PM Pham Minh Chinh urged full disbursement of public investment this year, calling on leaders to take responsibility and enhance oversight for the people’s happiness.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed an official dispatch on September 21, outlining key tasks and solutions to speed up public investment disbursement this year.

Vietnam’s public investment disbursement reached 409.17 trillion VND (15.49 billion USD) by August 31, equal to 39.9% of the annual plan and 46.3% of the Prime Minister’s target, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) reported.

Accelerating public investment disbursement is critical to sustaining Vietnam’s economic momentum and completing 2025 goals.

Faced with repeated government criticism, HCMC sets firm June capital targets.

While chairing an online national conference on boosting public investment as a key driver of economic growth in 2025 on May 20, PM Chinh stressed the need to revitalise traditional growth engines - investment, consumption, and exports.

According to the Ministry of Finance’s report, the total state budget investment capital plan for 2025 allocated to 16 units under the task force exceeds 253.25 trillion VND (9.75 billion USD).

The Vicem Operations Center, Hoi Xuan Hydropower, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Headquarters, and Subproject 2 (Lim - Pha Lai) are all large-scale investments worth several trillion dong but have been prolonged for years with little progress.

The Chairman of Can Tho City People's Committee has provided updates on the Can Tho Oncology Hospital project - a billion-dollar construction that has remained idle for years.

Dozens of major projects remain suspended or delayed, wasting resources and worsening infrastructure woes.

Inspections reveal that in 2014, the Minister of Health and the Major Healthcare Projects Management Board “seriously violated regulations on bidding to deliberately pick a pre-selected foreign consultant."

Nguyen Thi Kim Tien designated VK Company as the lead consultant for two hospital megaprojects prior to contractor selection, violating bidding regulations.

For two decades, the Yen Vien – Pha Lai - Ha Long – Cai Lan railway project, capitalized at VND7.665 billion, remains unfinished, and today needs an additional investment of about VND700 billion to resume.

Former ministers, deputy ministers, and project directors to be reviewed and disciplined for wrongdoing tied to major hospital construction.

19 ministries and 28 provinces face scrutiny as public investment disbursement falls behind national targets in early 2025.

Two major hospital branches remain unused after over a decade, with more than half the funding already spent and significant losses mounting.

The Ministry of Construction seeks to use surplus funds to support 11 transport projects at risk of collapse due to policy and revenue issues.

An official audit uncovers widespread delays, planning violations, and wasted resources tied to urban projects in HCMC.

Government issues guidance for resolving legal barriers to projects in Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, and Khanh Hoa.