Hanoi, Sept. 6 -- Vietnam's public investment disbursement reached 409.17 trillion VND (15.49 billion USD) by August 31, equal to 39.9% of the annual plan and 46.3% of the Prime Minister's target, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) reported. This marks improvements from the respective 36.9% and 40.4% recorded in the same period last year. In particular, local budget-funded capital saw sharp progress, disbursing 58.3%, up 18.3% year on year. The ministry set a goal of disbursing at least 60% of the Prime Minister's target by the end of the third quarter and 100% by the year's end. To achieve this, the MoF asked ministries and provinces to finalise detailed public investment disbursement plans by September 30 to ensure timely allocation, strengt...