Commenting that although under the same legal system, some ministries, sectors and localities have disbursed public investment capital well, while others have not met requirements, Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son emphasized the need to carefully study and effectively apply policies and regulations to promote the progress of public investment disbursement.
There are still many problems
On the afternoon of November 19, at the Government Headquarters, Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son chaired an online meeting of Working Group No. 5 to inspect, urge, remove difficulties and obstacles, and promote disbursement of public investment capital.
Reporting on the public investment disbursement situation, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc said that from the beginning of the year to October 31, the estimated disbursement reached more than VND355,616 billion, equivalent to 52.46% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister. Of which, 13 ministries, central agencies and 41 localities had a disbursement rate above the national average (over 52.46% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister).
Working Group No. 5 has 7 ministries, central agencies and 13 localities. According to data from the Ministry of Finance, by October 31, in addition to 2 agencies, Vietnam Electricity Group and Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations, which do not have a capital plan for 2024, the general disbursement rate of 5 ministries and central agencies (Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology) and the disbursement rate of each ministry and agency are all lower than the general disbursement rate of the whole country.
Regarding provinces and cities, it is noteworthy that the group of localities with disbursement rates higher than or equivalent to the national average disbursement rate include: Long An (67%); Tien Giang (73%); Ben Tre (54%); Tra Vinh (63%); An Giang (61%); Dong Thap (57%); Ca Mau (55%); Hau Giang (52%); Soc Trang (52%).
On the contrary, some provinces and cities have disbursement rates lower than the national average, such as: Kien Giang (30%); Bac Lieu (42%); Can Tho (50%); Vinh Long (45%).
At the same time, the Report of the Ministry of Planning and Investment clearly analyzed the difficulties affecting the progress of public investment disbursement. First of all, in the work of site clearance, determining the origin of land and determining land prices is still difficult; land is used for the wrong purpose or bought and sold by handwritten documents, encroaching on public works corridors; the work of determining the legality of land plot records is difficult; people do not agree with the compensation and resettlement plan, still have questions and complaints about land compensation prices; the new Land Law has been issued, many projects have to recalculate the cost of site clearance according to the new provisions of the Land Law.
In addition, difficulties in supplying construction sand in An Giang, Ben Tre, Ca Mau, Can Tho, Dong Thap and Vinh Long have led to higher costs than the estimated unit price. Some contractors are implementing construction at a slow pace, waiting for updates and adjustments to the construction price index to match the market unit price. The capacity of investors and project implementation capacity is still limited. Investment procedures according to specialized laws and project bidding still have problems.
Also at the meeting, ministries, branches and localities shared lessons learned, reported, analyzed "bottlenecks" and proposed solutions to promote disbursement of public investment capital.
Determined to strive to disburse over 95% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister
Concluding the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son highly appreciated the Ministry of Planning and Investment for its good preparation and comprehensive synthesis of the report on the disbursement of public investment capital; relevant ministries, branches, ministries, agencies and localities under Working Group No. 5 actively contributed practical opinions, with a constructive spirit, high responsibility and frank exchanges.
"The application of policy mechanisms is still at different levels between the central and local levels, between ministries and sectors. With the same legal documents, some localities do well, while others cannot apply them," the Deputy Prime Minister raised the issue and affirmed that this is the point that needs to be focused on overcoming in the coming time, to promptly and effectively apply the regulations.
Emphasizing that there is not much time left from now until the end of 2024, in order to contribute to promoting growth, stabilizing the macro economy, ensuring major balances of the economy and well implementing approved socio-economic development goals, Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son requested ministries, agencies and localities to focus, resolutely and proactively implement flexible and creative measures and solutions, promptly handle and remove obstacles and difficulties, to further promote the effective disbursement of public investment capital, striving to disburse over 95% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister in 2024.
In addition, assign specific leaders responsible for monitoring project progress to clarify who, what, and what responsibilities; strengthen field inspection and supervision, urge contractors and consultants to speed up progress; proactively review and transfer capital within authority between projects with slow disbursement to projects with better disbursement capacity and lacking capital according to regulations.
"It is necessary to strengthen discipline and order in disbursing public investment capital, and have strict sanctions according to regulations for investors, project management boards, organizations and individuals who intentionally delay the progress of capital allocation, implementation and disbursement of public investment capital," the Deputy Prime Minister suggested.
In addition, Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son also noted promoting coordination between relevant ministries and agencies to advise competent authorities in the process of receiving, negotiating, signing, and ratifying ODA loan agreements, and effectively managing and using ODA loans.
Regarding specific tasks, the Deputy Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Planning and Investment to coordinate with the Ministry of Finance to closely monitor the progress of public investment disbursement of ministries, central and local agencies, promptly report to the Government and the Prime Minister on flexible, timely, effective management solutions, close to the actual situation to complete the target of public investment disbursement in 2024; proactively synthesize difficulties and shortcomings in the implementation of legal provisions on public investment. On that basis, study and propose amendments to related contents in the draft Law on Public Investment (amended) to submit to the 15th National Assembly for comments at the 8th Session...
The Ministry of Construction closely monitors the situation and developments in the construction materials market, especially key materials, and promptly proposes and reports to the Prime Minister solutions to remove difficulties and obstacles in ensuring supply and controlling construction material prices.
The Ministry of Finance shall preside over and coordinate with the Ministry of Science and Technology and relevant agencies, within its authority, to provide specific implementation instructions for the operating model of the Extra-Budgetary Financial Fund in general and the Science and Technology Innovation Fund in particular, ensuring convenience in the implementation process.
Ministries and agencies: Science and Technology, Industry and Trade, Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Public Administration proactively coordinate with relevant units, focus on immediately removing obstacles within their authority, if necessary, report specifically to the responsible Government leader in November 2024 for immediate handling, without prolonged delay.
The People's Committees of localities focus on promoting site clearance, prioritizing the allocation of sufficient funds to carry out compensation and site clearance for areas that meet the conditions; not allowing projects to wait for site clearance, especially important national projects; removing difficulties related to licensing of mines, exploitation of raw materials of stone, sand, soil, serving projects; announcing prices of common construction materials in the area according to authority and regulations of law.../.
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