The Government ordered the State Bank of Vietnam to continue to run a proactive, flexible and prudent monetary policy to create favorable conditions and meet credit demand for manufacturing and business activities; the Ministry of Industry and Trade to focus on instructing and resolving difficulties and entanglements in industrial manufacturing development. Provinces are ordered to have solutions to prepare supply of essential goods for people, especially people in remote and rural areas, border and island regions and areas affected by natural disasters and floods in order to ensure no increase in prices of food and foodstuffs. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is instructed to collaborate with the Ministry of Industry and Trade to have solutions to stabilize the price of pork at year’s end, not to let a shortage of pork happen, causing hikes in prices. The Government also asked the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs to do well social welfare policy … [Read more...] about PM instructs preparation for upcoming festive season
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Indonesian security minister stabbed by man with knife
Hanoi (VNA) - A man using a knife attacked Indonesian Chief Security Minister Wiranto on October 10 when he was visiting Pandeglang city in Banten province on the island of Java. Images from police and television showed the minister was getting out of a car before he was attacked by the man allegedly "exposed to IS radicalism". National police spokesman Dedi Prasetyo confirmed the incident and told media that a man and a woman had been arrested and an officer had been hurt. Berkah Hospital spokesman Firmansyah said the minister, who is a former military general, suffered "two deep wounds", but was conscious and in stable condition, adding that he would be rushed to the capital Jakarta and may need surgery, AFP reported./. VNA … [Read more...] about Indonesian security minister stabbed by man with knife