National Assembly delegates recommend early remedies and lessons learned in petroleum management

Continuing the program of the 4th Session of the 15th National Assembly, this morning (October 27), the National Assembly discussed in the hall the results of the implementation of the socio-economic development plan in 2022; the expected socio-economic development plan in 2023.

Speaking at the meeting, delegate Nguyen Thi Kim Be - National Assembly Delegation of Kien Giang province said that recently, the situation of gasoline shortage in our country, especially in the Southern region, has shown the confusion in the management and handling of this situation of the relevant ministries and branches in their responsibility of State management. From the regulation of correct and sufficient calculation of gasoline prices, tosupply regulation of key enterprisesTo promptly handle the shortage as in the recent past has made people and businesses angry.

Delegate Nguyen Thi Kim Be - National Assembly Delegation of Kien Giang province.

The above problems have caused difficulties for people and businesses in their lives, affecting production and business. Currently, this phenomenon still occurs locally in some localities and has not been completely resolved. Delegates proposed to quickly overcome this situation to stabilize the situation.

Also concerned about this issue, delegate To Ai Vang - National Assembly Delegation of Soc Trang province said that to overcome the local shortage of gasoline, the Government needs to direct the Ministry of Industry and Trade to coordinate with ministries and branches to study basic prices close to reality, ensuring the harmony of interests of wholesale traders and distributors, retail businesses and people. In particular, it is also necessary to increase gasoline distribution output to ensure consumption demand at the end of 2022 and early 2023.

Delegate To Ai Vang - National Assembly Delegation of Soc Trang province.

Also interested in this content, delegate Tran Hoang Ngan - Ho Chi Minh City National Assembly Delegation commented that recently, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has actively taken action to resolve the disruption of the petroleum supply chain, but still needs to quickly overcome and draw lessons to avoid similar situations in the future.

Delegate Tran Hoang Ngan also suggested: "It is necessary to consider shortening the time to adjust gasoline prices. The issue of gasoline prices in the coming time may continue to develop complicatedly. The National Assembly needs to authorize the National Assembly Standing Committee to consider and decide to cut taxes and fees related to gasoline such as value added tax and special consumption tax to control inflation as quickly as possible."

Giving opinions on the results of the implementation of the 2022 socio-economic development plan; the expected 2023 socio-economic development plan, delegate Tran Hoang Ngan also mentioned ensuring macroeconomic stability, preventing and fighting inflation, restructuring state-owned enterprises, and supporting interest rates for enterprises to ensure production and business...

Delegate Tran Hoang Ngan - Delegation of National Assembly of Ho Chi Minh City.

Accordingly, delegate Tran Hoang Ngan proposed solutions including restructuring, arranging, and innovating state-owned enterprises and public service units that have not met requirements. In the coming time, it is necessary to strongly promote the restructuring of corporations, general corporations, and state-owned enterprises, quickly handle ineffective enterprises, further promote the role of corporations, general corporations, and state-owned enterprises, aiming at large national projects and works, especially investing in the foundation industries of materials industry, metallurgy industry, and mechanics.

In addition, production and business activities for some industries and sectors still face many difficulties in terms of capital, exchange rates, labor, taxes and fees. In the recent past, when implementing Resolution 43, there were many favorable implementation packages, but there were also unfavorable packages, specifically the interest rate support package for enterprises, cooperatives and business households.

Therefore, delegate Tran Hoang Ngan suggested that the National Assembly and the Government consider the undisbursed interest rate support source to support tax, fee, and charge exemption and reduction, and extend the time for tax and land rent payment for businesses in difficult circumstances. This will help many businesses, cooperatives and business households.

Although the attraction of foreign investment capital is still increasing, it is facing difficulties in technology transfer and linkage between the FDI sector and the domestic economic sector. Therefore, according to delegate Tran Hoang Ngan, in the coming time, we need to be more cautious in attracting FDI, not for growth or local achievements but massively granting licenses because it can affect national security, security, energy and the environment. Priority should be given to projects with advanced technology, well linked with the domestic economy, and the Law on Supporting Technology should be promulgated soon to increase the localization rate for products manufactured from FDI projects as well as export items./.