ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL NEWS

Decree No. 358/2026/ND-CP has significantly expanded the operational scope and debt resolution tools available to the Vietnam Debt and Asset Trading Corporation (DATC), ranging from debt trading and asset resolution to debt-to-equity conversion, corporate restructuring, and support for business recovery. A new legal framework is being established, but for these mechanisms to be effectively translated into debt-resolution capacity for the economy, the next challenge is to provide DATC with sufficiently strong financial resources commensurate with the increasingly large scale of the debt market.

The Ministry of Finance has requested ministries, central-level agencies, and localities to register monthly disbursement plans in line with project implementation progress and actual disbursement capacity, while ensuring that data updated on the relevant systems is complete, accurate, consistent, and submitted on time.

Rather than simply “choosing land and incentives,” FDI investors are increasingly selecting investment destinations based on the capabilities of the entire ecosystem. Synchronized infrastructure and support services not only create an advantage in attracting investment capital but also help shorten project implementation timelines, retain investors, and encourage them to expand their investments.

Vietnam needs to properly identify the materials for which it must proactively conduct research, manufacture, stockpile and control the supply chain, while also determining which stages can be pursued through international cooperation on the basis of safeguarding national interests.

Artificial intelligence (AI) can solve mathematical problems, write code and process enormous volumes of data. However, selecting the right model, validating results and taking responsibility for decisions still require human judgment. This shift is placing new demands on Economics and Mathematics education, linking mathematical foundations with data, technology and real-world financial applications.

With its industrial base, infrastructure and investment attraction performance continuing to improve, Thai Nguyen Province is seeking to attract high-tech projects with high added value and environmentally friendly operations. In this process, investment consulting, promotion and investor support activities are helping connect businesses with the province’s investment potential and opportunities.

In the United States, the Ministry of Finance held direct discussions with institutional investors, Moody’s, and J.P. Morgan on Vietnam’s economic outlook, fiscal and monetary policy orientations, public debt management, and the Government’s capital-raising channels.

The draft Law amending and supplementing a number of provisions of the Law on Social Insurance proposes expanding the scope of participants and gradually bringing new groups of workers into the social insurance system. It also proposes expanding the investment options for the Social Insurance Fund, together with requirements to ensure safety and improve the efficiency of resource utilization.

The tax authorities’ increasing use of big data and artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor compliance is prompting businesses to pay greater attention to data quality, control systems, and their ability to provide explanations and supporting information.

The draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Marine and Island Resources and Environment proposes to improve the legal framework governing rights to use marine areas, including mechanisms for transferring, contributing as capital, and mortgaging such rights, thereby creating a basis for mobilizing long-term capital for the development of the marine economy.

The reorganization of administrative units creates opportunities to restructure development spaces, concentrate resources and strengthen linkages among localities. However, larger administrative scales can only be transformed into growth drivers when accompanied by governance capacity, effective resource allocation, integrated infrastructure and the ability to leverage the strengths of each area.

Resolution No. 280/NQ-CP sets out requirements to comprehensively concretize the tasks and solutions under Resolution No. 10-NQ/TW, with a view to developing an efficient and sustainable foreign-invested economic sector, attracting high-quality medium- and long-term capital, while strengthening linkages with and spillover effects on the domestic economy.