VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasised the need for openness, transparency and optimisation in selecting investment options, particularly for the North–South high-speed railway project, while chairing a Government meeting on December 23.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho is looking to expand comprehensive cooperation with Canada, emphasising the importance of international assistance alongside its own resources and expressing hopes for further joint programmes and projects in trade and economic development.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is paying an official visit to Kuwait from November 16 to 18, marking the first to Kuwait by a Vietnamese PM in 16 years, and coming ahead of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries (January 1976 – January 2026).

The People’s Committee of Quang Tri province, in cooperation with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), on October 28 broke ground on a social protection and rehabilitation centre for persons with disabilities (PWD) in Nam Dong Ha ward.

Localities have called for continued support from the Government and the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to settle procedural and institutional challenges hindering the speed of ODA disbursement in 2025.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) on September 26 held a workshop in Hanoi to introduce Decree 242/2025/ND-CP, a newly issued regulation aimed at improving the management and use of official development assistance (ODA) and foreign preferential loans.

The People’s Committee of Can Tho city on September 24 hosted a working session with a delegation of enterprises from the Republic of Korea (RoK) who came to seek cooperation and investment opportunities in the Mekong Delta hub.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the US on September 15 held a ceremony at Bien Hoa Airport in northern Dong Nai province to hand over six hectares of detoxified land, launch the construction of a dioxin treatment plan, and sign an agreement on additional ODA funding to support projects improving the quality of life for people with disabilities in priority provinces.

Vietnam expects to mobilise around US$370 million in official development assistance (ODA) and foreign concessional loans in the last four months of 2025, according to the Ministry of Finance.

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.