Legislators look to raise standard of living

09/05/2008 -- 8:33 PM

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese legislators have voiced their concern about how to improve the standard of living for remote communities and ethnic minorities at a time of surging inflation and price hikes. At their working session on May 9, law-makers asked the government to formulate prioritised investment policies to support development in rural and disadvantaged areas. They proposed policies focus on transportation, education, natural disaster mitigation and the allocation of land and housing. The legislators also requested the government not slash investment reserved for socio-economic infrastructure and healthcare in disadvantaged areas. In relation to the government’s solutions to tame inflation, there are still shortcomings in implementing socio-economic targets, including those for industry and shifting plant and livestock structures, the legislators said. They asked the government to take drastic measures to speed up applying its eight groups of solutions to beat inflation and maintain sustainable economic growth. The legislators also called on the government to provide reliable forecasts on the domestic and global economies in addition to macro-development strategies for each ministry, sector and locality to use in the fight against inflation. Later in the day, legislators reviewed outcomes of the implementation of last year’s socio-economic goals and State budget, and the rate of implementation of those tasks in 2008.-Enditem
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