According to the notice, the Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee emphasized that fuel is a strategic commodity that directly affects production and business activities, people's daily lives and the capital's economic growth targets. Therefore, ensuring a stable fuel supply under all circumstances is an important task that departments, agencies and local authorities must implement proactively, decisively, synchronously and in a timely manner.
The Chairman requested that agencies and units closely follow the directives of the Government, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Hanoi People's Committee, continue implementing issued solutions effectively and improve forecasting and market management capacity.
The Department of Industry and Trade will take the lead, in coordination with relevant departments, agencies and People's Committees of communes and wards, to closely monitor developments in domestic and international fuel markets and proactively advise the Hanoi People's Committee on management solutions to ensure stable fuel supply in all situations.
The department is required to urgently develop a fuel supply assurance plan that clearly defines response scenarios when the market experiences major fluctuations in supply and prices, and ensures fuel supply for the city's key construction projects currently under implementation and for public utility services such as public transport, water supply and drainage and environmental sanitation.
The Hanoi Market Surveillance Department is instructed to strengthen inspection and supervision and closely monitor fuel market developments across the city, promptly detect and strictly handle violations in fuel trading activities, especially hoarding, supply manipulation and profiteering that could destabilize the market.
Authorities must proactively compile and assess difficulties and obstacles in fuel trading activities across the city and promptly report to the Hanoi People's Committee and the Ministry of Industry and Trade to ensure appropriate regulatory measures.
The Department of Finance will take the lead, in coordination with the Department of Industry and Trade, to monitor and assess the impact of fuel price fluctuations on the market and socio-economic activities in the city, and proactively advise the Hanoi People's Committee on market stabilization measures and support for businesses and public service units heavily affected by fuel price fluctuations.
The city tax authority will strengthen the inspection and cross-checking of electronic retail fuel invoices with import volumes and enterprise inventories in order to promptly detect abnormal sales volumes, hoarding behavior or tax fraud and strictly handle violations in accordance with regulations.
The Department of Science and Technology will coordinate with relevant units to strengthen inspections on compliance with regulations on standards, measurement and quality of gasoline, diesel and liquefied petroleum gas circulating in the market and promptly detect and handle cases of fuel mixing or trading fuel that does not meet quality standards.
The Hanoi Department of Public Security will direct professional units and police at commune and ward levels to strengthen monitoring of fuel trading activities, promptly detect and handle speculation, hoarding, market manipulation or dissemination of false information causing market instability, and ensure security, order and fire prevention and fighting at fuel trading facilities.
The Department of Culture and Sports will coordinate with the Department of Industry and Trade and media agencies in the city to strengthen communication and public information on fuel supply conditions and government management policies, promptly provide accurate information and guide public opinion in order to stabilize public sentiment and the market.
People's Committees of communes and wards will strengthen local management, coordinate with market surveillance forces and relevant authorities to closely monitor fuel trading activities, promptly detect and report cases of sales suspension, limited sales or abnormal signs of fuel supply in their areas, and coordinate with the Department of Culture and Sports and the Department of Industry and Trade on communication and public information activities in their localities.