At the national online conference between the Government and local authorities held on July 3, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stressed that Vietnam’s socio-economic situation has shown steady improvement in the first half of 2025.
The system also includes a mechanism that allows for the deployment of new ideas, technologies, and policies in a controlled environment for evaluation before widespread application.
Under the Government’s Decree No. 168/2025/ND-CP that took effect on July 1, the Business Registration Agency and other agencies are forbidden to cause trouble for organizations and individuals while receiving dossiers and handling business registration procedures.
The disbursement rate was only 4.6% in the first four months of 2025, significantly lower than the national average disbursement rate for public investment of approximately 8% during the first quarter.
Efforts to establish a paperless government will require all leaders, officials, and civil servants at all levels to handle work entirely online and use digital signatures, with a deadline of June 30, 2025.
At a Government meeting on law-making on April 13, PM Pham Minh Chinh asks for removal of all institutional obstacles and difficulties to serve national development.
At the plenum held between April 10-12, the Party Central Committee reached agreement on proposals concerning the continued restructuring of the political system’s organizational apparatus, rearranging administrative units and organizing local administrations with provincial and communal levels.
Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc, Special Envoy of General Secretary To Lam, met with US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent on April 10 as part of the former's working visit to the US.
After a strong GDP growth of 7.1 per cent in 2024, Vietnam's economic expansion is expected to moderate to 6.6 per cent in 2025 and further ease to 6.5 per cent in 2026.
The event, taking place between April 14-17, will be the largest multilateral high-level summit on green growth that Vietnam will host during the 2021-2026 period.
