A key measure to effective public investment disbursement is to promote investment with focuses, with priority given to regional linkage projects to create new socio-economic development spaces for localities, said Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Tran Van Son at a regular Cabinet press conference on March 3.

VOV.VN - Accelerating the disbursement of public investment can be considered one of the key political tasks of the Government this year following slow progress made in the work last year.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous and larget economic centre in Vietnam, aims to achieve Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) growth of 7.5 – 8% in 2023 – a target which is equivalent to the figure recorded in previous years but lower than 2022’s gains.

A total of VND285.4 trillion (US$12.18 billion) sourced from the State budget was disbursed in the first eight months of 2022, equal to 51% of the yearly plan and up 16.9% year-on-year.

VOV.VN - The initial six months of the year saw public investment disbursement only met 27.86% of the annual plan, a figure even lower than the 29.02% recorded in the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Government has established six working groups as it seeks to accelerate the disbursement of public investment in a bid to provide fresh impetus to post-pandemic economic growth.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 12 signed a dispatch urging the drastic and effective implementation of the socio-economic recovery and development programme as well as the acceleration of the disbursement of public investment.

The public investment disbursed in 2021 has reached 77.3% of the target set by the Prime Minister, lower than the rate of 82.66% recorded last year, according to the Ministry of Finance (MoF).

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has asked ministries, sectors and localities to strictly follow the direction of the Government and the Prime Minister to achieve the highest disbursement rate in the remaining time of 2021 while ensuring the effectiveness of public investment projects.

VOV.VN - The Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) has revised two scenarios for the Vietnamese economy by the end of the year, with the GDP rate forecast to expand by 5.9% and 6.2%, respectively.