Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh commended 13 ministries, central agencies and 40 localities for their efforts to achieve a disbursement rate of public investment capital plans in the first 9 months of this year above the national average.
On October 8, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Official Dispatch No. 104/CD-TTg urging to promote disbursement of public investment capital in the last months of 2024.
The content of the telegram clearly states :
In recent times, under the leadership of the Party, the support of the National Assembly, the drastic and close direction of the Government and the Prime Minister, together with the efforts and determination of all levels, sectors and the entire political system, the economy has continued to affirm its clear recovery, with outstanding results in the third quarter and the first 9 months of this year; in which GDP growth in the third quarter is estimated at 7.4% over the same period, and in the first 9 months, GDP growth reached 6.82%.
The macro economy is basically stable, inflation is under control, major balances are ensured; budget deficit, public debt, government debt, and foreign debt are within allowable limits; total social investment capital recovers each quarter, with the third quarter increasing by 7.0% over the same period, and the first nine months increasing by 6.8%.
The Prime Minister acknowledged, commended and highly appreciated the ministries, central agencies and localities for their efforts in directing, operating, organizing and implementing to achieve many results, contributing to the overall achievements of the whole country in the first 9 months of the year; in which Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, with their important roles and positions as economic locomotives of the whole country, have shown positive and clear changes in the socio-economic development of the localities with indicators on State budget revenue, industrial production index, total social investment capital and many other indicators all increasing quite high compared to the same period.
In addition to the positive results mentioned above, the disbursement rate of public investment capital in the first 9 months of the year nationwide is estimated at 47.29% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister, lower than the same period last year (51.38%), not meeting expectations.
The Prime Minister commended 13 ministries, central agencies and 40 localities for their efforts to achieve a disbursement rate of public investment capital plans in the first 9 months of 2024 above the national average; at the same time, criticized 31 ministries, central agencies and 23 localities for having a disbursement rate of public investment capital plans in the first 9 months of the year below the national average.
In order to contribute to promoting growth, stabilizing the macro-economy, ensuring major balances of the economy, and implementing socio-economic development goals assigned by the Party Central Committee and the National Assembly, all levels and sectors need to resolutely direct and remove difficulties and obstacles to further promote the disbursement of public investment capital, striving to disburse public investment capital in 2024 to reach over 95% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister; The Prime Minister requested ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, heads of other central agencies, Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities, and requested secretaries of provincial and municipal Party Committees, Chairmen of People's Councils, and heads of National Assembly delegations of provinces and centrally run cities to continue to uphold their responsibilities, focus on leading, directing, and implementing resolutely, synchronously, promptly, and effectively the key tasks and solutions.
Removing bottlenecks and obstacles in disbursing public investment capital
Ministries, central and local agencies according to assigned functions, tasks and authorities:
Fully understand the role and significance of public investment for socio-economic development, identify public investment disbursement as one of the top important political tasks of all levels and sectors, contributing to promoting economic growth, creating new development space, reducing logistics costs, creating jobs and livelihoods for people.
Closely following the guidelines of the Government and the Prime Minister, especially Directive No. 26/CT-TTg dated August 8, 2024 of the Prime Minister, in which we resolutely direct, operate, and implement "5 determinations" and "5 guarantees" in organization and implementation, with the motto "overcoming the sun, overcoming the rain, not losing to the wind and storms," "eating quickly, sleeping urgently," "working in 3 shifts and 4 shifts," "working through holidays, Tet holidays," "only discussing work, not discussing back" to perfect institutions and policies, strengthen discipline, promptly remove bottlenecks and obstacles in organization and implementation, and promote disbursement of public investment capital in 2024.
Party committees and authorities at all levels must have high determination, great efforts, drastic, specific and effective actions; the assignment of implementation must be clear to people, tasks, responsibilities, progress and results; focus on urging, inspecting and supervising, proactively and promptly handling difficulties and problems within their authority or reporting and proposing to competent authorities for handling according to regulations.
Ministries, central and local agencies should do a good job of overcoming the consequences of storm No. 3 (Yagi), quickly stabilize human resources, materials and machinery, promptly restore construction of works and public investment projects in areas affected by storms and floods; closely follow the situation and weather developments, develop and effectively implement natural disaster prevention plans, proactively develop and organize appropriate construction solutions, adjust the critical path of project progress, and ensure the progress approved by competent authorities.
Further speed up site clearance work, prioritize allocating sufficient funds to carry out compensation and site clearance for areas with sufficient conditions; increase human and material resources, carry out well the work of propaganda, mobilization, inventory and speed up the construction of resettlement areas, and promptly hand over the site for construction.
Continue to focus on seriously implementing the directions of the Government leaders on removing difficulties related to licensing of mines and exploitation of stone, sand and soil materials; implement measures to control prices and quality of raw materials serving public investment projects to ensure speed, efficiency and compliance with legal regulations.
Reduce at least 30% of the time spent on administrative procedures related to public investment disbursement
The Prime Minister requested to speed up progress, reduce at least 30% of the time for administrative procedures related to the disbursement of public investment capital, promote payment and settlement of public investment capital, not to leave a backlog of completed but unpaid volumes, and not to postpone payment until the end of the year.
At the same time, continue to further improve the effectiveness of the Special Working Group on Public Investment Disbursement headed by the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee. Assign leaders to monitor, increase the frequency of inspection, supervision, and specific assessment of work performance results each week, closely follow the project implementation progress and the progress of handling related procedures at central and local ministries, branches as well as at affiliated units to immediately rectify existing problems and inadequacies, resolve difficulties and obstacles, and speed up the implementation and disbursement of public investment capital.
Proactively review and evaluate the disbursement capacity of each project, synthesize the additional capital needs of the projects and have plans to adjust the capital plan from slow-disbursement projects to projects with disbursement capacity within the ministries, central agencies and localities according to regulations.
Tighten discipline and order in disbursing public investment capital; promptly commend and reward organizations, individuals and units that achieve good results in disbursing public investment capital; resolutely and strictly handle investors, project management boards, organizations and individuals who intentionally cause difficulties, obstructions, lack of responsibility, delay the progress of capital allocation, capital adjustment, project implementation and public investment capital disbursement. Timely replace cadres, civil servants and public employees who are weak in capacity, slow, cause harassment and negativity.
Improve the quality of project investment preparation, closely follow the processing process of specialized agencies to promptly explain and complete documents according to regulations, thoroughly overcome the situation of "capital waiting for projects", and prepare the best conditions to implement the 2025 public investment plan.
Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City continue to promote more strongly their endogenous strength, role and position as economic locomotives of the whole country, focus on directing, leading, implementing more drastic, timely and effective solutions to boost the disbursement of assigned public investment capital in 2024, promote traditional growth drivers, exploit new growth drivers; synchronously and effectively implement the Capital Law, Resolution 98/2023/QH15 of the National Assembly, create new breakthroughs, strong shifts for the socio-economic development of the two cities, contributing more to the overall development of the whole country.
Specify specific problems in each project and stage, and propose specific solutions.
The Prime Minister requests the Heads of the Prime Minister's Working Groups and Government Members to:
Strengthen inspection, urging, removing difficulties and obstacles, promoting disbursement of public investment capital of 07 Working Groups of the Prime Minister established under Decision No. 1006/QD-TTg dated September 19, 2024; maintain the quarterly regime of Government members working with ministries, agencies and localities to inspect, urge, remove difficulties and obstacles in disbursement of public investment capital according to Decision No. 435/QD-TTg dated April 24, 2023 and Decision No. 967/QD-TTg dated September 12, 2024.
Improve the quality of reporting at meetings, working sessions, inspections and supervisions of the Working Group and Government Members. The content of the report must be carefully reviewed, fully summarized, detailed in causes and difficulties, ensuring clarity and substance; clearly indicating specific difficulties in which projects and stages, proposing specific solutions and deciding authorities, so that the Head of the Working Group and Government Members can promptly consider and handle them according to regulations.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment shall preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies in coordinating 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 every month to issue flexible, timely, effective management solutions, close to the practical situation to complete the target of public investment disbursement in 2024.
In addition, the Ministry of Planning and Investment proactively reports and explains to the National Assembly and its agencies on the contents related to: the amended Law on Public Investment; the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of: the Law on Planning, the Law on Investment, the Law on Investment under the public-private partnership method and the Law on Bidding; the 2025 public investment plan; adjusting the central budget investment plan for 2024 between ministries, central agencies and localities according to regulations, ensuring quality and progress as required. Report on the assessment of the results of the pilot implementation of separating site clearance projects from investment projects to report to the National Assembly Standing Committee and the National Assembly for implementation nationwide; guide and handle difficulties of ministries, central agencies and localities in implementing the Law on Bidding, the Law on Investment under the public-private partnership method and the Law on Planning.
Payment for completed projects as soon as all documents are complete
The Ministry of Finance shall preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies to proactively report and explain to the National Assembly and its agencies on the following contents: Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Securities Law, the Accounting Law, the Law on Independent Auditing, the State Budget Law, the Law on Management and Use of Public Assets, the Tax Administration Law, the Law on National Reserves; the State budget estimate for 2025 according to regulations, ensuring quality and progress as required; direct the State Treasury and functional units to ensure payment sources for projects; promptly make payments for completed volumes for projects as soon as the required documents are complete, and promote payment via the State Treasury's online public services.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment continues to guide and remove difficulties, obstacles, and procedures related to the licensing process for mines and exploitation of raw materials for public investment projects, ensuring speed, efficiency, and compliance with regulations; guide and remove difficulties and obstacles related to new regulations taking effect of the Land Law and related Decrees, especially projects that must calculate compensation and site clearance costs according to the provisions of the new land law and related legal regulations.
The Ministry of Construction closely monitors the situation and developments in the construction materials market, especially key materials, to promptly handle them according to regulations; guides, inspects, and urges localities to regularly update, adjust, and determine monthly unit prices and construction material price indexes in accordance with market price developments, ensuring timeliness, appropriateness, and effectiveness.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment shall preside over monitoring and urging ministries, central and local agencies to implement the Official Dispatch; promptly report and propose to competent authorities on issues arising beyond its authority.
Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, other central agencies, and Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities are responsible for strictly implementing the tasks in this Official Dispatch./.
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