Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai requested to tighten discipline and order in disbursing public investment capital

(GLO)- At the online conference with 5 localities, the Deputy Prime Minister requested to identify promoting the disbursement of public investment capital as an important political task in 2023; the results of public investment capital disbursement are the basis for evaluating, rewarding, training, promoting officials, as well as handling cases of organizations and individuals who do not complete the disbursement task in 2023 due to subjective reasons.

The Government Office has just issued Notice 184/TB-VPCP dated May 17, 2023, concluding the conclusion of Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai, Head of Working Group No. 1 on inspection, urging, removing difficulties and obstacles, and promoting disbursement of public investment capital in 2023 at the Online Conference with 05 localities.

The announcement stated that Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai, Head of Working Group No. 1 on inspection, urging, removing difficulties and obstacles, and promoting disbursement of public investment capital in 2023, chaired an online conference with 5 localities: Ho Chi Minh City, Soc Trang, Tra Vinh, An Giang, and Vinh Long.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai requested to tighten discipline and order in disbursing public investment capital. Photo 1

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai requested to tighten discipline and order in disbursing public investment capital. Photo source: internet

At the Conference, the Deputy Prime Minister commended and acknowledged the leadership and direction of local authorities in seriously implementing the policies and directions of the Government and the Prime Minister on promoting the disbursement of public investment capital. The total public investment capital from the state budget in 2023 allocated to the above 5 localities is relatively large (more than 92 trillion VND), accounting for more than 10% of the total public investment capital in 2023 of the whole country. The localities have made many efforts but have not achieved the desired results, the disbursement rate of public investment capital by the end of the first quarter of 2023 is still low, below the national average.

The reasons for slow disbursement have been reported by ministries and localities, mainly: Poor investment preparation and project preparation, leading to projects not being eligible for capital allocation; procedures for approving investment policies and investment projects take a long time, especially procedures for approving designs, bidding, and site clearance; updating, reviewing, and announcing construction material prices and construction price indexes do not promptly reflect market changes, high fuel and construction material prices, increasing costs for businesses, negatively affecting construction investment; Difficulties in compensation and site clearance are mainly due to problems in determining land prices, compensation plans, support, resettlement, overlaps between land use planning and construction planning, sectoral planning, etc. Foreign capital projects are disbursed slowly due to the long time between project proposal preparation and implementation, procedures for extending the Agreement and adjusting investment policies and projects take a long time. The capacity of some consulting contractors is still weak, leading to limited quality of consulting work and documents.

To accelerate the disbursement of public investment capital from now until the end of 2023, contributing to economic growth in the context of many difficulties and challenges in the world and in the country, creating jobs and income for workers, the Deputy Prime Minister requested ministries, branches and localities to closely follow and resolutely implement effectively the Government's Resolutions and the Prime Minister's directives on promoting the allocation and disbursement of public investment capital, 3 National Target Programs in 2023, and implementing the Socio-Economic Recovery and Development Program.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai also requested the Chairmen of the People's Committees of provinces and cities to uphold the sense of responsibility of the leaders in the work of allocating and disbursing public investment capital; promote the role of officials, assign tasks clearly, clearly define people, clearly define tasks, clearly define progress and quality of work to inspect, supervise and urge implementation. Assign leaders of the Provincial People's Committees to directly take charge of each specific project group to inspect and urge timely removal of obstacles, promote implementation and disbursement of public investment capital.

Tighten discipline in disbursing public investment capital

The Deputy Prime Minister requested to identify promoting the disbursement of public investment capital as an important political task in 2023; focus on thoroughly overcoming subjective causes that slow down project implementation progress; the results of public investment capital disbursement are the basis for evaluating, rewarding, training, and promoting officials, as well as handling cases of organizations and individuals who do not complete the disbursement task in 2023 due to subjective reasons.

In addition, promoting disbursement while ensuring the quality of works and the efficiency of public investment capital use. Tightening discipline and order in disbursing public investment capital, immediately and proactively reviewing and evaluating the disbursement capacity of each project to have a plan to adjust the capital plan from slow-disbursement projects to good-disbursement projects that lack capital within the locality according to regulations, to ensure the disbursement of all allocated capital.

Strictly handle irresponsible investors who delay progress

The Deputy Prime Minister requested that the preparation and implementation of the project investment must be implemented early to be included in the plan such as: Site clearance, relocation of related technical infrastructure works, bidding, contractor selection, contract award, capacity of project management boards, etc.

At the same time, there must be strict sanctions against investors, project management boards, organizations and individuals who deliberately cause difficulties, obstruct, or lack responsibility, slowing down the progress of capital allocation, capital adjustment, project implementation and public investment disbursement; promptly replace cadres, civil servants and public employees who are weak in capacity, slow, cause harassment and negativity, and resolutely handle negative behaviors in public investment management.

For ministries and central agencies, continue to review legal regulations related to public investment procedures, implementation and disbursement of public investment capital that are still inadequate, and review regulations on conversion of forest use purposes, construction, land valuation, exploitation of resources, minerals (land fill, sand, gravel), customs, health, etc. to promptly handle and report to competent authorities for consideration and adjustment to speed up the implementation and disbursement of projects.

Also in the Notice, the Ministry of Planning and Investment - the Standing Agency of the Working Group - is assigned to review and synthesize data from localities close to the actual situation, especially data on disbursement and allocation of public investment capital; receive opinions, objective and subjective causes, difficulties, obstacles and recommendations and proposals from localities, propose effective solutions in the coming time, synthesize the general Report on the results of Working Group No. 1 with other Working Groups, and report to the Government.

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