Outstanding direction and management of the Government and Prime Minister last week

(Baonghean.vn) - The Government's borrowing and debt repayment plan in 2017; Creating maximum conditions for pork export; Adding members to the Price Management Steering Committee; Creating the most favorable conditions to attract businesses to invest in agriculture;... are the outstanding directions and management of the Government and the Prime Minister last week.

1. Government's borrowing and debt repayment plan in 2017

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The Prime Minister approved the Government's borrowing plan for 2017 of VND 342,060 billion, including: Domestic borrowing of VND 243,300 billion and ODA and foreign preferential loans of VND 98,760 billion, of which borrowing for balancing the state budget is VND 316,300 billion (borrowing to cover the deficit is VND 172,300 billion and borrowing to repay principal is VND 144,000 billion); borrowing for re-lending is VND 25,760 billion.

The Prime Minister also approved the Government's debt repayment plan for 2017 of VND 260,150 billion, of which: Direct debt repayment of the Government in 2017 is VND 242,900 billion; debt repayment of re-lending projects is VND 17,250 billion.

Approving the limits guaranteed by the Government and medium- and long-term foreign commercial loans of enterprises and credit institutions in the form of self-borrowing and self-payment in 2017, including: The limit of domestic bond issuance guaranteed by the Government by the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies is a maximum of VND 9,250 billion; the limit of domestic loan guarantees (net capital withdrawals) guaranteed by the Government for key national projects is a maximum of VND 8,000 billion; the limit of foreign commercial loans of enterprises and credit institutions guaranteed by the Government is a maximum of USD 700 million; the limit of foreign commercial loans of enterprises and credit institutions in the form of self-borrowing and self-payment is a maximum of USD 5,500 million; the limit of loans of local authorities is a maximum of VND 23,857 billion...

2. Create maximum conditions for pork export

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Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has just signed Document No. 597/TTg-NN, requesting ministries, branches, and localities to speed up negotiations to find export markets for livestock products, creating maximum conditions for pork exports.

In recent years, our country's livestock industry has developed rapidly, meeting the domestic demand for meat products and gradually expanding into exports with more diversified products, increasingly higher quality, and lower prices; the livestock industry has made a positive contribution to the overall growth of the economy.

However, since the end of 2016 until now, the pig farming industry has developed too rapidly, leading to a huge oversupply and a sharp drop in pork prices, which has directly affected farmers, especially poor farmers, animal feed and veterinary medicine businesses.

To resolve difficulties in the livestock industry, especially pig farming, to help farmers reduce difficulties, stabilize development, and make livestock products competitive in both domestic and international markets, in terms of quality, food safety and price, both short-term and long-term solutions are required.

3. Add members to the Price Management Steering Committee

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According to Decision 690/QD-TTg dated May 11, 2014, the Price Management Steering Committee is responsible for researching and assisting the Prime Minister in reviewing, approving or deciding on major policies and orientations on price management in each period; synchronously implementing policies on prices of important and essential goods and services; deciding on specific price management measures for a number of important and essential goods and services appropriate in each period; and implementing price stabilization measures for important and essential goods and services.

The Steering Committee also assists the Prime Minister in directing ministries, agencies, and provincial and municipal People's Committees to implement state management of prices in accordance with the Government's goals and requirements on controlling inflation and stabilizing the macro-economy in each period; and handling a number of other issues related to price management of a number of important and essential goods and services when assigned by the Prime Minister.

At the same time, the Steering Committee assists the Prime Minister in organizing discussions, seminars, and collecting opinions from experts, scientists, industry associations, organizations, and relevant individuals on policies, solutions, and price management and operation when necessary; surveying and researching domestic and foreign practices within the scope of assigned tasks to improve the capacity and operational efficiency of the Steering Committee.

4. Create the most favorable conditions to attract businesses to invest in agriculture

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The draft Decree on policies to encourage enterprises to invest in agriculture and rural areas needs to inherit the viewpoint of Decree 210/2013/ND-CP, in which priority is given to creating the most favorable conditions for accessing policies, increasing support capital to attract enterprises to invest in agriculture and rural areas such as: encouraging with both incentive mechanisms and support policies, limiting direct support from the state budget.

The announcement clearly stated that, regarding the name of the Decree, it is necessary to reconsider the content of encouraging businesses or developing businesses in agriculture and rural areas; it is necessary to consider and supplement the issue of starting a business in agriculture, in order to increase the value of agricultural production.

Regarding specific content, the Deputy Prime Minister requested to absorb the opinions of ministries and branches and focus on the issue of land accumulation and concentration, which is a major issue that determines the production scale of enterprises and the competitiveness of production scale in the context of globalization. The draft needs to focus on issues of land tax exemption and reduction, public announcement of planning, capital contribution by land use rights or transfer of land use rights... Currently, according to the 2013 Land Law, there is no longer a form of state land allocation with land use fees for land used for agricultural production purposes, so it will be very difficult to have a preferential mechanism on land use fees. Therefore, the Drafting Committee needs to continue reviewing to supplement and adjust to comply with the current Land Law.

5. Teaching foreign languages ​​with no more than 25 students/class

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According to Decree No. 46/2017/ND-CP, foreign language and information technology centers providing educational activities must ensure the following conditions:

1- There is a decision to establish or permit establishment by a competent person specified in Clause 1, Article 47 of Decree 46/2017/ND-CP.

2- There are managers, teachers, and technicians who teach theory and practice and ensure professional qualifications according to regulations; accountants and cashiers who meet the center's operational requirements. The number of teachers must ensure an average ratio of no more than 25 students/1 teacher/class.

3- There are enough classrooms and suitable functional rooms to meet the requirements of the training program; offices for the administrative apparatus according to the organizational structure of the center to serve management and training work. Classrooms have enough light, with a minimum area of ​​1.5 m2/student/class.

4- Have textbooks, documents, and equipment for teaching and learning according to the requirements of the training program; have libraries, laboratories, internships, practice facilities, and other facilities that meet the requirements of the training program and scientific and technological activities.

6. Deputy Prime Minister requests clarification of the abandoned trillion-dollar factory case

Tan Hong pulp factory with an investment capital of thousands of billions of dong has been "shelved" for 7 years.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh requested the Government Inspectorate to check the press's report on the abandoned trillion-dollar factory in Nghe An province.

Previously, on April 24, 2017, Nghe An Electronic Newspaper reported that the Tan Hong Paper Pulp Factory project (in Chi Khe commune, Con Cuong district, Nghe An province) with an investment of thousands of billions, after a short period of operation, has now been abandoned; the factory and machinery have deteriorated due to lack of operation.

Regarding this matter, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh requested the Government Inspectorate to examine the content reported by the press, handle it in accordance with its authority and legal regulations, and report the results to the Prime Minister before May 25, 2017.

7. Conditions for provinces to re-borrow from ODA loan sources

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Specifically, the Provincial People's Committee is allowed to re-borrow from ODA loans and preferential loans when meeting the following conditions:

1- Having a project authorized by a competent authority to mobilize loan capital to carry out socio-economic development investment or a project with a capital contribution from the local budget under the public-private partnership method, belonging to the expenditure task of the local budget, belonging to the local medium-term public investment plan approved by a competent authority according to the provisions of the Law on Public Investment.

2- The project is allocated counterpart funds for implementation in accordance with current regulations.

3- The total outstanding loan balance of the local budget at the time of appraisal of investment policies of programs and projects must not exceed the outstanding loan limit of the local budget as prescribed by the State Budget Law.

4- No Government loan overdue for more than 180 days.

5- The annual debt repayment obligation of the Provincial People's Committee for ODA and preferential loans shall not exceed 10% of the local budget revenue enjoyed according to decentralization at the time of reviewing the loan.

8. Supplementing the List of high technologies prioritized for investment and development

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The list of high technologies prioritized for investment and development includes: Internet of Things (IoT) technology; Virtual Reality technology; Augmented Reality technology; smart radio technology; 3D printing technology.

In addition, the list of high-tech products encouraged for development includes: Modules, equipment, software, IoT integration solutions; software, equipment, solutions, virtualization and cloud computing services; software, equipment, solutions, services for e-government, e-enterprises, e-commerce, e-training, e-advertising; software, equipment, solutions, virtual reality and augmented reality services; information technology system administration services; services for processing, analyzing, and exploiting large databases (Big Data); electronic signature certification services; security assessment and inspection services, network safety and information security;...

The Decision takes effect from June 15, 2017.

9. Deputy Prime Minister requests clarification of some cases of deforestation and forest fires

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Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has asked the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to inspect and clarify issues reported on deforestation and forest fire prevention in some localities.

Previously, the electronic newspaper BNEWS.VN, issue 21/4/2017, had an article "Dien Bien removes obstacles in solving the situation of deforestation and illegal migration in Muong Nhe"; the electronic newspaper VTV.vn, issue 24/4/2017, had an article "Melaleuca forest fire in An Giang: Due to people throwing away cigarette butts", the issue 17/4/2017 had an article: "Quang Nam strengthens forest fire prevention" and the issue 8/4/2017 had an article: "Khanh Hoa: Strengthening forest fire prevention in Khanh Vinh district".

The Deputy Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to examine and clarify the issues reflected in the above articles; at the same time, focus on urging the provinces of Khanh Hoa, An Giang, Quang Nam and other localities to pay attention to forest fire prevention and fighting.

10. SIM cards are only issued at telecommunications service points.

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This is one of the contents of Decree No. 49/2017/ND-CP amending and supplementing Article 15 of Decree No. 25/2011/ND-CP dated April 6, 2011 and Article 30 of Decree No. 174/2013/ND-CP dated November 13, 2013.

According to Decree No. 49/2017/ND-CP, mobile subscriber SIM (a device that has been assigned a specific subscriber number and contains other relevant data and information used for the provision and use of mobile telecommunications services) may only be provided to individuals and organizations at telecommunications service points and after the telecommunications service point has completed the provisions in Clause 4, Article 15 of Decree No. 25/2011/ND-CP.

Telecommunications enterprises licensed to establish networks and provide terrestrial and satellite mobile telecommunications services may only provide mobile telecommunications services to subscribers after completing the review, inspection, and assurance that subscriber information of individuals and organizations in their centralized database has been compared, entered, stored, and managed in accordance with regulations.

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