The Government consults with ministries and branches on the 10,000 billion VND flood prevention project of Ho Chi Minh City.

Specifically, the Government Office has sent an official dispatch to the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Government Inspectorate, State Bank of Vietnam, and Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development.

The items of the tide prevention project for Ho Chi Minh City have completed more than 90% of the work but have been "shelved" for many years due to procedural problems.

The dispatch stated: The Government Office received a report from the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee sent to the Prime Minister on a plan to remove obstacles in implementing the project to solve flooding caused by tides in the Ho Chi Minh City area, taking into account climate change factors (phase 1).

To have enough basis to synthesize and report before October 5, following the direction of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, the Government Office requests that ministries and agencies urgently submit written comments to the Government Office before 5:00 p.m. on October 3.

Previously, at the end of September, the Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee submitted to the Prime Minister a plan to remove obstacles for the 10,000 billion VND flood prevention project.

According to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, this is a group A project with the form of public-private partnership (PPP) investment, build-transfer (BT) contract, payment by land fund and city budget.

The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee said that the project currently has three main difficulties, including: No capital to complete the project; unclear authority and implementation procedures for the project in the process of implementation have changed, and the changed content leads to the project falling under the criteria of a national important project and there is no basis for payment of the BT contract.

The reason is that the project is a transitional case according to the provisions of the Law on Investment under the public-private partnership method; Resolution No. 98/2023 of the National Assembly and Decree No. 35/2021 of the Government.

Regarding these problems, Ho Chi Minh City will report and ask for opinions from ministries and branches to have the most feasible and legal implementation plan.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/chinh-phu-lay-y-kien-cac-bo-nganh-ve-du-an-chong-ngap-10000-ty-dong-cua-tphcm-19224100222252106.htm