PM outlines targets to ensure social equity, inclusive financial access
(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has emphasized the need to develop credit institutions in disadvantaged, remote, border, and island areas, while encouraging cooperatives and household businesses to adopt digital and green transformations to foster habitual use of banking and financial services.
 PM Pham Minh Chinh addresses a meeting of the National Steering Committee on Inclusive Finance, Hanoi, February 24, 2026. (Photo: VNA) |
At a meeting of the National Steering Committee on Inclusive Finance in Hanoi on Tuesday, he outlined key targets: at least 95% of people aged 15 and above holding an account at banks or authorized financial institutions; non-cash payments reaching 30 times GDP; and at least 30% of adults with savings at financial institutions.
Other goals include at least 300,000 small and medium-sized enterprises accessing loans, and credit for agriculture and rural development reaching 25% of total economic credit.
The ultimate goal is to ensure social progress and equity, providing equal access for vulnerable groups and leaving no one behind, PM Chinh said, adding that priority should be given to residents in remote areas, the poor and near-poor, low-income groups, students, SMEs, and cooperatives.
“Strategic infrastructure development must be comprehensive, inclusive, and aligned with the needs of beneficiaries,” he noted.