Hanoi, May 20 -- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has stressed that Vietnam must rely more heavily on investment, particularly public investment, to sustain growth as the global export markets are facing headwinds from pandemic aftershocks, geopolitical tensions, and trade wars.

The government leader underscored that public investment must lead and unlock private capital, but "a slow-moving locomotive cannot drive the train."

While chairing an online national conference on boosting public investment as a key driver of economic growth in 2025 on May 20, PM Chinh stressed the need to revitalise traditional growth engines - investment, consumption, and exports, while accelerating new drivers such as science and technology, innovation, digita...