(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed an official dispatch on Saturday, calling for intensified implementation of key tasks and measures to achieve Vietnam’s 2026 economic growth targets.
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2026 is the first year of the 2026–2030 five-year socio-economic development plan and the start of a new development phase.
The Ministry of Finance is tasked with leading the formulation of the Government’s action program to implement the Resolution of the 14th National Party Congress, with a target of increasing state budget revenue at least 10% in 2026 compared with 2025. The Ministry is also assigned to outline measures to develop a stable, safe stock market and corporate bond market as effective channels for mobilizing medium- and long-term capital.
The State Bank of Vietnam is directed to pursue active and flexible monetary policy and to expedite studies on establishing a national gold trading exchange.
On investment, the Ministry of Finance, in coordination with relevant ministries, agencies and localities, is tasked with consolidating budget estimates and finalizing 2026 capital plans for national target programs. The dispatch also calls for intensified efforts to attract large-scale, high-technology foreign direct investment and to encourage multinational corporations and strategic investors to prioritize projects in semiconductors, artificial intelligence and digital technologies in Vietnam.
On exports, the government seeks to strengthen trade promotion, diversify export markets, build high-quality Vietnamese brands, and make effective use of the country’s 17 free trade agreements, while pursuing new accords with partners in Latin America, the Middle East and Pakistan and expanding access to emerging markets.
The dispatch also stresses the need to resolve obstacles in combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, with the aim of securing the lifting of the European Commission’s “yellow card” by April 2026.