Direction and administration of the Government and Prime Minister in May 2025 and new policies of the Government taking effect from June 2025
SOME DIRECTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND PRIME MINISTER IN MAY 2025
The Prime Minister requested to abolish at least 30% of business investment conditions and reduce at least 30% of administrative procedure processing time.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Official Dispatch No. 56/CD-TTg dated May 4, 2025 requesting ministries, branches and localities to focus on reducing and simplifying administrative procedures according to Resolution No. 66/NQ-CP dated March 26, 2025 of the Government.
Accordingly, the Prime Minister requested Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to focus on organizing the review, reduction, and simplification of administrative procedures related to production and business activities and internal administrative procedures, ensuring the abolition of at least 30% of investment and business conditions, reducing at least 30% of the processing time of administrative procedures, 30% of the cost of complying with administrative procedures, completing the implementation of 100% of the approved plan on decentralization of authority to handle administrative procedures...
The Prime Minister requires 100% of administrative procedures related to enterprises to be performed online.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Official Dispatch No. 69/CD-TTg dated May 22, 2025 sent to Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies; Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities on focusing on completing the review, reduction and simplification of administrative procedures.
The dispatch requires ministries, branches and localities to focus on reviewing, cutting down and simplifying administrative procedures, ensuring that 100% of administrative procedures related to enterprises are carried out online, smoothly, seamlessly, effectively and transparently, minimizing paperwork; organizing the implementation of administrative procedures regardless of administrative boundaries within the province, to be completed in 2025.
Immediately put an end to the situation where businesses have to pay unofficial fees in carrying out administrative procedures.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Official Dispatch No. 63/CD-TTg dated May 12, 2025 on rectifying discipline, enhancing responsibility, overcoming limitations, and creating a favorable investment and business environment for enterprises.
The Prime Minister requested ministries, ministerial-level agencies, People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities, according to their assigned functions, tasks and authority, to rectify the spirit and attitude of agencies, units, cadres, civil servants and public employees under their management in terms of service to the people and businesses; criticize and strictly handle collectives and individuals who violate the provisions of law; immediately end the situation where enterprises have to pay unofficial fees in carrying out administrative procedures and other activities related to state administrative agencies and units...
The Prime Minister directed to focus on cutting and simplifying administrative procedures in the construction sector.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Official Dispatch No. 78/CD-TTg dated May 29, 2025 on focusing on reducing and simplifying administrative procedures in the construction sector.
The dispatch requested the Minister of Construction to focus on implementing: Urgently reviewing, cutting, and simplifying 361 administrative procedures related to production and business activities, 447 business conditions under the management of the Ministry of Construction, ensuring a reduction of at least 30% of the time to handle administrative procedures, 30% of the cost of complying with administrative procedures, and 30% of business conditions in 2025, in which attention should be paid to researching, reviewing, cutting, and strongly simplifying administrative procedures in the construction sector.
Reduce construction permit procedures for construction projects with detailed planning at a scale of 1/500 or projects in areas with approved urban designs...
The Government approved the Project dossier on rearranging provincial and communal administrative units in 2025.
The Government issued Resolutions on the Project dossier for rearranging provincial and commune-level administrative units in 2025.
Specifically, in Resolution No. 125/NQ-CP dated May 9, 2025, the Government approved the dossier of the Project on rearranging provincial-level administrative units in 2025 submitted by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
At the same time, in Resolution No. 126/NQ-CP dated May 9, 2025, the Government also approved 34 dossiers of the Project on rearranging commune-level administrative units in 2025 submitted by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Building decrees on decentralization and delegation of power associated with the 2-level local government model in the financial and banking sector
Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc signed Official Dispatch No. 67/CD-TTg dated May 19, 2025 of the Prime Minister sent to the Minister of Finance and Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam requesting the implementation of the Plan to develop decrees on decentralization, delegation of authority, and assignment of authority associated with the 2-level local government organization model in the field of finance and banking.
The dispatch requests a comprehensive review of specialized laws, ordinances, resolutions, decrees, decisions of the Prime Minister and circulars in the assigned state management fields to propose a plan for decentralization, delegation of power and assignment of authority to local authorities according to the 2-level model; deadline for completion: May 19, 2025.
At the same time, draft Decrees to implement decentralization, delegation of power, and division of authority; deadline for completion: May 19, 2025. Collect opinions from localities and complete and send to the Ministry of Justice for appraisal before May 25, 2025.
The Prime Minister directed the implementation of arrangement and handling of headquarters and facilities when implementing the arrangement of administrative units at all levels.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Official Dispatch No. 68/CD-TTg dated May 20, 2025 directing ministries, branches and localities to deploy the arrangement and handling of headquarters and facilities when implementing the arrangement of administrative units at all levels.
The Prime Minister requests Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Government agencies, Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to proactively arrange and harmonize housing and land facilities within the Ministry, central agencies, and localities to ensure working headquarters for agencies, organizations, and units under their management during the process of reorganizing administrative units at all levels; to be completed within 03 months from the date the project on reorganizing the apparatus and administrative units is approved...
Timely arrange funds to pay benefits to cadres, civil servants and public employees when reorganizing the apparatus.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Official Dispatch No. 62/CD-TTg dated May 12, 2025 on implementing policies and regimes for cadres, civil servants, public employees, workers and armed forces in the implementation of organizational restructuring of the political system.
The Prime Minister requested ministries, branches and localities to proactively and promptly arrange funds (including regular spending savings - if any) to ensure payment of policies and regimes for cadres, civil servants, public employees, workers and armed forces in accordance with regulations. After using the prescribed funding sources, in case of any shortage, promptly submit a proposal report to the Ministry of Finance for synthesis and reporting to competent authorities for consideration and supplementary funding for implementation...
Prime Minister urges to accelerate the allocation and disbursement of public investment capital in 2025
Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc signed Official Dispatch No. 60/CD-TTg dated May 9, 2025 of the Prime Minister on urging to accelerate the allocation and disbursement of public investment capital in 2025.
The telegram requests ministries, central and local agencies to focus on implementing flexible, creative, timely, effective and drastic solutions and measures to promote the implementation and disbursement of public investment capital, 03 National Target Programs; speed up the progress of key and important national works and projects, highways, inter-regional projects with spillover effects, etc. Accelerating the disbursement progress must be associated with ensuring the quality of works and projects, preventing negativity, loss, waste, and violations of legal regulations...
The Government focuses on 10 key tasks to maximize the socio-economic development goals for 2025.
In Resolution No. 124/NQ-CP dated May 8, 2025, the Government requested ministries, agencies and localities to focus on implementing 10 key tasks, striving to complete at the highest level the goals and targets of the socio-economic development plan set for 2025, including:
1- Effectively organize and implement the Politburo's Resolutions on: science and technology, innovation, national digital transformation; international integration; law making and enforcement; private economic development;
2- Prioritize promoting growth associated with maintaining macroeconomic stability, controlling inflation, ensuring major balances, improving efficiency, competitiveness, autonomy, adaptability and resilience of the economy;
3- Focus on building and perfecting institutions and laws associated with rearranging the apparatus, administrative units and organization of two-level local governments; effectively and substantially reforming administration, removing obstacles for production and business, and unleashing all resources for development;
4- Resolutely implement solutions to accelerate disbursement of public investment capital, deploy 03 National Target Programs; speed up the construction progress of important, key, inter-provincial, inter-regional, national, regional and international projects;
5- Promote the development of processing, manufacturing, supporting industries and tourism services; promote sustainable agricultural production with high added value; firmly ensure national energy and food security;
6- Continue to diversify export markets, promote harmonious and sustainable trade relations; promote consumer demand stimulation, maximize the exploitation of the domestic market; strengthen prevention and combat against smuggling, trade fraud, and counterfeit goods;
7- Promote economic restructuring associated with growth model innovation based on productivity increase, application of science and technology, innovation; strongly promote national digital transformation, training high-quality human resources;
8- Focus on cultural and social fields, effectively and promptly implement social security policies, improve people's material and spiritual life and health, and leave no one behind;
9- Firmly ensure national defense, security, social order and safety; substantially and effectively implement foreign affairs and international integration activities; resolutely carry out the work of preventing and combating corruption, negativity and waste;
10- Strengthen information and communication work, enhance trust and social consensus; combat, promptly handle, and effectively refute arguments and distorted information on cyberspace.
Implement solutions to promote effective production and business of state-owned enterprises
Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc signed Official Dispatch No. 77/CD-TTg dated May 29, 2025 of the Prime Minister on solutions to promote effective production and business for state-owned enterprises.
In particular, the Prime Minister requested ministries, branches, People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to proactively and actively grasp the existing problems, difficulties and obstacles in the production and business activities of state-owned enterprises to promptly have solutions to remove them, promote production and business according to their authority and legal regulations; promptly implement them effectively and take responsibility for assigning growth targets to state-owned enterprises under their management, monitor and urge the implementation, contributing to ensuring the national growth target of 8% or more in 2025...
Government Action Plan on Private Economic Development
The Government issued Resolution No. 138/NQ-CP promulgating the Government's Action Plan to implement Resolution No. 68-NQ/TW dated May 4, 2025 of the Politburo on private economic development.
The Resolution requires ministries, branches and localities to renew their thinking, reach high consensus on awareness and action, arouse national confidence and aspirations, create new impetus and momentum for private economic development; promote reform, improve and enhance the quality of institutions and policies, ensure and effectively protect ownership rights, property rights, freedom of business, equal competition rights and ensure contract enforcement of the private economy; facilitate the private economy's access to resources on land, capital and high-quality human resources; promote science and technology, innovation, digital transformation, green transformation, effective and sustainable business in the private economy.
At the same time, strengthen the connection between private enterprises, private enterprises with state-owned enterprises and FDI enterprises; form and rapidly develop medium and large enterprises, private economic groups of regional and global stature; substantially and effectively support small and micro enterprises and business households; promote business ethics, promote social responsibility, strongly promote the entrepreneurial spirit, and create all favorable conditions for entrepreneurs to participate in national governance.
Implement a number of special mechanisms and policies to develop the private economy.
The Government issued Resolution No. 139/NQ-CP dated May 17, 2025 promulgating the Government's Plan to implement Resolution No. 198/2025/QH15 dated May 17, 2025 of the National Assembly on a number of special mechanisms and policies for private economic development.
In order to urgently implement Resolution No. 198/2025/QH15, in the coming time, in addition to regular tasks, the Government requires ministries, branches and localities to improve the business environment, perfect mechanisms and policies on inspection, examination, licensing, certification, competition, and enterprise bankruptcy; support access to land, production and business premises, house rental, land that is public property; support finance, credit; support taxes, fees, etc.
Prime Minister directs implementation of measures to effectively manage the gold market
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Official Dispatch No. 64/CD-TTg dated May 13, 2025 on implementing measures to effectively manage the gold market.
The dispatch requested the State Bank of Vietnam to preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies to closely monitor the developments in world and domestic gold prices, promptly implement solutions according to regulations when necessary to stabilize the gold market; not to negatively impact exchange rates, interest rates, the money and foreign exchange markets, and national financial and monetary safety and security; report to the Prime Minister on the implementation results in May 2025...
Telegram on organizing high school graduation exams and general education entrance exams in 2025
Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long signed Official Dispatch No. 58/CD-TTg dated May 8, 2025 on organizing the high school graduation exam and general education entrance exam in 2025.
The telegram requests the Secretaries of the Provincial and Municipal Party Committees and requests the Chairmen of the People's Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities to direct the Party committees, authorities and relevant organizations in the area to participate in effective coordination with the Education sector to carefully prepare the necessary conditions, have contingency plans for all unusual situations, not to let any stage of the Examination and Admissions at the beginning of the level occur without strict management and supervision and without a responsible person; direct the Provincial Inspectorate to urgently develop an inspection and examination plan at all stages and steps, especially the stage of assigning responsibilities to participating organizations and individuals...
The Prime Minister directed to strictly handle the production and trade of fake drugs and fake milk.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Official Dispatch No. 55/CD-TTg dated May 2, 2025 requesting ministries, branches and localities to strengthen coordination and strictly handle organizations and individuals involved in the production and trade of fake medicines, fake milk and fake health protection foods.
In particular, the telegram requested the Ministry of Health to strengthen inspection of compliance with legal regulations on pharmaceuticals and food safety, while paying attention to strengthening state management of cosmetics, preventing violations. Closely coordinate with the Ministry of Public Security in investigating and handling cases of production and trade of fake medicines, fake milk and fake health protection foods; at the same time, closely coordinate with ministries, branches and localities to urgently review problems and inadequacies in legal regulations to promptly amend and supplement according to authority or propose and recommend competent authorities to amend and supplement issues beyond authority...
Launching a peak campaign to prevent and repel smuggling and trade fraud from May 15 to June 15, 2025
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Official Dispatch No. 65/CD-TTg dated May 15, 2025 on launching a peak period to fight against smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and infringement of intellectual property rights.
The Prime Minister requested to launch a peak campaign to fight and repel crimes of smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, copyright infringement, and intellectual property rights infringement nationwide, from May 15, 2025 to June 15, 2025, after which a preliminary assessment will be conducted.
The telegram requested the Ministry of Industry and Trade to coordinate with the People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to direct the Market Management force to strengthen inspection and strictly handle cases of smuggling, production and trading of counterfeit goods, goods infringing on intellectual property rights, goods of unknown origin, especially violations in the e-commerce environment. From the results of review, inspection, handling, and assessment, point out the causes and conditions of violations, loopholes and inadequacies in legal regulations; perfect the institutions on e-commerce, especially the Law on E-commerce...
Continue to promote the peak of the fight to prevent and repel smuggling and counterfeit goods
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Official Dispatch No. 72/CD-TTg dated May 24, 2025 requesting ministries, branches and localities to continue to step up the fight to prevent and repel smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods and infringement of intellectual property rights.
The telegram requires ministries, branches and localities to promptly detect and strictly handle violators; at the same time, strictly handle cadres, civil servants and officers who show signs of moral degradation, corruption, negativity, protection and assistance to law violators.
Anti-smuggling and Counterfeiting: No Forbidden Zones, No Exceptions
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed and issued Directive No. 13/CT-TTg dated May 17, 2025 on strengthening the fight against smuggling, trade fraud and counterfeit goods in the new situation.
The Directive clearly states that the work of combating smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and intellectual property infringement is a very important and long-term task that requires the drastic participation of the entire political system, leaders of Party committees at all levels, local authorities, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, the business community, and especially the people. The people must be the center of protection, the subject of the struggle, and the strength of the people must be mobilized to form a movement. The system of political organizations at the grassroots level plays a decisive role; the grassroots authorities are the core in organizing the implementation of tasks against smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, and intellectual property infringement.
This work needs to be done regularly, comprehensively, continuously, and without stopping with the motto "handling one case, alerting the whole region, the whole field", "no forbidden areas, no exceptions".
Ensuring production, consumption and export of agricultural, forestry and fishery products in the context of global trade fluctuations
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Official Dispatch No. 59/CD-TTg dated May 8, 2025 requesting ministries, branches and localities to focus on directing the assurance of production, consumption and export of agricultural, forestry and fishery products in the context of global trade fluctuations.
In order to proactively respond to the impacts of trade instability, ensure stable production and consumption of agricultural, forestry and fishery products, and improve people's income and living standards, the Prime Minister requested the Ministers of the Ministries of Agriculture and Environment, Industry and Trade, Finance, Foreign Affairs, Science and Technology, the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam, and the Chairmen of the People's Committees of centrally-run provinces and cities, according to their assigned functions and tasks, to continue to closely monitor the situation and developments in global trade, proactively direct and promptly and flexibly deploy appropriate and effective solutions to proactively respond to challenges caused by trade instability; provide timely information so that enterprises producing, trading and exporting agricultural, forestry and fishery products can proactively have solutions to proactively and flexibly adapt to import policies and tariff policies of importing countries in order to stabilize production and export of agricultural, forestry and fishery products...
Prime Minister directs promoting sustainable durian production and export
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha signed Official Dispatch No. 71/CD-TTg dated May 23, 2025 of the Prime Minister on a number of tasks to promote sustainable durian production and export.
To proactively respond to difficulties, improve competitiveness and ensure stable and sustainable durian production and export, the Prime Minister requested the Minister of Agriculture and Environment to focus on directing durian production according to the Project on developing key fruit trees until 2025 and 2030, ensuring supply and demand, meeting the standards of domestic and export markets. Actively negotiate to open other markets for Vietnamese durian products.
Review, amend, supplement and complete regulations on management and use of codes for growing areas and packaging facilities, ensuring publicity, transparency, feasibility, consistency, and conformity with international practices and practical conditions in Vietnam; provide guidance on safe and sustainable durian production processes (to be completed in the third quarter of 2025)...
The Prime Minister requested to focus on responding to the risks of heavy rain, landslides, flash floods and proactively preventing natural disasters.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Official Dispatch No. 76/CD-TTg dated May 28, 2025 requesting ministries, branches and localities to focus on responding to the risks of heavy rain, landslides, flash floods and proactively preventing natural disasters in the coming time.
The telegram requests the Chairmen of the People's Committees of provinces and cities to urgently review and develop plans to reorganize forces performing the tasks of natural disaster prevention, control, and search and rescue at the provincial and grassroots levels according to the instructions of competent authorities, and at the same time, in accordance with the actual conditions of the locality to ensure smooth, effective and efficient operations from July 1, 2025 (after the district level ends its operations); review and complete response plans for each type of natural disaster that may occur in the area, especially plans to respond to heavy rains, landslides, flash floods, storms, floods, etc.
Plan to proactively respond to climate change, strengthen resource management, and protect the environment
Resolution No. 122/NQ-CP of the Government promulgating the Plan to implement Conclusion No. 81-KL/TW dated June 4, 2024 of the Politburo on continuing to implement Resolution of the 11th Central Committee, Session 7, on proactively responding to climate change, strengthening resource management and environmental protection (Plan).
The plan sets a target that by 2030, investment will be made to complete the infrastructure system to respond to climate change, prevent and combat natural disasters; control greenhouse gas emissions, ensuring that the total national greenhouse gas emissions are reduced by 15.8% compared to the business-as-usual scenario (BAU); planning, managing and exploiting sustainably, using national resources economically and effectively; 100% of areas with particularly serious soil pollution will be treated, renovated and restored...
Deploying tasks to start construction of Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway in December 2025
The Government issued Resolution No. 127/NQ-CP dated May 13, 2025 implementing Resolution No. 187/2025/QH15 dated February 19, 2025 of the National Assembly on the investment policy for the Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway construction investment project (the Project).
The Resolution stated: The project is large-scale, has a long scope, applies new engineering technology, integrates many specialties, is the first electrified railway project implemented in Vietnam in the context of thin, weak and lacking railway human resources with a short research and implementation time; The project is allowed by the National Assembly to apply many specific and special mechanisms and policies for implementation.
In order to organize the implementation of the Project to meet the required quality and progress, in addition to regular tasks, the Government assigned ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to organize the implementation of the following tasks: Developing and promulgating legal documents; Implementing the Project; Implementing the task of urban development according to the transport development orientation (TOD) at railway stations.
Action program to implement innovation in law making and enforcement
The Government issued Resolution No. 140/NQ-CP dated May 17, 2025 on the Government's Action Program to implement Resolution No. 66-NQ/TW dated April 30, 2025 of the Politburo on innovation in law-making and enforcement to meet the requirements of national development in the new era.
In order to achieve the goals of Resolution No. 66-NQ/TW, the Program sets out 7 key tasks, including: Innovation in thinking and orientation in law-making; creating breakthroughs in law enforcement; closely linking law-making and law enforcement; enhancing digital transformation, applying artificial intelligence and big data in law-making and law enforcement...
The Prime Minister directed the development of a socio-economic development plan and state budget estimate for 2026.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh signed Directive No. 14/CT-TTg dated May 28, 2025 of the Prime Minister on developing the socio-economic development plan and state budget estimates for 2026.
The Prime Minister requested that the 2026 Socio-Economic Development Plan be built on the basis of a full and substantial assessment of the implementation results of the 2025 Plan and forecasts of the world and domestic situation; analyze, forecast, proactively develop synchronous, focused and key plans and solutions to ensure the target of double-digit growth...
Regarding the 2026 state budget estimate, the Directive clearly states that the 2026 state budget revenue estimate must be developed in accordance with current policies and regimes, ensuring correct, sufficient and timely collection of revenue sources of the state budget estimate, specifically calculating factors of increase, decrease and shift in revenue sources due to changes in policies and laws on budget, taxes, fees, charges and implementing the tax reduction roadmap, forecasting the world and domestic economic and financial situation. Strengthening management, preventing revenue loss; effectively managing new revenue sources, resolutely handling tax arrears and strictly controlling tax refunds... - The Prime Minister requests to strengthen compliance with legal regulations on prices Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc signed Directive No. 15/CT-TTg dated May 30, 2025 of the Prime Minister on strengthening compliance with legal regulations on prices.
The Prime Minister requested ministries, branches and localities to review and abolish administrative procedures in the field of prices that are no longer in accordance with current legal regulations, creating favorable conditions for organizations and individuals trading in goods and services; strengthening inspection of compliance with the law on prices to ensure that relevant agencies, organizations and individuals comply with legal regulations, ensure objectivity, transparency and timely detection and prevention of violations of the law on prices, unreasonable price increases, strictly handle cases of price manipulation of goods and services, inflated selling prices... to contribute to controlling inflation, stabilizing the macro economy, supporting economic growth and development.
Mechanisms and preferential policies for the National Innovation Center
The Government issued Decree No. 97/2025/ND-CP dated May 5, 2025 stipulating preferential mechanisms and policies for the National Innovation Center.
The Decree clearly stipulates incentive mechanisms and policies for the National Innovation Center (Center): Labor incentives; investment credit incentives; land incentives and creation of operating premises at Hoa Lac High-Tech Park...
New regulations on budget preparation, management and use of regular state budget expenditures for repairing and upgrading assets
The Government issued Decree No. 98/2025/ND-CP regulating the preparation of estimates, management, use and settlement of regular state budget expenditures for purchasing, repairing, renovating and upgrading assets and equipment; spending on renting goods and services; repairing, renovating, upgrading, expanding and constructing new construction items in invested and constructed projects and other necessary tasks.
The Decree stipulates that for tasks of purchasing, repairing, renovating, and upgrading assets and equipment with a total estimated cost of less than 45 billion VND/task: The Minister, Head of a ministerial-level agency, a government agency, or other central agency (Minister, Head of a central agency) decides or stipulates the authority to decide and approve the task and estimated cost.
For tasks of purchasing, repairing, renovating, and upgrading assets and equipment with a total estimated cost of implementation from 45 billion VND to less than 240 billion VND/task: The Minister or Head of a central agency decides to approve the task and estimated cost.
For tasks of purchasing, repairing, renovating, and upgrading assets and equipment with a total estimated cost of VND 240 billion/task or more:
In case it is not possible to arrange, allocate or adjust in the assigned medium-term public investment plan, ministries and central agencies shall be fully responsible for determining the necessity, objectives and budget estimates for the tasks of purchasing, repairing, renovating and upgrading assets and equipment using regular expenditure funds, ensuring compliance with legal regulations and in accordance with the principles specified above to send to the Ministry of Finance for synthesis.
Prioritize the development of high-quality human resources for the defense industrial complex.
The Government issued Decree No. 99/2025/ND-CP detailing a number of articles of the Law on Defense Industry, Security and Industrial Mobilization; which clearly stipulates the State's policies towards the defense industry complex.
The Decree stipulates that the Ministry of National Defense shall promulgate a strategy for the development of the defense industrial complex; assign tasks and long-term plans for defense production and manage the implementation of functions and tasks of the defense industrial complex through the core of the defense industrial complex.
Promote joint ventures and associations between components of the defense industrial complex: Issue technical and tactical standards and regulations in the military field for products of the defense industrial complex; Ministries and branches, according to their management functions, are responsible for supporting the provision of databases of enterprises to build the defense industrial complex; create conditions for components of the defense industrial complex to participate in military trade promotion programs, training programs, domestic and foreign survey programs related to groups and specialties of weapons and technical equipment products of the defense industrial complex.
The Ministry of National Defense prioritizes allocating funds to implement domestic and foreign training and development programs to develop high-quality human resources for the defense industry complex, especially human resources serving the research and development of weapons and technical equipment of strategic significance.
New regulations on the development mechanism of gas-fired thermal power projects
The Government issued Decree No. 100/2025/ND-CP dated May 8, 2025 amending and supplementing Decree No. 56/2025/ND-CP dated March 3, 2025 detailing a number of articles of the Electricity Law on electricity development planning, power supply network development plans, investment in electricity project construction and bidding to select investors in electricity business projects.
In particular, Decree No. 100/2025/ND-CP amends and supplements Clause 3 and Clause 4, Article 15 of Decree No. 56/2025/ND-CP on the mechanism for developing gas-fired thermal power projects.
According to regulations, gas-fired thermal power projects using domestically exploited natural gas are operated and mobilized at the maximum level according to gas supply capacity, meeting the binding requirements on fuel, capacity and available power generation output of gas-fired thermal power projects, and the needs and technical constraints of the national power system;
The above regulation applies to gas-fired thermal power projects for which the competent state agency has issued a written notice approving the results of the investor's acceptance of the project completion and has begun operating to generate electricity using domestically exploited natural gas before January 1, 2036. The application of the above mechanism shall continue to be applied until the time the gas-fired thermal power plant no longer uses domestically exploited natural gas for electricity generation.
In case the ability to supply domestically exploited natural gas cannot meet the electricity generation demand of the gas-fired thermal power plant project, the Electricity Seller and the Electricity Buyer shall negotiate and agree on the fuel usage plan and electricity price in the electricity purchase contract according to current regulations.
Unified and synchronized medical data management
The Government issued Decree No. 102/2025/ND-CP dated May 13, 2025 regulating the management of medical data. This is an important legal basis for medical data management, creating consistency and synchronization of the contents on creating, collecting, connecting, sharing, using and managing medical data.
This Decree regulates digital health data including the construction, development, protection, administration, processing, and use of digital health data; the national health database; and the responsibilities of relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals in the management of digital health data.
Policy for core defense and security industrial establishments
Some policies for core defense industrial establishments and core security industrial establishments are stipulated in Decree No. 103/2025/ND-CP dated May 15, 2025 of the Government.
The Decree stipulates that core defense and security industrial establishments are enterprises that enjoy policies on investment in construction; purchasing materials and preparing security factors, organizing research and production according to assigned tasks; preparing financial security factors and other support; hiring and paying for leading experts, scientists, and chief engineers; supporting the difference in social insurance and health insurance contributions.
Core defense and security industrial establishments that are not enterprises are entitled to policies in investing in the construction of technical infrastructure systems and social infrastructure systems; priority is given to budget allocation for the construction of technical infrastructure systems serving research and manufacturing in the fields of new materials, high-tech products, and the development of basic and core technologies.
Regimes and policies for mobilized people and people participating in fire fighting, rescue and relief
The Government issued Decree No. 105/2025/ND-CP dated May 15, 2025 detailing a number of articles and measures to implement the Law on Fire Prevention, Fire Fighting and Rescue, which specifically stipulates the regime and policies for mobilized people and people participating in fire fighting and rescue.
The Decree stipulates that mobilized persons, fire prevention, firefighting, rescue and relief workers who suffer accidents or injuries that reduce their ability to work will be paid a one-time allowance or monthly allowance, service allowance according to the level of reduced ability to work according to the conclusion of the Medical Assessment Council. The allowance level is equal to the one-time allowance or monthly allowance, service allowance for workers with reduced ability to work equivalent to the compensation level for workers who have occupational accidents that are not entirely caused by the worker himself/herself according to the provisions of the law on occupational safety and hygiene.
Administrative violations in fire prevention, fire fighting, rescue and relief are subject to fines of up to 100 million VND.
Decree 106/2025/ND-CP dated May 15, 2025 of the Government stipulates that the maximum fine in the field of fire prevention, fire fighting and rescue for individuals is 50 million VND. For organizations committing the same violation, the fine is twice the fine for individuals.
In particular, the Decree stipulates a fine of 10 million to 20 million VND for the act of not establishing a fire prevention, firefighting and rescue team at the facility; a fine of 40 million to 50 million VND for the act of not having a fire prevention solution for the charging area for electric motor vehicles concentrated indoors...
Reduce cement clinker export tax to 5%
According to Decree No. 108/2025/ND-CP dated May 19, 2025 of the Government, the export tax rate on cement clinker products will be reduced from 10% to 5% from now until the end of 2026 to support the domestic cement industry which is facing many difficulties.
New organizational structure of the Government Inspectorate after the reorganization
The Government issued Decree No. 109/2025/ND-CP dated May 20, 2025 stipulating the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Government Inspectorate.
According to regulations, the Government Inspectorate is a ministerial-level agency of the Government, performing the function of state management of inspection work, receiving citizens, handling complaints and denunciations, and preventing and combating corruption and negativity nationwide; performing inspection activities, receiving citizens, handling complaints and denunciations, and preventing and combating corruption, waste and negativity according to the provisions of law.
The Government Inspectorate consists of 22 units, including 20 administrative units, assisting the Government Inspector General in performing state management functions; 2 public service units, serving the state management functions of the Government Inspectorate.
Amending the financial autonomy mechanism of public service units
The Government issued Decree No. 111/2025/ND-CP dated May 22, 2025 amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 60/2021/ND-CP dated June 21, 2021 of the Government stipulating the financial autonomy mechanism of public service units.
In particular, Decree No. 111/2025/ND-CP amends regulations on financial autonomy for public service units that partially self-insure regular expenses (group 3 units).
Regarding the establishment of the Income Supplement Fund and the additional income expenditure of group 3 units, according to the new regulations in Decree No. 111/2025/ND-CP: During the period when the Government has not yet issued the salary regime according to Resolution No. 27-NQ/TW, the maximum establishment of the Income Supplement Fund shall not exceed 2 times the salary fund of the salary scale, rank, position and salary allowances prescribed by the State and salary according to the labor contract (if any).
Regarding the establishment of the Reward Fund and the Welfare Fund, Decree No. 111/2025/ND-CP stipulates the total deduction level for the two funds as follows:
Units that self-insure from 70% to less than 100% of regular expenses: Maximum provision is no more than 2.5 months of salary and average additional income realized during the year of the unit;
Units that self-insure from 30% to less than 70% of regular expenses: Maximum provision is no more than 2 months of salary and average additional income realized during the year of the unit;
Units that self-insure from 10% to less than 30% of regular expenses: Maximum provision is no more than 1.5 months of salary and average additional income realized during the year of the unit.
Decentralization of authority to grant licenses to establish commercial mediation centers to localities
The Government issued Decree No. 112/2025/ND-CP dated May 29, 2025 amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decrees in the field of judicial assistance. In particular, Decree No. 112/2025/ND-CP amends and supplements a number of articles of Decree No. 22/2017/ND-CP regulating commercial mediation.
Specifically, Decree No. 112/2025/ND-CP amends and supplements Article 21 of Decree No. 22/2017/ND-CP on procedures for establishing a commercial mediation center.
According to the new regulations, Vietnamese citizens who meet the criteria for commercial mediators as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 7 of this Decree and wish to establish a commercial mediation center shall submit an application for establishment via postal service or directly to the Department of Justice of the province or centrally-run city where the center is located or online on the National Public Service Portal (according to the old regulations, the application for establishment was sent to the Ministry of Justice).
Responsibility of the head in implementing the tasks of science and technology development and digital transformation of agencies and organizations
Decision No. 970/QD-TTg dated May 19, 2025 of the Prime Minister clearly states the responsibilities of heads of state agencies in leading and directing the implementation of tasks on science and technology development, innovation and digital transformation of agencies and organizations under their management, including: Responsibilities in thoroughly raising awareness and responsibilities of civil servants, public employees and employees about the goals, tasks and solutions for science and technology development, innovation and digital transformation; responsibilities in building and perfecting human resources to perform tasks on science and technology development, innovation and digital transformation of agencies and organizations under their management; responsibilities for preventing and combating corruption, negativity and waste in implementing tasks on science and technology development, innovation and digital transformation of agencies and organizations under their management.
By 2030, rapidly increase the scale of high-level training in STEM fields
Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long signed Decision No. 1002/QD-TTg dated May 24, 2025 approving the Project on training human resources to serve high-tech development in the 2025-2035 period and orientation to 2045 (Project).
The specific goal of the Project by 2030 is to rapidly increase the scale of high-level training in STEM fields, especially basic sciences and fields related to digital technology, artificial intelligence and biotechnology. The proportion of people studying STEM fields will reach 35% at each training level, of which at least 2.5% will be in basic sciences and 18% will be in fields related to digital technology.
Training and fostering human resources for nuclear power development
Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long signed Decision No. 1012/QD-TTg dated May 26, 2025 approving the Project "Training and fostering human resources for nuclear power development by 2035".
The goal of the Project is to meet the human resource needs for Ninh Thuan 1 and Ninh Thuan 2 nuclear power plants by 2030. In the period 2031 - 2035, strive to train and supplement human resources to meet the actual needs of nuclear power plants.
New regulations on retail electricity price structure
Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son signed Decision No. 14/2025/QD-TTg dated May 29, 2025 regulating the structure of retail electricity prices.
Retail electricity prices are specified in detail for each group of electricity customers, including: production, business, administrative and living.
In particular, the retail electricity price for the group of customers using electricity for domestic purposes includes 5 levels with increasing prices to encourage economical and efficient use of electricity (Level 1: For kWh up to 100 - The ratio compared to the average retail electricity price adjusted by authority (%) is 90%; Level 2: For kWh from 101 - 200 - 108%; Level 3: For kWh from 201 - 400 - 136%; Level 4: For kWh from 401 - 700 - 162%; Level 5: For kWh from 701 and above - 180%).
SOME NEW GOVERNMENT POLICIES TAKE EFFECT FROM JUNE 2025
Amending and supplementing regulations on invoice issuance time from June 1
Decree No. 70/2025/ND-CP of the Government takes effect from June 1, 2025, amending and supplementing Article 9 of Decree No. 123/2020/ND-CP on the time of invoice issuance.
According to the new regulations, the time of invoice issuance for the sale of goods (including the sale and transfer of public assets and the sale of national reserve goods) is the time of transfer of ownership or right to use the goods to the buyer, regardless of whether the money has been collected or not.
For export of goods (including export processing), the time for issuing e-commerce invoices, electronic value-added invoices or electronic sales invoices is determined by the seller, but no later than the next working day from the date the goods are cleared through customs according to customs regulations...
Regime and policies for senior experts who are cadres, civil servants and public employees
The Government issued Decree No. 92/2025/ND-CP dated April 25, 2025 stipulating the regime and policies for senior experts.
Specifically, for senior experts who are cadres, civil servants, and public employees, the Decree stipulates that those holding leadership or management positions with a position allowance coefficient of 0.9 or lower, or not holding leadership or management positions, are entitled to enjoy the following regimes and policies: Salary is ranked at level 1, salary coefficient 8.80 of the Senior Expert Salary Table; enjoy regimes and policies related to public service activities equivalent to the title of Assistant to senior leaders of the Party and State.
In case of holding a leadership or management position with a position allowance coefficient from 1.0 to 1.25, the employee is entitled to the following regimes and policies: Salary is ranked at level 2, salary coefficient 9.40 of the Senior Expert Salary Table; and is entitled to regimes and policies related to public service activities equivalent to the position of Deputy Minister.
In case of holding a leadership or management position with a position allowance coefficient of 1.30 or higher, they are entitled to enjoy the following regimes and policies: Salary is ranked at level 3, salary coefficient 10.0 of the Senior Expert Salary Table; enjoy regimes and policies related to public service activities equivalent to the title of Minister.
Decree No. 92/2025/ND-CP takes effect from June 15, 2025.
Violations in the enforcement of laws on handling administrative violations
On April 26, 2025, the Government issued Decree No. 93/2025/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 19/2020/ND-CP dated February 12, 2020 of the Government on inspection and disciplinary action in the enforcement of laws on handling administrative violations.
Decree No. 93/2025/ND-CP, effective from June 15, 2025, stipulates 20 violations in the enforcement of the law on handling administrative violations (Decree No. 19/2020/ND-CP stipulates 19 violations). Specifically:
1. Retain violations with signs of crime for administrative handling.
2. Forging or falsifying administrative violation records or records of application of administrative measures.
3. Taking advantage of one's position and power to harass, demand or receive money or property from violators; condoning, covering up or restricting the rights of violators when handling administrative violations.
3. Illegal interference in the handling of administrative violations.
5. Failure to make a record of administrative violations when detecting administrative violations according to the provisions of law.
6. Making records of administrative violations without proper authority, without proper administrative violations, and without proper administrative violators.
7. Violating the time limit for drawing up a record of administrative violations or violating the time limit for issuing a decision to sanction administrative violations.
8. Not issuing a decision to sanction administrative violations, not applying administrative measures to violators according to law provisions or not confiscating exhibits and means of administrative violations, not applying remedial measures according to provisions in Clause 2, Article 65 of the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations.
9. Sanctioning administrative violations, applying remedial measures or applying administrative handling measures without proper authority or procedures (except for cases being considered for handling violations specified in Clauses 5, 7, 8 and 10 of this Article), not to the right subjects according to legal regulations or applying incorrect or incomplete forms of sanction, levels of sanction, or remedial measures to administrative violations or failing to apply forms of sanction, remedial measures to administrative violations.
10. Incorrectly identifying the violation when issuing a decision to sanction an administrative violation, except in cases where the violation is considered for handling as prescribed in Clause 9 of this Article.
11. Extend the period of application of administrative measures.
12. Failure to amend, supplement, cancel, or issue new decisions in administrative sanctions or failure to promptly amend, supplement, cancel, or issue new decisions in administrative sanctions when errors or violations are discovered.
13. Failure to monitor, urge, inspect, and organize the implementation of decisions on administrative sanctions, decisions on confiscation of exhibits and means of administrative violations, and decisions on applying remedial measures as prescribed; failure to organize the enforcement of decisions on administrative sanctions and decisions on applying remedial measures as prescribed.
14. Illegal use of money collected from administrative fines.
15. Not providing or providing inaccurate, incomplete, or dishonest information or documents related to the content of the inspection of law enforcement on handling administrative violations.
16. Opposing or obstructing inspectors, threatening or repressing those who provide information or documents to the inspection team, causing difficulties in the inspection of law enforcement on handling administrative violations.
17. Illegal interference in the inspection of law enforcement on handling of administrative violations.
18. Providing or disclosing information, documents, and records of the inspected subject to organizations and individuals without authority or responsibility.
19. Failure to implement or incomplete and inaccurate implementation of the conclusion of the inspection of law enforcement on handling of administrative violations.
20. Lack of responsibility in directing the implementation of conclusions on inspection of law enforcement work on handling administrative violations.
Changes in conditions for opening dedicated airports from June 23, 2025
The Government issued Decree No. 101/2025/ND-CP dated May 9, 2025 amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 32/2016/ND-CP dated May 6, 2016 regulating the management of aviation obstacle heights and airspace management and protection sites in Vietnam and Decree No. 42/2016/ND-CP dated May 15, 2016 regulating the conditions, order and procedures for opening and closing specialized airports.
In which, Decree No. 101/2025/ND-CP amends and supplements Clause 1, Article 10 of Decree No. 42/2016/ND-CP on conditions for opening specialized airports:
- Serving the strategy of national defense, economic and social development;
- Comply with relevant legal provisions on airspace management, land management, environment, water resources, water surface areas, sea surface areas, airspace management, no-fly zones, restricted flight zones;
- The airport owner has been granted a Certificate and a Registration for specialized airport operations for the airport proposed to be opened to serve the purpose of regularly operating commercial flights.
The above regulations take effect from June 23, 2025.
Government Inspectorate to implement new organizational structure from June 1, 2025
The Government issued Decree No. 109/2025/ND-CP dated May 20, 2025 stipulating the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Government Inspectorate.
According to regulations, the Government Inspectorate is a ministerial-level agency of the Government, performing the function of state management of inspection work, receiving citizens, handling complaints and denunciations, and preventing and combating corruption and negativity nationwide; performing inspection activities, receiving citizens, handling complaints and denunciations, and preventing and combating corruption, waste and negativity according to the provisions of law.
The Government Inspectorate consists of 22 units, including 20 administrative units, assisting the Government Inspector General in performing state management functions; 2 public service units, serving the state management functions of the Government Inspectorate.
Decree No. 109/2025/ND-CP takes effect from June 1, 2025./.
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