Hanoi, Nov. 4 -- Vietnam disbursed 74.1% of the public investment capital allocated by the Prime Minister in the first 10 months of 2026, up 19.7 percentage points from the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Finance. As of October 31, total public investment disbursement stood at nearly 708.6 trillion VND (over 27.5 billion USD), rising more than 217.5 trillion VND from a year earlier. Of this, central budget capital accounted for 182 trillion VND, or 59.6% of its annual target, while local budget capital reached 526.5 trillion VND, or 81%. Excluding nearly 30.7 trillion VND in local budget savings expected from a 5% reduction for the Lao Cai-Hanoi-Hai Phong railway project, the disbursement rate reached 76.6% of the adju...