On May 8, Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee held a meeting on the socio-economic situation in April, key tasks and solutions for May 2025. At the meeting, Ms. Le Thi Huynh Mai, Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Finance, said that in the first 4 months of 2025, including capital attracted in the form of granting new investment registration certificates and capital attracted through capital contributions, share purchases, and capital repurchases of domestic enterprises, the City attracted more than 1.5 billion USD in FDI capital, an increase of 64.6% over the same period last year. Notably, among the FDI projects licensed by the City, there are 12 projects investing in innovation, research and development (R&D) with a total investment of 52 million USD.

According to the Ministry of Finance, in the first quarter of 2025, in the context of economic difficulties, the Ministry of Finance has advised the Government to deploy solutions to support taxes, fees, and charges from the beginning of the year. Specifically, a 2% reduction in VAT has been implemented for groups of goods and services currently subject to a 10% tax rate in the first 6 months of the year (a reduction of about VND26.1 trillion).