THE PRIME MINISTER

Directive No. 25/CT-TTg dated August 13, 2014 of the Prime Minister on superintending to perform financial tasks – Budget 2014
In the first seven months of 2014, ministries, sectors and localities have actively implemented the Resolutions of the Party, National Assembly and Government on superintending to perform the socioeconomic development plan and estimation for state budget 2014. With these efforts, the socioeconomic status has achieved positive results in most fields. However, our economy still faces many difficulties and challenges. The recovery of business production is slow. Enterprises face many difficulties; the number of bankruptcy enterprises is high; the enterprises also find hard to be access to credit capital; the growth of credit capital is low; natural disasters, epidemics, climate change happen seriously. Especially, China’s illegal installation of the oil rig HD 981 in Viet Nam's exclusive economic zone and continental shelf in recent times violated the international laws, breaks the declaration on conduct of parties in the South China Sea (DOC) and agreements between senior leaders of the two countries and causes bad influences on Vietnam economy, including revenue and expenditure of state budget. Besides, correction of existing weakness in managing the state budget (distribution, allocation, waste, inefficiency…) has achieved some positive results, but it is still slow.
In order to deal with these difficulties and challenges and contribute to fulfill the financial – budget tasks 2014, actively meet urgent requirements, tasks on national defense, security and protection of the East Sea, the Prime Minister requests ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, governmental agencies, other agencies at the Central (hereinafter referred as ministries, agencies), the chairpersons of the People’s Committee in municipal cities and provinces, under assigned functions, tasks, on initiative, follow closely the contents stated under the Resolutions of the National Assembly, the Government, directions of the Prime Minister, be active in directing for synchronous, drastic and effective implementation of mentioned tasks, solutions, of which, concentrating on carrying out the main contents as follows: