Prime Minister assigns deadline for reporting the establishment of a gold trading floor

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has just signed Official Dispatch No. 06/CD-TTg dated January 24, 2026 on promoting a number of key tasks and solutions to achieve the economic growth target for 2026.

According to the telegram, 2026 is of special significance, the first year of implementing the 5-year Socio-Economic Development Plan 2026-2030, opening a new era of national development.

To successfully complete the Resolution of the 14th National Party Congress, the Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Finance to preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies to urgently develop a Government action program to implement the Resolution of the 14th National Party Congress, and submit it to the Government before February 5, 2026.

Regarding the management of fiscal and monetary policies, the Ministry of Finance shall preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies to continue implementing the fiscal and expansionary policies reasonably, with focus and key points, closely and effectively coordinating with monetary policy and other macro policies.

In particular, strengthening financial and budgetary discipline and order, ensuring correct, sufficient and timely collection, expanding the collection base, preventing tax losses, especially from e-commerce, food and beverage services, and retail. Strive for state budget collection in 2026 to increase by at least 10% compared to the estimate in 2025.

Continue to implement policies to reduce and extend taxes, fees, land rents, etc. to support people and businesses, promote production and business, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Resolutely implement solutions to develop the stock market and the corporate bond market to be stable, safe and healthy, becoming an effective medium and long-term capital mobilization channel for double-digit growth.

The State Bank of Vietnam operates interest rates and exchange rates in accordance with developments in the macroeconomic situation and monetary policy goals, strictly manages the foreign exchange market, and stabilizes the value of the Vietnamese Dong.

Direct credit institutions to grow credit safely and effectively, focusing on directing credit capital flows into production and business sectors, priority sectors, and growth drivers.

Continue to implement credit programs under the direction of the Government and the Prime Minister, especially social housing loans, infrastructure investment, digital technology, support for linking production, processing and consumption of high-quality rice...; strictly control credit efficiency for areas with potential risks.

Actively handle weak credit institutions, effectively implement the restructuring plan for specially controlled commercial banks. Strengthen bad debt handling, limit new bad debts.

Urgently complete research, evaluation, consideration and proposal to establish a national gold exchange/national gold exchange, report to the Government Standing Committee in January 2026.

Regarding investment, the Ministry of Finance, ministries, agencies and localities monitor and urge the detailed assignment of public investment capital plans of ministries, branches and localities and promote the disbursement of public investment capital, implement national target programs from the beginning of the year; strive for the disbursement rate of public investment capital to reach 100% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister.

Resolutely remove difficulties and obstacles in site clearance and construction materials supply; promptly adjust capital from slow-disbursement projects to well-disbursed projects.

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