Vietnam will continue trimming its public workforce in 2026, coupled with proposals to recalibrate salaries and allowances across the system.

President Luong Cuong described the appointees as highly trained legal experts with strong qualifications who have advanced through the ranks while accumulating substantial hands-on experience in the judicial system.

Under the plan, all civil status events of Vietnamese citizens, foreign residents in Vietnam, as well as foreigners and people of Vietnamese origin, must be registered in a timely, complete and accurate manner in accordance with the law.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 7 urged the swift completion of the “Quang Trung Campaign” to rebuild storm-hit homes in central Vietnam before the 14th Party Congress and Lunar New Year.

Vietnam’s new Decree 370/2025 outlines staffing structures for provincial and local departments, with special provisions for Hanoi and HCM City.

In the final days of 2025, as many agencies entered their familiar annual review cycle, an Official Dispatch with concise, direct language, clear deadlines, and specific individual responsibilities was sent throughout the entire system.

Due to recent storms and floods, a total of 1,597 houses from Quang Tri to Lam Dong were collapsed or swept away and required rebuilding, while 34,759 were damaged and needed repairs.

The Ministry of Finance confirms full disbursement of Tet gift funds for people with meritorious service and vulnerable citizens.

During 2026–2035, it targets annual enrolment of 2,000–2,500 new students at college and university levels, including 1,000–1,500 students with strong potential to be developed into a core workforce for ethnic minority and mountainous regions.

The Government has approved a new policy to support students in border communes with monthly meal subsidies and rice allocations.

Deputy Prime Minister Mai Van Chinh emphasized that efforts for ethnic minorities must be implemented with “six clears”: clear people, clear work, clear time, clear responsibility, clear results, and clear authority.

Minister of Home Affairs Do Thanh Binh has recently responded to voters' petitions on the adjustment of base salary and the roadmap for salary reform for officials, civil servants and public employees, particularly those at the grassroots level.

The programme’s overarching goal is to ensure that all people receive primary healthcare management and early, preventive care delivered close to home, thereby reducing disease burden.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has approved a national project to train high-quality human resources among ethnic minorities in key sectors from 2026 to 2035, with a vision toward 2045.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed that Vietnamese people, whether living inside or outside the country, always embody confidence, self-reliance, and national pride.

Resolution No. 258/2025/QH15 pilots a number of special mechanisms and policies in the fields of investment, planning, urban development, architecture, construction, land, and finance to implement major and important projects in the capital.

PM Pham Minh Chinh has ordered the development of a modern and high-tech defence industry with dual-use products, calling for the private economic sector to participate in developing the defence industry.

Vietnam introduces “morning pick-up, evening return” model to care for seniors at local level.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has urged ministries to finalize the optimal investment model for the North–South high-speed railway and accelerate key national infrastructure projects.

Of the total, about 100 trillion VND will come from the central budget, 300 trillion VND from local budgets, and roughly 23 trillion VND from state-funded policy credit sources.