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Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai Launch Battery-Swapping Cabinet Rollout for Green Transportation
Jan. 8, 2026 | Transportation & Logistics

Electric motorbike battery-swapping cabinets will roll out across Ho Chi Minh City and the Dong Nai region under a plan to achieve net zero emissions and boost green transportation.

**As part of its net zero emissions strategy, Ho Chi Minh City approved the installation of battery-swapping cabinets on sidewalks and in public spaces.**
The Department of Construction will develop transparent, non-discriminatory criteria for selecting companies to invest in, install, manage, and operate these cabinets. Officials will publish a list of approved sidewalk locations and assign management responsibilities that cover safety, fire prevention, public order, sanitation, and aesthetics.

**To support this rollout, the City Police, Department of Industry and Trade, Ho Chi Minh City Power Corporation, and local People’s Committees will ensure reliable power supply, supervise installations, and maintain overall system safety.**
Participating companies must refrain from advertising on the equipment, restore sites to their original condition if authorities demand removal, and comply with relocation or removal orders. The city will apply existing municipal regulations when collecting fees for temporary sidewalk and roadway use.

**In line with these requirements, Great Wealth and V-Green have proposed installing approximately 20,000 battery-swapping cabinets, mounting them on streetlight poles or placing them on sidewalks.**
Each cabinet will contain between six and twelve storage trays with six- to twelve-kilowatt capacity, compatible with leading electric scooter brands such as Honda, Yadea, Yamaha, and VinFast. Both firms will self-fund all investment, operation, and maintenance, aim to complete network deployment by the first quarter of 2026, and agree to relocate or dismantle cabinets if required by authorities.

**This initiative addresses a significant infrastructure gap: the city has over 100,000 electric motorcycles but only about 300 fast-charging stations.**
Riders currently charge mainly at home or in apartment buildings, creating fire hazards and disputes over shared facilities. By centralizing charging operations in compliant locations, battery-swapping cabinets will shorten wait times, improve safety, and ease congestion in residential complexes lacking dedicated infrastructure.

**On December 25, stakeholders installed a pilot battery-swapping cabinet on the Quang Trung sidewalk in Gò Vấp ward.**
After testing, the Department of Construction will finalize deployment criteria, define operational roles, and establish safety measures covering electrical protection, fire prevention, security, environmental impact mitigation, and contingency planning. Law enforcement, trade authorities, the electricity corporation, and local governments will continue their support through the installation and operational phases. The city plans to commission additional cabinets in stages, achieving full deployment by early 2026.
Vietnam Achieves Record Growth, Investment, and Fiscal Stability in 2025 Amid Ambitious 2026 Targets
Jan. 8, 2026 | Macroeconomics & Growth

Vietnam’s 2025 economic performance metrics reflect strong revenue gains, controlled inflation, and significant public investment, with ambitious targets set for 2026.

**Vietnam collected approximately 2.65 million billion VND in total state budget revenue for 2025, surpassing estimates by nearly 35 percent and rising 30 percent from 2024.**
Domestic revenue contributed about 86 percent of that total (nearly 2.3 million billion VND), while crude oil revenue reached just over 90 percent of its projection due to declining prices. Import-export activities grew nearly 18 percent, driving a record turnover of USD 930 billion. Authorities spent 2.42 million billion VND, up 31.5 percent year-on-year, and kept the budget deficit at roughly 3.6 percent of GDP—below forecasts—with priorities on wage reform, development investment, and social welfare.

**The government allocated a record 1.15 million billion VND for development investment in 2025, completing 3,345 km of expressways and 1,701 km of coastal roads ahead of schedule.**
It also provided around 290,000 billion VND in tax relief to support businesses and the public. The Ministry of Finance credited improved interagency coordination in tax collection and efforts to widen the tax base for the surge in revenue.

**Vietnam’s import-export turnover rose to USD 930 billion—1.7 times its 2020 level—and generated a trade surplus exceeding USD 20 billion.**
GDP grew about 8 percent in 2025, lifting the five-year average to 6.3 percent, while per capita GDP surpassed USD 5,000, moving the country into the upper-middle-income category. Authorities kept inflation near 3.3 percent, under the 4 percent target. Total social investment reached 4.15 million billion VND (32.3 percent of GDP), up 44.6 percent over the previous five years, and public investment climbed nearly 55 percent to about 3.4 million billion VND. The financial market advanced steadily, with the stock exchange earning secondary emerging status, and government bond issuance reached 371,000 billion VND—74.3 percent of the annual plan—helping reduce the state budget deficit by 9,500 billion VND against its target.

**For 2026 the government targets at least 10 percent economic growth, about 4.5 percent inflation, and maintained macroeconomic stability.**
The Ministry of Finance identified challenges in raising social investment to around 40 percent of GDP to support double-digit growth and in preventing revenue losses in high-risk sectors such as land, real estate, e-commerce, and cross-border trade. It plans to innovate financial policy, strengthen interagency coordination, accelerate digital transformation of budget management, and implement measures to curb revenue leakages.

**Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính called for fiscal discipline, sustainable public finance, and focused development investment.**
He urged full disbursement of public investment capital and spotlighted major infrastructure projects: the North–South high-speed railway, lines connecting to China, a nuclear power plant, and facilities for underground, maritime, and space resource exploitation. The Ministry of Finance also intends to license enterprises for a pilot crypto-asset market by mid-January 2026 to boost business confidence and investment.

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Đóng đèo Prenn cửa ngõ Đà Lạt 6 ngày để khắc phục sạt lở

Closing Prenn Pass, the gateway to Da Lat, for 6 days to fix landslides

VN Express | Local Language | News | Jan. 9, 2026 | Natural Disasters

The Lam Dong Department of Construction announced the closure of nearly 5 km of National Highway 20 across Prenn Pass for six days to carry out repairs on landslides that occurred at the end of 2025. During this period, vehicles traveling to and from Da Lat will be redirected to alternate routes via Mimosa Pass or the Sacom - Tuyen Lam pass.

Prenn Pass, measuring 7.27 km, is a crucial link connecting National Highway 20 from Southeast provinces to Da Lat. On November 4, 2025, hundreds of cubic meters of earth, rocks, and pine trees slid onto the roadway from an uphill slope, blocking the pass despite clear weather conditions. This incident followed a previous landslide occurring over two weeks earlier, which caused significant damage to the road surface, retaining wall, and guardrail, including deep cracks and subsidence.

Project Management Board No. 1 has been tasked with coordinating safety measures, including deploying lookout personnel, installing barriers and signage, and organizing traffic diversions. Additionally, traffic police and local authorities in Xuan Huong Ward are increasing patrols to ensure safety throughout the construction and repair period.

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Proposal for the Treasury to Increase the Idle Funds Deposit Limit at Banks During Tet

Dantri | Local Language | News | Jan. 9, 2026 | UndeterminedFinancial System Problems

On January 7, the State Treasury announced that the Ministry of Finance is drafting a Government Resolution to increase the limit on using temporarily idle State funds for term deposits at commercial banks. The Ministry of Finance has managed these idle funds according to regulations, ensuring liquidity safety and efficient budget use, while coordinating with the State Bank of Vietnam to align treasury fund placements with fiscal and monetary policy goals, supporting macroeconomic stability and growth.

Despite efforts to accelerate public investment disbursement for 2025 and beyond, some budget funds, mainly local, remain allocated but undisbursed. Concurrently, rapid credit growth and insufficient commercial bank fund-raising have pressured money market liquidity. The State Bank has taken measures to stabilize the market, while the Ministry of Finance has placed idle treasury funds near the regulatory limit of 50% for term deposits.

Market liquidity has occasionally strained, with short-term interbank rates rising to 6.5–7.5% annually, and credit institutions facing limited ability to invest in Government bonds. Temporarily idle treasury funds are assigned to specific tasks and must be fully available for spending needs. The proposed Resolution seeks to raise the deposit limit from 50% to 60% until February 28, with conditions to maintain balances within current limits by March 31.

This short-term increase may challenge the Ministry of Finance in meeting budget spending, especially for social welfare and infrastructure investment. However, it is expected to help the State Bank stabilize banking system liquidity, ease interest rate pressures, and support macroeconomic stability and growth. The Resolution also outlines responsibilities for ministries and agencies, emphasizing proactive deposit management, policy coordination, accelerated public investment disbursement, and improved State budget efficiency.

Tăng hạn mức giao dịch Mobile Money gấp 10 lần, lên 100 triệu đồng/tháng

Increasing Mobile Money Transaction Limit Tenfold to 100 Million VND per Month

Dantri | Local Language | News | Jan. 9, 2026 | UndeterminedFinancial System Problems

The Government has issued Decree No. 368, transitioning mobile money services from the pilot phase to an official operation with a complete legal framework. A key change is the significant increase in the transaction limit for money transfers and payments via a customer's Mobile Money account to 100 million dong per month, a tenfold rise from the previous 10 million dong limit during the pilot phase. This increase aims to expand the usage of Mobile Money beyond small transactions to better serve consumer and business needs, particularly in rural and remote areas. The new limit does not apply to merchants, facilitating greater cash flow for household businesses.

Additionally, the Decree introduces a flexible mechanism allowing customers to use an extra limit, up to an additional 100 million dong per month, for specific essential transactions such as payments on the National Public Service Portal, utility bills, tuition, hospital fees, insurance, and bank loan repayments. To manage risk, the limit for these essential transactions is capped separately at 100 million dong monthly.

Operational rules include that Mobile Money accounts must be linked to real-name telecommunications subscriptions, with only one account allowed per customer per service provider. All transactions must be conducted in Vietnamese dong. Customers can deposit or withdraw cash directly at network operators’ business points, addressing the lack of ATMs and bank offices in remote areas.

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