Vietnam allocated about VND1.15 quadrillion (nearly US$43.8 billion) for development investment in 2025, the highest ever recorded, the Ministry of Finance reported at its year-end review conference held in Hanoi on January 6.

The Ministry of Finance and the finance sector must take the lead in renewing mindset and institutions this year, truly deserving their role as the Government’s key advisory and coordinating body for macroeconomic management, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on January 6.

VOV.VN - Public investment is increasingly viewed as a critical lever for Vietnam’s ambition to achieve double-digit economic growth in the coming period, but experts warn that persistent bottlenecks must be removed for it to become an effective growth driver.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has formally reprimanded 34 ministries, central agencies and local governments for slow disbursement of public investment funds, while demanding urgent acceleration in the final weeks of 2025.

VOV.VN - Vietnam reaffirmed macro-economic stability and moved to accelerate public investment disbursement as a key growth driver amid rising external risks, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh concluded at a monthly Government meeting for November held in Hanoi on December 6.

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.