(VOV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked ministries, sectors and localities to assure sufficient supply of goods, food security and hygiene and social order for the upcoming Lunar New Year.

In his telegraph of direction, the Prime Minister asked provinces to assure an adequate supply of essential goods before and after Tet, especially in remote and border areas, and strictly punish cases of price gorging. He also asked Ministries, sectors and localities to implement Party and State policies on caring for poor households and ethnic minority people and called for more support to help them enjoy a happy new year.