State Reserve sector allocates national reserve goods worth over VND752 billion

Improving national reserve potential

The conference held by the General Department of State Reserves on July 20. Photo:T.L

Effectively performing national reserve management

According to the General Department of State Reserves, the General Department is assigned the target of importing 220,000 tons of rice and 40,000 tons of paddy in 2022. As of June 30, the regional State Reserve departments imported 214,000 tons, meeting 97.3% of the plan.

The State Reserve sector conducts bidding through the National Bidding Network System for the first time in 2022, the General Department of State Reserves instructs regional State Reserve departments to conduct a bidding plan to import 40,000 tons of national reserve paddy in the year with the import deadline set for September 15.

In the first six months of the year, the sector has allocated national reserve goods ensuring quantity and quality, with a value of about VND719,123 billion.

The Ministry of Finance has supplied 61,164 tons of rice valued at about VND654,455 billion, including allocating of 13,960 tons of rice for 16 provinces in the Lunar New Year; 7,615 tons of rice for 13 provinces at the beginning of the year; 3,738 tons of rice for three provinces for flood support; 4,431 tons of rice for Reforestation Projects in Thanh Hoa province; 1,869 tons of rice for Covid-19 support in three provinces; and 29,551 tons of rice for 43 provinces in the second semester of the school year 2021-2022.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has supplied goods with a total value of about VND98,461 billion, including 3,274 tons of rice seeds; 90 tons of corn seed; 65 tons of Chlorite 20% chemical; 196 tons of chlorine chemicals 65% min; 30,000 liters of Benkocid disinfectant and 5,000 liters of Han-Iodine chemical.

Deputy Director General of the General Department of State Reserves Pham Vu Anh said that the quantity of issued national reserve goods is consistent with quantity and quality; and is transported in a timely fashion to localities, helping local residents overcome difficulties, stabilize their lives, and the sector perform international tasks.

In the first six months of 2022, the entire sector has performed the quality management of national reserve goods; preserved and protected the goods, said the Deputy Director General.

Ministries and sectors have closely coordinated with the Ministry of Finance in the development of mechanisms, policies and laws in an effective manner.

Disbursing the assigned estimate in 2022

Deputy Director General Pham Vu Anh said that in the first half of 2022, the General Department has coordinated with ministries and sectors to build mechanisms and policies on national reserve goods, including the development of national technical regulations, economic and technical norms of national reserve goods as a basis for management and administration.

The General Department has also coordinated with the Ministry of Planning and Investment and other ministries and sectors in developing the draft Strategy for national reserve development for 2021-2022; built a circular to submit to the Ministry of Finance for promulgation of a Circular amending Circular 160/2015/TT-BTC, 161/2015/TT-BTC; and issued national technical regulations for boats (ships).

To accomplish the tasks of 2022, the sector’s units will focus on developing and submitting to the Prime Minister for approval the Master plan of the national reserve warehouse system to 2030, with a vision to 2050; complete intra-sector projects; review the list of national reserve goods, detect obstacles to report to the Ministry of Finance and competent authorities for timely amendment and supplementation; strive to fulfill the target assigned by the Prime Minister; disburse the assigned estimate in 2022 and previous years.

The General Department actively cooperates with relevant ministries, sectors, agencies and localities to submit to competent authorities to decide on the export of national reserve goods for support to localities affected by natural disasters, storms, floods, droughts, crop failures, epidemic control, ensuring national security and other tasks.

The General Department will expedite the development and submission of national norms, standards and techniques as a basis for the quality management of the national reserve products, and build estimates and funds for the preservation, import and export of the products.