Politburo member, Secretary of the Government’s Party Committee, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 11 requested the entire Government's Party Organisation to build and effectively implement five specific strategies of completing strategic institutions, mobilising strategic resources, investing in strategic infrastructure, developing strategic technologies, and creating a strategic balance.

Party General Secretary To Lam and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 16 attended the ground-breaking ceremony of Viet Nam’s first semiconductor chip manufacturing plant, part of a series of works in celebration of the upcoming 14th National Party Congress.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 16 chaired an online conference with central localities to review the “Quang Trung Campaign,” a lightning-fast effort to rebuild and repair houses damaged by storms and floods in central Viet Nam, declaring that the campaign had achieved a “resounding victory.”

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Cambodian Ambassador Chea Kimtha in Ha Noi on January 15, as she paid a farewell call at the end of her term in Viet Nam.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man on January 15 sent messages of congratulations to Lord Fatafehi Fakafanua and Lord Vaea on their respective elections as Prime Minister and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Kingdom of Tonga.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who heads the National Steering Committee for International Integration, chaired a conference on January 14 to review the committee’s performance in 2025 and outline key tasks for this year.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged authorities to rein in commercial housing prices, particularly for apartments, stressing that prices should better reflect household income levels, prevailing economic conditions, and market fundamentals.

Investing in infrastructure for educational institutions in ethnic minority and mountainous areas is, in effect, an investment in equity in access to education, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on January 11.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired an online conference on January 10 evening with Vietnamese ambassadors and heads of overseas representative missions to review economic diplomacy in 2025 and outline tasks for 2026, stressing that economic diplomacy must be conducted with sincerity, harmonious interests, and shared risks.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 10 attended a conference reviewing the 2025 performance and outlining tasks for this year of Viet Nam Television (VTV), calling on the national broadcaster to further strengthen unity, promote innovation, enhance professionalism, and make comprehensive breakthroughs to meet new development requirements.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Ha Noi on January 9 for Yan Jiehe, founder of the China Pacific Construction Group, one of China’s largest private enterprises in infrastructure investment, construction, operation and management.

The Prime Minister underlined that public investment has consistently been identified as a key political task, with public investment disbursement results serving as one of the criteria for evaluating officials under Party regulations. Through state spending, public investment directly boosts aggregate demand and serves as an effective tool for regulating and stabilising the macroeconomy while safeguarding major economic balances.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 7 demanded the swift completion of the “Quang Trung Campaign” to rebuild and repair houses for people affected by storms and floods in central Viet Nam, stressing that all work must be finished ahead of the 14th National Party Congress and the Lunar New Year.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 6 stressed the need to focus leadership, manpower and resources on key railway projects, so that they can be put into operation soon, thereby contributing to socio-economic development and better living standards for the people.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 6 proposed Viet Nam and Canada promote new growth drivers, including cooperation in science and technology and innovation, climate change response, energy transition, infrastructure and logistics development, as well as cultural and people-to-people exchanges.

Reaffirming agriculture’s role as a pillar of the economy, the PM stressed that farmers are the central actors, agriculture as the driving force, and rural areas as the foundation of development.

The banking sector must make important contributions to macroeconomic stability, inflation control, the promotion of double-digit growth, the safeguarding of major economic balances, and the improvement of people’s material and spiritual lives.

Due to recent storms and floods, a total of 1,597 houses from Quang Tri to Lam Dong were collapsed or swept away and required rebuilding, while 34,759 were damaged and needed repairs.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 30 chaired a national conference to roll out National Assembly resolutions aimed at removing bottlenecks facing stalled projects and land-related issues identified through inspections, audits and court rulings, along with accelerating the implementation of national target programmes.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 30 chaired a conference reviewing the rapid “Quang Trung Campaign” to rebuild and repair houses damaged by storms and floods in the central region, calling for efforts to complete the humanitarian campaign by the end of January to celebrate the upcoming 14th National Party Congress.