Public investment in August and the first eight months of this year increased 45.4% and 30.4% year-on-year, respectively, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung urged localities on August 26 to not use Official Development Assistance (ODA) loans next year for projects where funding can be mobilised from the private sector or domestic sources.

VOV.VN - Despite the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam’s inflation for 2020 is projected to fall between 3.5-3.9% to ensure social security and stabilise local people's lives, experts say.

VOV.VN - Sanctions are set to be imposed on localities that fail to meet this year’s public investment disbursement target, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stated on August 21 during an online conference in Hanoi.

Relevant agencies need to take drastic and concerted actions and quickly remove barriers and difficulties to speed up the disbursement of public investment, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung has said.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung held a meeting with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) in Hanoi on August 19 to examine public investment disbursement in the agriculture sector.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 19 asked for effective and feasible solutions to minimise COVID-19-caused losses and recover the economy in both short and medium terms.

With drastic, flexible and timely directions of the Government and the Prime Minister, and the strong support from people, Vietnam has obtained important results in performing the dual tasks of fighting COVID-19 and boosting socio-economic development.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 23 asked the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong to pool all resources in order to bring into full play its development potential.

VOV.VN - The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to take its continued toll on the global economy in the second half of the year, but thanks to the disease brought under control in Vietnam, the national economy is projected to grow by 3.8% in 2020.