(VOVworld) - It is imperative to focus on alleviating business difficulties and stimulating agricultural and industrial and service growth in order to achieve the 5.8% economic growth rate set for this year. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung stressed the need at a monthly cabinet meeting in Hanoi on Thursday which reviewed socio-economic performance in August and since the beginning of the year.
In his closing speech, Prime Minister Dung said the Ministry of Planning and Investment report showed that the reviewed period saw continued socio-economic recovery, stable social welfare, and positive changes and improvements in all economic sectors. He added that export growth had been maintained with trade surplus while inflation was controlled at a low level and market prices remained stable.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung applauded the joint efforts by ministries, sectors and localities to stabilize the macro-economy towards this year’s growth target of 5.8%. 12 out of 14 targets set for 2014 were fulfilled or exceeded. The Government leader urged all sectors to do their utmost to reach all the set targets, thus providing a solid underpinning for ensuring year-on-year growth. He asked ministries, sectors, and localities to apply a number of solutions to enhance national defense power, ensure political security and social order, and concentrate on accelerating external and international integration activities, contributing to protecting national sovereignty and promoting Vietnam’s position on the international arena.