Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Directive 07 on 1/2/2026, instructing ministries and localities to focus on tasks to prepare for the Binh Ngo 2026 Lunar New Year. The directive places a strong emphasis on ensuring workers' rights.

The prime minister directed the chairmen of provincial and city People's Committees (UBND) to monitor and urge businesses to fully pay salaries and Tet bonuses, preventing late payments or non-payments at year-end. This requirement is part of the broader social welfare agenda, ensuring every individual and household can enjoy the spring and celebrate Tet.

The Ministry of Finance is tasked with instructing Vietnam Social Security to disburse insurance benefits promptly. Additionally, Vietnam Social Security will combine the pension and social insurance allowance payments for February and March into the February 2026 payment cycle.

Making horse-shaped kumquats for Tet 2026 in Me So commune, Hung Yen, January 2026. Photo: Pham Chieu

Localities are also assigned to proactively plan transportation, creating favorable conditions for residents and overseas Vietnamese to return home for Tet. They are to organize cultural activities and spring celebrations appropriate to local conditions, ensuring economy and safety.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh assigned the Ministry of Industry and Trade to closely monitor supply and demand, ensuring a sufficient supply of essential goods to prevent shortages or supply disruptions that could lead to unreasonable price increases. The ministry must promote market stabilization, connect supply and demand, and bring Vietnamese goods to rural areas, industrial zones, and remote regions. Concurrently, it must ensure adequate fuel and electricity for production, business, and daily life.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment is responsible for balancing the supply and demand of food and foodstuffs, particularly essential items. It must enhance quality control, food safety, and environmental protection, while ensuring smooth goods circulation through border gates to prevent congestion caused by subjective factors.

The prime minister also instructed agencies and units not to organize Tet visits or greetings to superiors. They are prohibited from using public funds to give Tet gifts to leaders at any level, in any form, and from using budgets, public vehicles, or assets improperly for festive activities or entertainment. Immediately after the Tet holiday, all agencies must promptly handle work, preventing administrative bottlenecks for citizens and businesses.

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