Addressing the Government’s regular meeting for January in Hanoi on Wednesday, Prime Minister Phuc stressed the need for strong measures to concurrently ensure growth and combat the nCoV. He said: “As quick response teams have been set up to cope with the nCoV, similar teams in terms of economy, finance and production should also be established to respond to economic growth slowdown. Strong efforts should be made to overcome difficulties to drive the Vietnamese economy forward to offset reduction due to epidemic and meet people’s expectation.”

The Prime Minister requested sectors and localities to keep working to ensure macro-stability and major economic balances and promote production and production activities. During the one-day meeting, Government members discussed ways to combat the nCoV and achieve socio-economic development targets at the same time.