VOV.VN - Vietnam’s public investment disbursement from the State budget witnessed a significant boost in the first half of 2025, reaching an estimated VND268.1 trillion as of June 30, representing approximately 32.5% of the total amount allocated under the plan approved by the Prime Minister.

VOV.VN -Vietnam’s total disbursed social investment capital in the first half of 2025 reached an estimated VND1,591.9 trillion, up 9.8% year-on-year and marking the highest level in five years, the General Statistics Office reported on July 5.

Accelerating public investment disbursement is critical to sustaining Vietnam’s economic momentum and completing 2025 goals.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh urged ministries, sectors, and localities to accelerate the completion of national key projects while chairing a national teleconference on June 22 in Hanoi to review progress in eradicating substandard housing, advancing major transport initiatives, and speeding up public investment disbursement.

VOV.VN - Minister of Finance Nguyen Van Thang outlined key solutions at the National Assembly’s question time in Hanoi on June 19, aimed at promoting business development, enhancing competitiveness, and accelerating public investment to support sustainable economic recovery.

Vietnam’s public investment efforts are gaining significant results, with total capital disbursed from the beginning of 2025 through May 31 estimated at VND199.33 trillion (US$7.65 billion), according to a new report from the Ministry of Finance (MoF).

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, while chairing a Government meeting on public investment in Hanoi on May 20, asked ministries, sectors, and localities to identify bottlenecks and take responsibility for underperformance, in an attempt to accelerate public investment disbursement.

A 40% increase in infrastructure investment that the Vietnamese Government is now planning would add approximately 2 percentage points to Vietnam’s 2025 GDP growth - if the Government manages to hit its disbursement targets this year, according to Michael Kokalari, chief economist at VinaCapital.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 1 signed Directive No. 05/CT-TTg outlining key tasks and breakthrough solutions to drive economic growth and accelerate public investment disbursement, ensuring that Vietnam’s GDP growth reaches at least 8% in 2025.

VOV.VN - Disbursement of foreign investment last year reached about US$25.35 billion, up 9.4% compared to the figures from 2023, recording the highest disbursement level recorded so far, according to the latest data released by the General Statistics Office (GSO).