Vietnam's Ministry of Finance published a press release on a national conference assessing delivery of 2025 financial-budget, investment and socio-economic development tasks and discussing implementation tasks for 2026. The ministry reported broadly stable macroeconomic conditions in 2025, with inflation kept below target and state budget execution outperforming the plan. GDP growth for 2025 was estimated at about 8% and inflation at about 3.3% (below 4%), with GDP per capita estimated at more than USD 5,000. State budget revenue by 31 December 2025 reached about VND 2.65 million billion, 34.74% above the estimate and 30.3% higher year on year, while tax and fee exemptions, reductions and deferrals over 2021-2025 totalled about VND 1.1 million billion; development investment spending rose to around 32-33% of total expenditure and the average budget deficit and public debt over five years were about 3.1-3.2% and 35-36% of GDP respectively. The update also pointed to a 2025 upgrade of the stock market to a secondary emerging market, import-export turnover of over USD 930 billion with a trade surplus of more than USD 20 billion, and total social investment in 2025 of over VND 4.15 million billion (about 32.3% of GDP).

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