On January 27, the Ministry of Industry and Trade held a meeting to implement Decision 2213/QD-TTg 31/12/2009 of the Prime Minister on amending and supplementing some articles of the Decision 497/QD-TTg dated April 17, 2009 on the interest rate support to purchase machinery, equipment and materials for agricultural production and building materials in rural areas. Deputy Minister Nguyen Cam Tu chaired the meeting. Also attending were representatives of the Department for Domestic Market, Heavy industry, Planning, Department of Chemicals and Market Management Department.

To implement Decision 2213/QD-TTg and 497/QD-TTg, related Affairs and Departments have been meeting to discuss the implementation and ensure effective implementation of policies. The main content of the meeting discussed the implementation of paragraph 6, Article 1 of Decision 2213/QD-TTg on directing enterprises notice the address of sales, agent systems to create favourable conditions for people to access the source of goods; organizing the inspection and the control of supply of goods which is enjoyed the interest rate support policy, to ensure proper quality and price. (Translated by Hong Chau -News from Domestic Market department)