This remark was made by Vice Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Thi Thang at a seminar to review 20 years of the market stabilisation programme’s implementation and discuss solutions to improve the effectiveness of the programme in Ho Chi Minh City, the event held by Ho Chi Minh City Department of Industry and Trade coordinated with units, on October 21.
At the seminar, the delegates assessed the impact of the market stabilisation programme on the city's tasks, economic indicators, and great balances over the past time; as well as sharing their experiences in implementing the programme over the years.
Representatives from manufacturing and distribution enterprises raised their needs, benefits as well as difficulties and problems as participants in the programme; assessing the current situation of regional linkages in the Ho Chi Minh City and the current supply chain of agricultural products; and suggesting solutions to promote regional linkages and building the supply chains of agricultural products.
Representatives of manufacturing enterprises also proposed solutions to improve the efficiency of trade cooperation and regional linkages between localities, especially solutions regarding coordinating and supporting enterprises in investment, developing production and distribution systems, and material areas.
They also proposed solutions to improve the effectiveness of the programme, contributing ideas to form a Regulation on programme implementation in the coming time.
Speaking at the seminar, Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Thi Thang said that the city wishes to promote the role of businesses and mobilise market resources to stabilise the market. The opinions of the delegates at the seminar will make an important contribution to the finalisation of the final report and orientation, solutions for implementation as well as shaping the city's market stabilisation programme in the future.