The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) is expediting the drafting of the revised Public Investment Law, which is set to be submitted to the National Assembly Standing Committee for review and inclusion in the law and ordinance building programme for 2024.

Ho Chi Minh City is seeking to speed up public spending after many projects reported delays this year.

Ho Chi Minh City's authorities are considering new procedures that would improve the management and disbursement of public investment funds.

Representatives from Hoa Binh and Quang Tri provinces shared experience in implementing the project on enhancing transparency and public participation in state budget management at a workshop in Quang Tri on January 17.

Voters in some northern localities had mixed views on Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung’s answers to questions about public investment raised by National Assembly deputies on June 15.

The NA has approved a resolution on a medium-term public investment plan for the 2016-2020 period, which stipulates a maximum of two quadrillion VND (equivalent to 89.56 billion USD) of spending.

Consulting firm Grant Thornton (Vietnam) has released a report on private equity that shows an encouraging improvement in respondents' belief in higher investment activities in the next 12 months.