The Government deploys 5 key tasks and solutions to ensure growth in 2025

The Government has just issued Resolution No. 226/NQ-CP dated August 5, 2025 on growth targets for sectors, fields, localities and key tasks and solutions to ensure the country's growth in 2025 reaches 8.3 - 8.5%.

Resolution 226/NQ-CP takes effect from August 5, 2025, replacing Resolution No. 25/NQ-CP dated February 5, 2025 on growth targets for industries, sectors and localities to ensure the national growth target in 2025 reaches 8% or more.

The Resolution clearly states: 2025 is of special importance, a year of acceleration, breakthrough, and finishing, the final year of implementing the 5-year Socio -Economic Development Plan 2021-2025, carrying out the revolution of streamlining the organizational apparatus, holding Party Congresses at all levels towards the 14th National Congress of the Party and preparing and consolidating fundamental factors, creating a premise for our country to confidently enter a new era - the era of striving for strong and prosperous development of the nation, towards successfully implementing the goals of the 10-year Socio-Economic Development Strategy 2021-2030.

The Government deploys 5 key tasks and solutions to ensure growth in 2025

In the first 6 months of 2025, in the context of the world situation continuing to evolve rapidly, complicatedly, unpredictably, beyond forecasts, reducing the world economic growth prospect, thanks to the participation of the entire political system under the centralized and unified leadership of the Central Committee, directly and regularly led by the Politburo, the Secretariat, and General Secretary To Lam; the close and effective coordination and support of the National Assembly; the consensus and active participation of the people and the business community; the support and assistance of international friends, our country's socio-economic situation has achieved many important and quite comprehensive results in most aspects; many important indicators and indicators on growth, production and business, enterprises, state budget revenue, investment, export, consumption, etc. continue to have a positive trend, each month is better than the previous month, each quarter is higher than the previous quarter. The 6-month growth rate reached 7.52% over the same period, a bright spot in global economic growth; the macro economy is basically stable, inflation is under control, major balances of the economy are ensured, public debt, government debt, foreign debt, and budget deficit are under control.

In the last 6 months of the year, our country's economy has opportunities, advantages and difficulties, challenges intertwined, but difficulties, challenges are more numerous, more complicated, there are unpredictable issues, which can adversely affect economic growth. In that context, in order to achieve the growth target of 8% or more in 2025 according to the direction of the Central Committee, Resolution No. 192/2025/QH15 of the National Assembly, creating a foundation for growth in 2026 to reach 10% or more, the Government requests Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Government agencies, Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities to continue to promote the spirit of responsibility, solidarity, unity, solidarity, focus on thoroughly grasping, implementing synchronously, comprehensively, more effectively the Resolutions, Conclusions, directions of the Central Committee, Politburo, Secretariat, the General Secretary and key leaders, of the National Assembly, The Government, the Prime Minister, the Government's Resolutions on the regular monthly Government Meetings; take advantage of opportunities and advantages, especially the effectiveness of newly issued policies and solutions and organize two-level local governments, exploit new development spaces, and make the greatest efforts to promote higher growth in the third quarter, fourth quarter and the whole year of 2025. In particular, focus on implementing the following main goals, tasks and solutions:

I. Main objectives and guiding principles

1. Continue to prioritize promoting growth associated with maintaining macroeconomic stability, controlling inflation, ensuring major balances of the economy, budget deficit, public debt, government debt, and national foreign debt within the scope permitted by the National Assembly; strive for a GDP growth rate of 8.3 - 8.5% in 2025; an average consumer price index (CPI) growth rate of less than 4.5% in 2025; total social investment in 2025 to increase by 11-12%; mobilize and implement social investment capital in the last 6 months of the year of about 2.8 million billion VND; continue to improve and enhance the material and spiritual life of the people.

2. Closely monitor and grasp the situation, closely coordinate, synchronously, comprehensively and effectively implement the tasks and solutions set out in this Resolution; promote the spirit of solidarity and unity in direction and management; have innovative and breakthrough thinking, look far and wide, think deeply and do big things, have high determination, make great efforts, act decisively, have a focus, key points, and complete each task. Organize and implement seriously and substantially with the spirit of "6 clear": clear people, clear work, clear time, clear responsibility, clear products, clear authority. Uphold the spirit of responsibility, serve the people, focus on directing the timely and effective resolution of issues and legitimate recommendations of people and businesses.

II. Main tasks and solutions in the coming time

1. On promoting growth momentum from social investment

a) Ministries, agencies and localities, according to their assigned functions and tasks, have feasible and effective solutions to attract, mobilize and implement social investment capital according to the set targets, strive to achieve higher targets when conditions are favorable, in the last 6 months of the year, focus on implementing and disbursing 100% of the state budget investment capital plan for 2025 assigned by the Prime Minister, all public investment capital from increased revenue and savings in state budget expenditure in 2024 is expected to be disbursed in 2025; private investment capital is about 1.5 million billion VND; attracted foreign direct investment (FDI) capital is about 18 billion USD, realized FDI capital is about 16 billion USD; realized investment capital from other sources is about 165 trillion VND.

b) The State Bank of Vietnam shall grasp the situation, proactively, flexibly, promptly and effectively manage monetary policy tools, closely, effectively and synchronously coordinate fiscal policies and other macroeconomic policies; stabilize the monetary and foreign exchange markets in accordance with market conditions; direct credit institutions to continue to cut costs, strive to reduce lending interest rates to support business production and people's livelihoods, improve credit quality, and limit bad debt; resolutely and proactively adjust the credit growth target for 2025 publicly, transparently, in line with inflation being controlled according to the target, promoting growth to reach 8.3 - 8.5% and meeting the capital needs of the economy; Direct credit institutions to control and direct credit to production and business sectors, priority areas, traditional growth drivers of the economy (investment, export, consumption) and new drivers (including science and technology, innovation, digital transformation, digital economy, green economy, circular economy, social housing, etc.). Carefully prepare monetary policies for the last months of 2025 and 2026, and report to the Government Standing Committee before August 20, 2025.

c) The Ministry of Finance shall implement a reasonable, focused, and effective expansionary fiscal policy; strengthen revenue management, expand the revenue base, and strive for the state budget revenue in 2025 to increase by at least 25% compared to the estimate (based on developments and the situation, strive to increase revenue by more than 25%); thoroughly save regular expenditures, including saving an additional 10% of the regular expenditure estimate in the last 7 months of 2025 to support social security and build boarding and semi-boarding schools for students in remote, border, special economic zones, and islands areas; take advantage of public debt and budget deficit to mobilize additional resources for investment in key projects and works on transportation, digital infrastructure, healthcare, education, and culture. Carefully prepare fiscal policies for the last months of 2025 and 2026, and report to the Government Standing Committee before August 20, 2025.

d) The Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Finance, corporations and general companies prepare plans and scenarios to respond to arising situations, increase the exploitation of hydropower in the rainy season, ensure the balance of domestic energy and gasoline, ensure energy security to serve production and business needs; prepare plans to supply and regulate power sources to ensure power supply in the hot season, complete investment preparation procedures, deploy and complete, put into operation large power source and transmission projects. Study and immediately adjust some of the problems of the Decrees on: the mechanism for direct electricity purchase and sale between renewable energy power generation units and large electricity users; mechanisms and policies to encourage the development of self-produced and self-consumed rooftop solar power.

d) Promote disbursement of public investment capital

(1) Ministries, agencies and localities:

- Develop plans, progress and monthly capital disbursement targets for each investor; identify and promptly resolve arising problems of each project; proactively have solutions to manage capital plans to ensure sufficient capital for projects that can be implemented and disbursed; ensure the progress of key and important national infrastructure projects, disburse all assigned capital plans, determined to complete the goal of opening the North-South expressway in the East, determined to complete 3,000 km of expressway, strive to complete 1,700 km of coastal road in 2025; have specific plans, carefully prepare the work to break ground, start and commence the project of site clearance and resettlement of Lao Cai - Hanoi - Hai Phong railway and the project of site clearance and resettlement of high-speed railway on the North-South axis according to regulations; works and projects serving the APEC Conference 2027...

- Do a good job of forecasting supply and demand, reviewing supply sources and capacity, proactively and promptly balancing sufficient construction materials such as sand, stone, gravel, and fill soil for public investment projects, preventing hoarding and price hikes; have solutions to promote businesses to save energy, innovate technology, use alternative materials, and handle input costs to reduce product prices.

- Localities urgently promote compensation, support, resettlement, and site clearance, especially for important projects for socio-economic development.

(2) The Ministry of Ethnic Minorities and Religions, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, the Ministry of Education and Training, ministries, agencies and localities shall accelerate the implementation of national target programs; complete the goal of eliminating temporary and dilapidated houses for people with revolutionary contributions, relatives and families of martyrs before July 27, 2025 and be determined to basically eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses nationwide before August 31, 2025; build boarding and semi-boarding schools for high school students in remote, border and island areas. The Ministry of Education and Training shall preside over the review of educational institutions, kindergartens, preschools and general schools to complete the construction, renovation and repair to meet the requirements for the opening of the 2025-2026 school year; absolutely must not have a shortage of schools and classes on the opening day.

(3) In August 2025, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment shall submit to the Government a Resolution on specific mechanisms and policies to remove difficulties and obstacles in implementing the Law on Geology and Minerals 2024, including a mechanism to remove difficulties and obstacles related to the exploitation of minerals that are common construction materials to supply key transport infrastructure projects, important national projects and other public investment projects of ministries, branches and localities.

(4) In August 2025, the Ministry of Finance will submit to the Government specific Resolutions to address difficulties and obstacles caused by legal provisions on planning, mobilization and use of ODA capital and foreign preferential loans while the National Assembly has not yet submitted amendments to the Law on Planning and the Law on Public Debt Management. In August 2025, complete specific mechanisms and policies for the special economic zones of Van Don, Van Phong and Phu Quoc to submit to the Politburo.

e) Promote decentralization, delegation of power, administrative procedure reform, national digital transformation; promote private investment; effectively and thoroughly handle difficulties, problems, and backlog projects.

(1) Ministries, agencies and localities:

- Focus on effectively implementing Resolution No. 68-NQ/TW of the Politburo, Resolution No. 198/2025/QH15 of the National Assembly on a number of special mechanisms and policies for private economic development, Resolution No. 138/NQ-CP dated May 16, 2025 and No. 139/NQ-CP dated May 17, 2025 of the Government on the Action Plan to implement the Resolutions of the Politburo and the National Assembly.

- Continue to implement the tasks and solutions assigned in Resolution No. 66/NQ-CP dated March 26, 2025 of the Government and the Prime Minister's directives on reviewing, reducing and simplifying administrative procedures; continue to promote decentralization, delegation of authority, and implementation of administrative procedures to ensure efficiency, smoothness, and no interruption when rearranging administrative units and implementing the 2-level local government model.

(2) The Ministry of Finance, the Government Inspectorate, ministries, branches, localities, corporations and state-owned enterprises shall effectively promote Steering Committee 751 to remove difficulties and obstacles for backlogged projects; summarize the implementation of Resolution 170/2024/QH15 of the National Assembly, on that basis report to competent authorities for permission to study and expand the scope of application to similar projects nationwide for specific mechanisms and policies applied in Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Khanh Hoa.

(3) The Ministry of Construction, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and other ministries, agencies and localities urgently review issues related to land and the real estate market to study and propose amendments and supplements to the Land Law, Real Estate Business Law, and Housing Law; promptly guide and remove difficulties and obstacles in the implementation of Resolution No. 201/2025/QH15 on piloting specific mechanisms and policies for social housing development; build a progress critical path, complete at least 100,000 social housing apartments in 2025, promote sustainable and healthy development of the real estate market. Carefully prepare the groundbreaking ceremony and inauguration of at least 80 projects on August 19, 2025.

g) The Ministry of Finance, ministries, agencies and localities shall develop effective mechanisms to selectively attract foreign investment, focusing on promoting and attracting large-scale, high-tech FDI projects, keeping the environment clean, especially attracting technology transfer; promptly grasp and handle difficulties and problems of FDI enterprises, especially cutting administrative procedures to speed up the progress of projects in Vietnam; effectively promote the Investment Support Fund.

h) The Ministry of Finance, ministries, agencies and localities have specific plans to promote the role of the owner's representative agency, direct economic groups and state-owned corporations to promote their leading role, innovate governance, improve production and business efficiency, strive to achieve the target of increasing output or revenue by 2025 by about 10%; strengthen management, strictly control and improve the efficiency of using cash flow and capital. Promote the effectiveness of resources of the Vietnam Development Bank to support enterprises in implementing key, large-scale infrastructure projects.

i) The Ministry of Justice shall preside over and coordinate with ministries, branches and localities to continue reviewing difficulties and obstacles caused by legal provisions; promote the effectiveness of the operation of the Independent Appraisal Council according to the provisions of Resolution No. 206/2025/QH15 of the National Assembly to apply special mechanisms, promptly handle difficulties and obstacles caused by legal provisions, and meet practical requirements.

2. On promoting consumption and effectively exploiting the domestic market

a) The Ministry of Industry and Trade implements trade promotion activities and distributes goods via digital platforms, striving to increase e-commerce growth by over 25% for the whole year; supports the provision of market information and legal advice to businesses to open up the domestic market; promotes the campaign "Vietnamese people prioritize using Vietnamese goods", builds a distribution system of "Quintessence of Vietnamese goods", "Proud of Vietnamese goods"..., contributing to increasing consumers' access to domestic goods. Initiatives are needed to create trends and movements for consuming goods produced in Vietnam.

b) The Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Public Security, ministries, agencies and localities develop specific plans and regularly, continuously and effectively implement the work of combating and repelling smuggling, trade fraud, counterfeit goods, fake goods, poor quality goods, intellectual property violations, etc.

c) Ministries, agencies and localities closely monitor price and market developments, regularly update inflation scenarios to have appropriate price management solutions, avoid shortages, disruptions in supply, sudden price increases; strictly handle violations of price laws, speculation, hoarding, price manipulation.

d) The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and localities promote tourism, develop diverse, high-quality tourism products for each tourist season and key areas, effectively exploit international and domestic tourist seasons, enhance experiences and increase average spending of tourists, strive to reach at least 25 million international tourists and 150 million domestic tourists for the whole year; strengthen inspection and management of the market, prices of accommodation, food and beverage services, food hygiene and safety, especially in key tourist areas; strengthen linkages in tourism development, combine tourism with consumption of OCOP products and local specialties.

d) The Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to their assigned functions and tasks, shall preside over and coordinate with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to develop a convenient and flexible visa policy for tourists and improve visa approval procedures for tourists entering Vietnam.

3. On promoting exports and developing harmonious trade with other countries

a) The Ministry of Industry and Trade presides over and coordinates with ministries, agencies and localities:

- Continue to proactively and actively implement negotiations on a reciprocal trade agreement with the United States under the direction of competent authorities, ensuring the harmony of interests of both sides.

- Strengthen inspection and control of certificate issuance, strictly handle acts of origin fraud.

- Effectively exploit signed FTAs. Immediately implement negotiations and soon sign new FTAs, especially with countries in the Middle East, India, Africa, Latin America, upgrade the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement...; proactively implement trade promotion solutions, support businesses to access and boost exports for each key industry, key markets, niche markets, potential markets, and make the most of the peak consumption season of major markets at the end of the year.

b) Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance according to assigned functions and tasks:

- Focus on thoroughly handling within authority and reporting to the Prime Minister in cases beyond authority to handle difficulties and obstacles regarding regulations and conditions for import and export, etc., especially recommendations from businesses and associations that have not been handled for many years; urgently review and eliminate unnecessary, overlapping and duplicate customs and specialized inspection regulations; create conditions for export enterprises to switch to the domestic market; speed up customs clearance, reduce logistics costs, facilitate businesses, in which priority is given to customs clearance for agricultural and forestry products, especially goods at the main harvest time and susceptible to damage.

- Ensure food security; promote negotiations and remove technical barriers to open markets for key agricultural products; develop and implement strategies to diversify agricultural export markets, especially new potential markets.

c) The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has solutions to prevent African swine fever and does a good job of propaganda for people to participate.

d) The Ministry of Finance shall develop a Government Resolution on flexible, timely and effective adaptation solutions to the US reciprocal tax policy and report to the Government on August 5, 2025.

4. On promoting new growth drivers

a) Ministries, agencies and localities:

(1) Continue to resolutely, synchronously and effectively implement the Politburo's "four pillars" Resolutions (Resolutions No. 57-NQ/TW, 59-NQ/TW, 66-NQ/TW, 68-NQ/TW), new development drivers, including science and technology, innovation, digital transformation, development of high-quality human resources, and effectively exploit the advantages of deep international integration.

- The Ministry of Science and Technology, ministries, agencies and localities focus on disbursing science and technology, innovation and digital transformation projects that have been allocated by the state budget; approve the list to implement projects that have been allocated by the state budget to supplement the state budget revenue increase and expenditure savings in 2025 for immediate implementation in 2025.

- The Ministry of Public Security completes the drafting of the Decree on digital citizens and submits it to the Government in August 2025.

- The Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Education and Training, the Ministry of Home Affairs, and the Ministry of Public Security shall study and submit to the Prime Minister mechanisms and policies on attracting human resources, developing and employing talents and high-quality human resources to serve the development of science and technology, innovation, and national digital transformation; effectively deploy the activities of the National Data Development Fund to support activities serving state management and socio-economic development.

- The Ministry of Science and Technology implements measures to promote the development of strategic technology sectors according to Decision No. 1131/QD-TTg dated June 12, 2025 of the Prime Minister.

- The Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education and Training, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, and other ministries and sectors must complete the project to digitize the activities of their ministries and sectors in the third quarter of 2025.

- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs urgently develops and completes the National Assembly Resolution to concretize Resolution No. 59-NQ/TW of the Politburo on international integration in the new situation, and reports to the Government to submit to the National Assembly at the year-end session.

(2) Promote the implementation of solutions to promote the development of digital economy; green economy; circular economy; new business models; emerging industries and fields such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data, cloud computing, cultural industry, entertainment industry, etc.

b) The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education and Training urgently complete the Politburo's Resolutions on: breakthroughs in public health care, meeting the requirements of national development in the new era; modernization and breakthroughs in education and training development.

c) The Ministry of Finance shall complete the Projects to report to the Politburo on state economic development and attracting new-generation FDI; implement measures as prescribed to upgrade the stock market from a frontier market to an emerging market, closely coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies to promptly remove difficulties and obstacles to meet the upgrading criteria, develop the capital market towards international practices; coordinate with ministries, agencies and localities to implement the National Assembly's Resolution on international financial centers, build free trade zones and border economic zones in some key economic localities; proactively implement solutions to attract and effectively use indirect investment capital into Vietnam, improve the economy's ability to absorb indirect investment capital; review the National Master Plan to maximize the potential and advantages of the new development space after merging localities.

d) The Ministry of Public Security shall preside over, together with the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Construction, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and other major cities, to develop a roadmap and plan to implement Directive No. 20/CT-TTg dated July 12, 2025 of the Prime Minister on a number of urgent and drastic tasks to prevent and resolve environmental pollution, ensuring rationality, efficiency and suitability with the socio-economic development conditions of the locality. Research and have support and incentive policies for businesses and individuals operating in the field of green transport development.

5. Ensure smooth and effective operation of two-level local government

a) Ministries, agencies and localities according to assigned functions and tasks:

- Continue to review, implement the arrangement and completion of the organizational apparatus of the political system in 2025 according to Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW, the conclusions of the Central Executive Committee, the Politburo, and the Secretariat, ensuring the operation of the two-level local government is interconnected, unified, effective and efficient; carefully and thoughtfully prepare and effectively organize Party Congresses at all levels towards the 14th National Party Congress.

- Closely monitor the activities of local governments at two levels, the implementation of 28 decrees on decentralization, delegation of power, and assignment of authority to promptly remove difficulties and obstacles in the implementation process.

- The Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of Home Affairs effectively carry out digital transformation tasks to serve the operation of the two-level local government model.

- Building a team of grassroots cadres with qualities, ethics, capacity, close to the people, solving problems right at the grassroots.

b) The Ministry of Finance, ministries, agencies and localities shall fully and promptly arrange funding sources to pay for policies and regimes according to Decree No. 178/2024/ND-CP and Decree No. 67/2025/ND-CP and tasks serving the arrangement of administrative units and the implementation of two-level local governments; promptly and fully resolve regimes and policies for cadres, civil servants and employees in the arrangement of the organizational apparatus, especially those who have decided to resign.

III. Implementation

1. Ministries, agencies and localities:

a) Based on the results of the implementation of the growth targets of the sectors and fields in the first 6 months of the year, the ability to mobilize resources, the driving forces and development space in the last 6 months of the year, urgently develop growth scenarios with solutions of the sectors and fields for the remaining months and quarters of the year to strive to achieve and exceed the targets in Appendix II of this Resolution. Regarding the GRDP growth target, localities direct specialized agencies to closely coordinate with statistical agencies, based on estimated GRDP data in the first 6 months of the year, the ability to mobilize resources, the driving forces and development space in the last 6 months of the year, urgently review and develop GRDP growth scenarios by economic sector and product tax minus product subsidies and by sector level 01 for the remaining quarters of the year, along with solutions to strive to achieve and exceed the targets in Appendix III of this Resolution.

Ministries, agencies and localities shall send the Ministry of Finance scenarios for implementing growth according to assigned targets before August 15, 2025 for synthesis and monitoring.

b) Proactively carry out tasks and solutions within authority and research and propose specific mechanisms, policies, tasks and solutions in cases beyond authority, send them to the Ministry of Finance for synthesis and reporting to the Government and the Prime Minister to promptly remove difficulties and obstacles, promote growth, complete the assigned targets in this Resolution and strive to exceed targets in more favorable conditions.

c) Monthly and quarterly reports assessing the implementation situation, updating growth scenarios (if any) and recommending and proposing solutions to achieve growth targets, to be sent to the Ministry of Finance before the 25th of each month.

2. The People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities shall urgently direct the study and review of resources, driving forces, and capacity for growth in the remaining period of the year and implementation solutions, and in August 2025 report to the People's Councils at the same level to resolve the local GRDP growth target not lower than the target assigned in Appendix III of this Resolution in order to thoroughly grasp and organize synchronous, comprehensive, and effective implementation.

3. The Ministry of Finance shall preside over and coordinate with ministries, branches and localities to synthesize, monitor, evaluate the implementation status and make recommendations and proposals (if any), and report to the Government at the regular quarterly Government meeting.

4. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism shall preside over and coordinate with the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission, news agencies, press, central and local ministries and branches to widely disseminate and propagate this Resolution.

5. The Government Office monitors and urges the implementation of this Resolution according to its assigned functions and tasks.

6. This Resolution takes effect from the date of signing and replaces Resolution No. 25/NQ-CP dated February 5, 2025 of the Government on growth targets for sectors, fields and localities to ensure the national growth target in 2025 reaches 8% or more.

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