The Government Office issued Notice No. 190/TB-VPCP dated May 3, 2024, concluding the conclusion of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on solutions to handle difficulties and obstacles in a number of transport infrastructure investment projects under the form of BOT contracts.
The announcement stated: The Government has submitted to the National Assembly solutions to handle difficulties and obstacles in a number of BOT transport infrastructure investment projects in Document No. 402/TTr-CP dated October 11, 2022 and has received direction from the National Assembly Standing Committee in Notice No. 1843/TB-TTKQH dated November 28, 2022 of the Secretary General of the National Assembly. The Government leaders have given detailed and specific instructions on the content and progress in Document No. 8352/VPCP-CN dated December 13, 2022 and Notice No. 428/TB-VPCP dated October 20, 2023. Although the Ministry of Transport has made efforts to implement, the quality and progress of the Ministry of Transport's preparation of the dossier have not met the requirements of the Government leaders.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha requested the Ministry of Transport to be responsible for reviewing and fully implementing the instructions of the National Assembly Standing Committee and the Government leaders in the above documents; studying and absorbing the opinions of agencies (in writing and speaking at meetings) to complete the Dossier (Project) to report to the Politburo for comments.
The Deputy Prime Minister noted that the Ministry of Transport needs to continue to review and comprehensively evaluate BOT transport projects, including projects managed by the Ministry of Transport and projects managed by localities; carefully review subjective and objective causes, shortcomings due to changes in state policies and the responsibilities of relevant agencies; resolutely not propose to handle projects due to subjective causes of enterprises and investors (enterprises and investors must take full responsibility according to signed contracts); fully and thoroughly evaluate negative impacts when implementing proposed mechanisms and policies to report to competent authorities for consideration and decision.
At the same time, specifically report on the work that the Ministry of Transport, Ministries, the Prime Minister, and the Government have done under their authority but have not yet resolved the difficulties and problems of BOT transport projects; clearly identify the contents beyond the authority of the Government that need to be reported to competent authorities for consideration and decision (clearly state the content for which the Politburo's opinion is requested).
The Deputy Prime Minister requested the Ministries and agencies: Finance, Planning and Investment, Justice, Government Inspectorate, State Bank of Vietnam to be responsible for closely coordinating with the Ministry of Transport in the process of completing the dossier; and to provide comments on time when the Ministry of Transport seeks comments.
Regarding the progress and submission documents, the Deputy Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Transport to urgently implement the above contents, complete the Documents (in accordance with the provisions of the Working Regulations of the 13th Party Central Committee and the Working Regulations of the Government); proactively seek opinions from relevant ministries and agencies (Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Public Security, Government Inspectorate, State Bank of Vietnam) and agencies of the Party and the National Assembly and fully accept explanations before submitting to the Government Standing Committee in accordance with the Working Regulations of the Government.
The Ministry of Transport reports to the Party Committee of the Ministry of Transport to send a document to the Central Party Office to report and ask for the Politburo's opinion on allowing the report in early May 2024; complete the report file to the National Assembly at the 7th session (send a document to the National Assembly Office to report to the National Assembly Standing Committee for permission to send the file before May 20, 2024).
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