Vietnam's Ministry of Finance published a progress report on implementation of its March 2026 and first-quarter 2026 work programme, covering legislative priorities, state budget and public investment execution, and developments in securities, bond and insurance markets. The update also includes actions on public-asset management, price administration and external financing. On the legislative agenda, the ministry asked the Government to adjust the 2026 law-making programme by adding draft amendments to the Customs Law and the Non-agricultural Land Use Tax Law, and by removing proposed amendments to the Environmental Protection Tax Law and a resolution on environmental protection tax rates; it is also working with the Ministry of Justice on procedures to withdraw the draft amended Public Debt Management Law. During the quarter it submitted 22 draft decrees for issuance by competent authorities and issued 31 sectoral circulars, while 31 policy dossiers remained with the Government and the Prime Minister for consideration; as of 31 March 2026, 139 of 273 assigned tasks had been completed. State budget revenue totalled VND 829.4 trillion in Q1 (32.8% of the annual estimate) and expenditure reached VND 530.1 trillion (16.8%), with development investment spending up 44.6% year on year; public investment allocations reached VND 984.95 trillion and disbursement was estimated at VND 110.3 trillion (11% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister). By 31 March 2026 VNIndex stood at 1,674.49 and equity market capitalisation across HOSE, HNX and UPCoM was VND 9,683.53 trillion; government bond issuance reached VND 80.1 trillion (16% of the VND 500 trillion plan) at an average yield of 4.06% and average tenor of 10.02 years, while private-placement corporate bond issuance totalled about VND 8.9 trillion from 10 issuers. Preparation for the first session of the 16th National Assembly was identified as a priority, with the ministry responsible for nine of the 32 government items to be submitted. For the nationwide public-asset inventory (reference time 00:00 on 01 January 2026), progress will be publicly disclosed twice weekly on Tuesday and Friday mornings; the ministry also prepared reporting for Q1 2026 price-management work amid weekly domestic fuel price adjustments and global crude oil prices reported to have exceeded USD 110 per barrel and to be trading around USD 100.

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