The State Bank of Vietnam issued a 2025 action programme on practising thrift and preventing waste, effective from the date of signing. The plan sets requirements for SBV units to implement higher-level Party and government directions and align savings and anti-waste measures with the banking sector’s 2025 priority tasks. Key priorities include tighter management of state budget funds and SBV financial resources, public assets, and public investment, including accelerating procurement and approved projects and aiming to complete disbursement of allocated state budget capital. The programme also focuses on arranging and disposing of public assets, particularly land and buildings, alongside organisational streamlining and payroll reduction, strengthening accounting and financial management, and reinforcing inspection, internal audit and enforcement for breaches identified by audit and supervisory bodies. Further measures cover administrative reform to cut procedures and compliance costs, improving the effectiveness of state-owned enterprises under SBV management, and proposing and implementing options to address weak commercial banks once approved by the competent authorities.