VOV.VN - Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Bình and Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha held a working session on November 27 with representatives of several ministries and five firms expressing interest in the North–South high-speed railway project.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on ministries and localities to accelerate public investment and fully disburse funds this year to help achieve this year’s growth target of at least 8% and lay the groundwork for the next era.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called for the full disbursement of 2025 public investment, while underlining the need to improve investment quality, prevent corruption and waste, and ensure public investment serves as a driver of growth, job creation, livelihoods, and improved living standards.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 11 signed an official dispatch, urging ministries, agencies, and localities to step up the disbursement of public investment capital this year.

To meet the 2025 target of fully disbursing the capital plan assigned by the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister Mai Van Chinh has urged relevant ministries and agencies to redouble their efforts, ensuring effective implementation of tasks and solutions set out in the Government's resolutions and the PM’s directions.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s economic powerhouse, reported robust gains in industry, services, and foreign investment in the first eight months, but officials warned that sluggish public investment is threatening its 8.5% growth target.

Vietnam’s public investment disbursement reached VND409.17 trillion (US$15.49 billion) by August 31, equal to 39.9% of the annual plan and 46.3% of the Prime Minister’s target, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) reported.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has established eight working groups to remove difficulties related to production, business, infrastructure construction, and imports and exports, as well as promote growth and accelerate disbursement of public investment capital.

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.

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