This content is stated in Official Dispatch No. 25/CD-TTg on strengthening management solutions, stabilizing prices of fuel, raw materials, and construction materials; removing difficulties and obstacles, accelerating site clearance progress, and constructing important national projects and key transport sector projects.
In the telegram, the Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and cities are assigned to urgently direct specialized agencies to strengthen inspection and supervision of compliance with the law on prices.
Resolutely handle strictly, fight against phenomena of speculation, hoarding goods, inflating prices, market manipulation or taking advantage of market fluctuations to increase prices unreasonably or report inaccurate information causing market information chaos.
Review and synthesize the demand for raw materials and construction fuels, prioritize ensuring supply for key national projects and urgent civil works; review the reserves of common mineral and construction material mines to accelerate licensing operations and increase exploitation capacity.
For materials with abnormal fluctuations due to risks from fuel prices, it is necessary to announce material prices and construction price indexes monthly or sooner (if necessary) so that units have a basis for preparing and adjusting estimates, meeting the requirements of construction contract management.
The telegram also requests not to let the situation of announcing construction material prices, construction price indexes slowly or not reflecting the market price level correctly occur, affecting the implementation of construction investment projects and generating negativity.
The Ministry of Construction is responsible for urging and closely coordinating with localities to closely monitor the developments of the construction material market nationwide, especially the main types of materials serving key projects.
Proactively urge localities to review and rectify the work of announcing prices of materials, labor, construction machinery, and construction price indexes in accordance with regulations; promptly grasp difficulties and obstacles to guide and remove them.
Continue to closely coordinate with localities, investors and relevant ministries and sectors to remove difficulties and obstacles in site clearance and construction materials.
The Ministry of Public Security shall preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies to investigate and strictly handle organizations and individuals with acts of market manipulation, hoarding goods, inflating prices, speculation for profit in the production and trading of raw materials, fuels, and construction materials, and acts of covering up, protecting, corruption, and turning a blind eye to the recurrence of violations, failing to thoroughly handle collectives and individuals who violate the law.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment urgently reviews and removes obstacles in mechanisms and procedures in licensing exploration and exploitation of minerals for ordinary construction materials.
Early complete the adjustment of mineral planning; coordinate with the Ministry of Construction to direct, urge, and guide localities to accelerate licensing procedures and increase mine capacity according to specific mechanisms issued by the Government and the National Assembly.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade directs functional market management agencies to strengthen inspection, promptly detect and handle acts of speculation, hoarding goods, unreasonable price increases of construction materials; thoroughly handle construction materials of unknown origin, counterfeit goods, fake goods, and poor quality goods.
