Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support Vietnam in carrying out large-scale infrastructure projects that could help reshape the country’s development trajectory.

A series of key infrastructure projects will commence or be inaugurated in Hue to mark the 50th anniversary of the central city’s liberation (March 26) and the 95th anniversary of its Party Organisation (April 1930-2025), local authorities announced on March 17.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called for the World Bank (WB)'s continued support and concessional loans targeting key infrastructure projects, including high-speed and urban rail systems, major seaports and airports.

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will continue supporting Vietnam in implementing green infrastructure projects towards the core goals of sustainability, innovation and connectivity, the bank's President Jin Liqun told Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Thi Hong in Hanoi on July 15.

Ho Chi Minh City has accelerated a series of key infrastructure projects to put them into operation soon.

VOV.VN - The government has proposed using more than VND63 trillion from contingency fund of the 2021-2025 public investment sourced from the 2022 increased budget revenue for development projects, with most of the amount to go to modern infrastructure projects.

VOV.VN - Vietnam expects to get the World Bank’s loans with low interest rates for key, large-scale infrastructure projects, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh made a proposal at a reception in Hanoi on November 14 for Manuela Ferro, vice president for East Asia and Pacific at the World Bank.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested Japan grant new generation official development assistance (ODA) to Vietnam’s large-scale strategic infrastructure development projects such as roads and railways.

Vietnam's increased demand for infrastructure development in the coming years requires governmental policies that encourage the private sector's participation, said economists and policymakers.

Many foreign investors have expressed their interest in railway projects of Vietnam amid the Ministry of Transport (MoT)’s efforts to attract private and foreign investment in railway infrastructure, an official of the Vietnam Railway Authority (VNRA) has said.