At a working session in Hanoi, Prime Minister emphasized that the heavy tasks and responsibilities for national development in the new period. The Ministry of Industry and Trade must swiftly organize the implementation of the Resolution of the 14th National Party Congress, finetune the institutional framework, and finalize draft laws to be submitted to the 2nd session of the 16th National Assembly.

They include the amended Oil and Gas Law, the Law amending and supplementing several articles of laws related to commerce, the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Electricity Law, the Law on Derivative Commodity Transactions, and the Law on Key Industries.

Prime Minister Hung stressed the need to ensure energy security and a just energy transition. The Ministry of Industry and Trade is responsible for preventing electricity and fuel shortages under all circumstances, he said, it must promptly build national fuel reserves and speed up the use of E10 gasoline.