Vietnam must strive to achieve at least 8% economic growth this year or even higher, laying a foundation for double-digit growth from 2026, wrote Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in his New Year's Day article.

On the occasion of the New Year 2025, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has written an article stressing the importance of innovation, creativity, acceleration, and breakthroughs to lead Vietnam steadily into a new era – the era of rising up for strong, civilised and prosperous development of the Vietnamese nation.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested reviewing and improving mechanisms and policies to accelerate and create breakthroughs in shaping ecological farming, modern rural areas, and civilized farmers, during a dialogue with farmers nationwide on December 31.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 31 held a dialogue with farmers nationwide, listening to recommendations of farmers, cooperatives, experts, scientists, and businesses to effectively implement the Party’s guidelines and the State’s policies on agriculture and rural development.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a working session with the Ministry of National Defence and the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) in Hanoi on December 30 to review their apparatus reorganisation.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has showed his confidence that the Vietnam visit by Lao Deputy Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith will obtain positive results as a contribution to fostering the Vietnam-Laos great relationship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation.

A delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs led by its Deputy Minister Le Thi Thu Hang paid a working visit to Cambodia from December 26-29.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has emphasized that foreign affairs achievements in 2024 have elevated Vietnam’s international stature and laid a strong foundation for the nation to confidently step into a new era of national advancement.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested linking organizational downsizing with improving the quality of civil servants, public employees, and officials, to ensure government agencies operate effectively, efficiently, and with capable personnel.

VOV.VN - To achieve the goal of becoming a developed and high-income country by 2045, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung has stated that Vietnam must achieve double-digit growth over the next 20 years, starting in 2025.