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PUBLIC INVESTMENT DISBURSEMENTS REACH 39% OF FULL-YEAR PLAN BY JULY
A bank teller handles stacks of Vietnamese banknotes - PHOTO: LE VU
HCMC – Vietnam had disbursed VND388.3 trillion in public investment by the end of July, representing 39.45% of the full-year plan and 43.9% of the target assigned by the prime minister, according to the Ministry of Finance.
As of June 30, cumulative disbursements under the 2025 plan had reached VND318.57 trillion, or 32.37% of the full-year plan and 36.01% of the prime minister’s target. Disbursements for national target programs totaled VND10.88 trillion, or 44.47% of the assigned plan.
An estimated VND69.73 trillion was disbursed in July, lifting the year-to-date rate to 43.9%, up 10.1 percentage points from a year earlier. Local budget-funded projects recorded a 57.5% disbursement rate, 24.2 percentage points higher than last year.
Only four of 42 ministries and central agencies, and 19 of 34 provinces and cities, reported disbursement above the national average.
Six ministries and agencies, along with 23 localities, met or exceeded the average rate. These include the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, the Voice of Vietnam, Vietnam Electricity Group, the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Public Security, and localities such as Ha Tinh, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Phu Tho, Thai Nguyen, Bac Ninh, Lao Cai, Quang Ngai, Tay Ninh, Hue, Dien Bien, Dak Lak, Tuyen Quang, Khanh Hoa, Hung Yen, Quang Ninh, Dong Thap, Haiphong, Cao Bang, HCMC, and Lang Son.
Thirty ministries and agencies, and 11 localities, posted rates below the national average.
Source: The Saigon Times
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