For Vietnam to realise its aspiration for reaching high income status by 2045, the country will need to shift its economic growth model and sharply improve the government’s capacity to coordinate and implement economic policy reforms and public investments, a World Bank Group report says.

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.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 2 signed a decision to establish six working groups to accelerate the disbursement of public investment capital at ministries, centrally-run agencies and localities.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is likely to face numerous difficulties and challenges in the coming months that will slow down its socio-economic recovery, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and other senior Party and State leaders agreed at a meeting on March 10.

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 National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee will hold its 7th session in Hanoi on January 18 and 19, according to the NA Office.

National Assembly (NA) deputies continued an online debate on January 10 on amendments and supplements to the Law on Public Investment, the Law on Public-Private Partnership, the Law on Investment, the Bidding Law, the Electricity Law, the Enterprise Law, and the Law on Special Consumption Tax.

The total social investment capital disbursed in 2021 was estimated at nearly VND2,892 trillion (US$126.5 billion), up 3.2 % annually, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VOV.VN - With a high rate of vaccine coverage nationwide in late 2021 coupled with a rapid rollout, the Vietnamese economy is forecast to make a strong recovery with bright and optimistic signals ahead, according to economic experts.

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).