthen discipline and discipline, improve the effectiveness and efficiency of direction and administration in association with upholding the responsibility of the leader in implementing tasks.
“The conference is of great significance to the development of the Industry and Trade industry not only in the new year, but also in the term and the next period. From practical activities and work results in each branch, locality, agency, or unit, the delegates focused on exchanging, discussing, and deepening the achieved results, limitations and weaknesses. poor and causes; sharing good experiences, creative and effective ways in implementing tasks; At the same time, analyze and forecast the context of the domestic and international situation, propose tasks and solutions that need to be focused on implementation, helping the Industry and Trade industry complete and successfully complete the proposed goals and tasks. out,” said Minister Nguyen Hong Dien.
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