Agriculture ministry criticized for pork price upsurge
Agriculture ministry criticized for pork price upsurge
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s leadership should evaluate and learn from its shortcomings and be held accountable for delays in reporting the potential shortage of pork and the pork price hike to the Government.
Based on Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue’s directives, released by the Government Office, on pork prices and price stabilization efforts for the rest of the year, Hue asked the ministry to promptly report on the pork price issue, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported.
Also, Deputy PM Hue, head of the Government’s Steering Committee for Price Management, criticized the ministry and asked it to learn from its mistakes in making a late report and to fulfill all tasks assigned by the prime minister.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has to bear full responsibility for the lack of pork and price upsurge that have negatively affected residents’ daily lives and the country’s macroeconomic growth, stated Deputy PM Hue.
Earlier at a meeting, Deputy PM Hue had told the ministry to recalculate the supply and demand of pork and to consider importing pork to ensure an adequate pork supply.
However, the prices of pork are continuing to rise, while the country faces a possible undersupply of pork, and the pork import plan has yet to be clearly mapped out.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade had earlier announced that the pork shortage for the rest of the year could be larger than the forecast shortage of some 200,000 tons of pork.
