The meeting, held in hybrid format connecting 34 cities and provinces, was also attended by General Secretary and State President To Lam, Prime Minister Le Minh Hung, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, and Standing Member of the Party Central Committee Secretariat Tran Cam Tu.
Prime Minister Hung said the Government's and local authorities' prompt and decisive policy responses have sustained strong socio-economic momentum in the first half of the year, with each quarter outperforming the previous one.
The Prime Minister said: "We need to see whether the results we have achieved have fully reflected our potential and make the best use of our resources; and whether we have done our utmost to implement our tasks and solutions during the first six months of the year."
"We also need to identify the priorities for the second half of the year to achieve double-digit growth while maintaining macroeconomic stability, unlocking resources of the State, society, and domestic and foreign sources, and promoting new growth drivers, particularly science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation," said Mr. Hung
Minister of Finance Ngo Van Tuan said that Vietnam’s GDP in Q2 grew 8.39% and 8.18% in the first half, the highest rate since 2011. Registered foreign direct investment exceeded 34 billion USD, while total import-export turnover was estimated at 549 billion USD, including imports worth 283 billion USD.
At the conference, leaders of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City reaffirmed their commitment to achieving double-digit growth and expressed their determination to contribute to the national target.
Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Vu Dai Thang said: "The 2026 Capital Law will provide a new legal framework to unlock development potential, remove bottlenecks, mobilize social resources, and create new opportunities for breakthrough development in Hanoi. Secondly, key infrastructure projects, including major arterial roads, ring roads and urban railway lines, have largely completed site clearance, allowing construction to accelerate in the next 6 months. Thirdly, several large-scale projects, including the National Highway 1A corridor, the Olympic International Sports Urban Area, and multi-purpose urban developments, will be launched simultaneously later this year."
Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Nguyen Van Duoc said: "To achieve the annual growth of over 10%, the third quarter’s growth rate should be from 11% to 11.8%. We will mobilize every available source of private investment to boost GRDP and are determined to disburse 100% of the public investment plan and implement public-private partnership projects, in order to achieve the 10% growth target as we have committed to the central authorities. The city is scheduled to approve the master plan by October so that new investment projects can be implemented soon."
Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi together account for around one-third of Vietnam's GDP growth.
