Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai chaired a meeting with ministries and branches on the allocation of central budget capital for preventing riverbank and coastal erosion in the Mekong Delta region and some localities.
At the meeting, Deputy Minister Nguyen Hoang Hiep reported the results of the survey by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development at urgent landslide sites in 5 provinces in the Mekong Delta as well as in a number of localities (Northwest region, the most serious being Yen Bai, Dien Bien, Lai Chau, part of Son La and a number of locations in the Central Highlands); emphasizing the need to urgently handle landslide areas in the context of climate change posing issues that require timely and effective solutions.
After listening to the proposal report of the Ministry of Planning and Investment, opinions of the Government Office and ministries, Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai highly appreciated the 13 localities in the Mekong Delta and ministries, sectors for their timely proposals to handle the consequences of riverbank and coastal erosion caused by climate change, affecting socio-economic activities, life, property and lives of people.
Due to the nature of handling projects related to landslides, the opinions of ministries on the project list are still different. Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai emphasized: Given the urgency of handling landslides, localities, ministries and branches must quickly review, coordinate and propose a list of projects to handle riverbank landslides in 13 provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta region as quickly as possible, promptly, in accordance with legal regulations, in the spirit of focus, key points, and early implementation.
Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai suggested that, with 7 provinces and Can Tho city, ministries complete plans according to the Prime Minister's conclusion in the recent survey of the Mekong Delta. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development coordinates with localities, ministries and branches to review again with the 5 provinces that the Ministry surveyed and make official proposals.
The Deputy Prime Minister emphasized that previously, ministries proposed using increased revenue to handle projects, but due to the urgent nature of the issue, along with the direction of the National Assembly and Government leaders to use reserve funds to handle the consequences of urgent natural disasters, the use of reserve funds must ensure the provisions of the law on the state budget and the Law on Natural Disaster Prevention. At the same time, the principle of "urgent handling" as well as the project implementation time must be ensured.
The Deputy Prime Minister also noted that the proposed list of projects must follow the principle of focus, key points, solving urgent problems and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters. In the context of limited resources, it is necessary to choose which projects to do first, which ones to do later, using resources effectively, completing each area and each project.
In that spirit, Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai requested ministries to review and unify the proposed list and submit it to the Prime Minister no later than September 15, 2023 to have resources to promptly handle landslide areas with localities.
Regarding capital sources, according to the Deputy Prime Minister, the use of reserve funds as prescribed in Decree 66/2021/ND-CP (guiding the Law on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control) must be guaranteed by the local budget. If not guaranteed, the central budget will support. Ministries must coordinate with the Ministry of Finance to submit appropriate content.
The Deputy Prime Minister also requested that ministries and branches strictly implement the Prime Minister's instructions in working sessions with localities in the Mekong Delta region.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment must carefully review and evaluate with localities, seek consensus from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Finance, Justice, Natural Resources and Environment, avoid duplication with projects with investment plans using other capital sources, and must do so in a strict and cautious manner./.
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