Vietnam Beverage Company Limited, in collaboration with Thai Beverage Public Company Limited, C asean, and the Sirivadhanabhakdi Foundation, donated essential supplies worth nearly VNĐ300 million to 15 schools in Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình and Quảng Ngãi provinces of Việt Nam.
Hà Nội Metro will collaborate with Xanh SM, VinBus, FGF and V-Green to a seamless door-to-door transport system integrating electric metro lines, taxis, motorbikes and buses.
2025 is set to be a crucial year in Việt Nam’s infrastructure development, as the country prepares for its medium-term public investment plan for the period 2026-30.
A key issue affecting public investment firms is the slow progress in land clearance and capital disbursement. Delays in land clearance, often due to compensation issues and the risk of cost escalation, pose significant challenges.
Ayudhya Public Bank Limited (Krungsri), a member of Japan''s MUFG Group, has proposed to Saigon - Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SHB) that it accelerate the acquisition of the remaining 50 per cent of SHBFinance’s charter capital.
Hà Nội is currently in a critical phase of disbursing public investment, aiming to fully allocate funds to boost capital efficiency, speed up infrastructure development, and strengthen the city’s competitiveness.
The Vietnamese Government has initially planned to allocate more than VNĐ790 trillion (US$31.13 billion) for public investment in 2025, quite a large sum which, if approved, will put significant pressure on disbursement.
Data from the Ministry of Finance showed that as of the end of September this year, ministries, government agencies and local areas had allocated VNĐ664.9 trillion (US$26.7 billion) for public investment.
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on October 8 signed an official dispatch, urging relevant authorities to accelerate the disbursement of public investment in the remaining months of this year.
Việt Nam consistently supports a multilateral trade system, with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at its core, Minister-Counsellor, Deputy Permanent Representative of Việt Nam to the WTO Lê Đình Bá has said.
The Ministry of Transport plans to disburse a sum worth VNĐ75.824 trillion (US$3.03 billion) or 98.5 per cent of the allocated public investment this year, according to the ministry’s Department of Planning and Investment.
To achieve the economic growth target of 7.5 -8 per cent, HCM City''s departments are making efforts to remove bottlenecks in public investment disbursement.