Policy

Within the post-pandemic economic landscape of ASEAN, Viet Nam continues to stand out as a bright spot in terms of growth and medium- to long-term prospects. Following a period of robust recovery, the Vietnamese economy has sustained positive momentum in subsequent years, despite ongoing volatility in the global economy.

In the process of building the master plan for the Capital Ha Noi with a 100-year vision, a key content is to establish Ha Noi’s role as the center, the coordinating nucleus and the driving force for development of the entire Ha Noi Capital Region and the expanded linked spaces.

As the new year begins, the issue of January wages has become a matter of concern for many workers. The adjustment to the regional minimum wage effective from January 1, 2026, has brought initial changes to their lives, enabling more proactive spending and a clearer sense of confidence in stability ahead as they welcome the spring season.

Resolution No. 79-NQ/TW of the Politburo on developing the state sector has opened new space and created fresh momentum to enable the state sector to truly become a solid foundation for ensuring strategic autonomy, self-reliance, and the comprehensive competitiveness of the economy.

Amid credit outstanding across the economy reaching a high ratio relative to GDP, monetary policy management is no longer focused solely on expanding scale but is shifting its emphasis towards a new priority.

Amid an increasingly diversified power generation mix, the synchronisation of dispatch, operation, and grid investment solutions is viewed as the key to optimising energy resources and ensuring the national power system operates safely and stably during the energy transition.

By raising targets and tightening accountability for reform, Resolution No.02/NQ-CP 2026 is expected to generate fresh momentum for businesses entering the market, while enabling those already in operation to stabilise and achieve sustainable growth.

Under Resolution No. 01/NQ-CP issued on January 8, 2026, the Government has called on all ministries, sectors and localities to focus on achieving national GDP growth of 10% or higher in 2026, while maintaining macroeconomic stability, controlling inflation and ensuring major economic balances.

Viet Nam is setting ambitious goals for its steel industry, aiming to meet 80-85% of domestic steel demand by 2030, according to the freshly approved Steel Industry Development Strategy for the period up to 2030, with a vision toward 2050.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 8 signed Official Dispatch No. 12/CD-TTg outlining key tasks and solutions for the management of monetary and fiscal policies in 2026.

The documents of the 14th National Party Congress identify the development of the private sector as one of the most important growth drivers — a continuation that builds on and reaffirms the Party’s view set out in Politburo Resolution No. 68-NQ/TW dated May 4, 2025, on private-sector development.

Leaders of Dong Nai Province have pledged to stand by, share with, and support foreign-invested enterprises (FDI) from the investment preparation stage as well as throughout their production and business operations in the locality.

The finance sector is decisively and comprehensively implementing key reform pillars to truly become one of the central driving forces of the new development model, contributing to the realisation of the goal of double-digit growth and ushering Viet Nam into a new stage of development. Nhan Dan Newspaper spoke with Deputy Minister of Finance Do Thanh Trung on this issue.

Under its new-phase urban development strategy, Hue City is steadily realising its orientation of expanding development space towards the sea. This is not merely a geographical expansion, but a strategic choice aimed at restructuring growth drivers, easing pressure on the central urban area and strengthening regional linkages.

In the closing days of 2025, construction officially commenced on a project to upgrade and expand the transport infrastructure system within the Dung Quat Economic Zone (Quang Ngai province). This was one of the province’s flagship projects to celebrate the 14th National Party Congress and also a key infrastructure development, laying the foundation for attracting investment into Dung Quat.

The draft amendments to the Law on Oil and Gas focus on five major policy groups, aiming to improve the efficiency of resource exploitation in association with environmental protection and climate change response; create new growth driving force, unlock resources, and contribute to safeguarding maritime sovereignty and national energy security.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 31 directed relevant agencies to consider all three investment models—state-funded, private, and public–private partnership (PPP)—for the North–South high-speed railway, while chairing the sixth meeting of the Steering Committee for national key railway projects.

A training conference was held on January 30, in Ha Noi, to introduce several new contents of the Law on Tax Administration No. 108/2025/QH15 and to collect feedback on the draft Decree and Circular detailing tax administration for exported and imported goods, in order to ensure the consistent and effective implementation of the Law on Tax Administration in practice.

The Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress clearly identified the objective of positioning Vietnam as a destination for international events. The designation of the Phu Quoc special administrative zone as the venue for the 2027 APEC Leaders’ Meeting is a great honour for the country and an opportunity for the Pearl Island to affirm its role as a regional- and global-level centre for the economy, tourism and external relations.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has issued directives requiring ministries, sectors, local authorities, and relevant units to mobilise all available resources and urgently implement key components to ensure the progress of Phase 1 of the Long Thanh International Airport project, with the goal of bringing the facility into fully synchronised operation in 2026.