Hanoi, Dec. 5 -- Vietnam disbursed 553.25 trillion VND (20.98 billion USD) in public investment over the past 11 months, equivalent to 60.6% of the plan set by the Prime Minister and up 2.4% year-on-year, the Ministry of Finance reported. Up to 41. 27 trillion VND in central-budget capital - earmarked for 11 ministries and central agencies and 26 localities - remains unallocated in detail, representing 4.5% of the plan assigned by the PM. Given this, the ministry has proposed measures to remove bottlenecks so projects can be completed on schedule. It stressed that accelerating public investment is a top political priority, and called for stronger involvement from ministers, agency heads and local leaders in directing and executing the wor...