Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh: Need to remove difficulties and obstacles for projects

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a meeting with ministries and sectors to resolve difficulties and obstacles in pending projects. (Photo: Duong Giang/VNA)

On the morning of March 30, at the Government Headquarters, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a meeting with the Steering Committee on reviewing and removing difficulties and obstacles related to projects (Steering Committee) to listen to reports on the review, assessment, and finding solutions to continue removing difficulties and obstacles for pending projects.

Also attending were Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh, Head of the Steering Committee; Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee; representatives of leaders of ministries and branches who are members of the Steering Committee.

Through review and reporting by ministries, branches and localities, the whole country has about 1,500 projects facing difficulties and problems, belonging to about 20 different groups of problems, including public investment projects, non-budget investment projects and investment projects in the form of PPP.

However, due to the uneven quality of reports from agencies and units; reports from localities are not close to reality, do not provide enough information and data on projects; there is still a fear of making mistakes, shirking responsibility, avoiding solutions to difficulties and problems... so it is necessary to continue to evaluate further and make more efforts in handling problems in projects.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a meeting with ministries and sectors to resolve difficulties and obstacles in pending projects. (Photo: Duong Giang/VNA)

After the delegates discussed and evaluated the review results, as well as proposed solutions, concluding the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stated that resolving difficulties and obstacles in backlogged projects is of great significance, both to remove bottlenecks and frustrations of people and businesses; to release huge resources, create jobs and livelihoods for people from these projects; to create landscapes, environmental sanitation and contribute to fighting waste as directed by General Secretary To Lam. Therefore, it is necessary to handle and immediately put available resources into exploitation; thereby also clearly defining the responsibilities of collectives and individuals to handle, contributing to fighting negativity, corruption and waste.

Considering that the Steering Committee, especially the Head of the Steering Committee, is very dedicated, responsible, and has a "results" approach, removing obstacles; each level has its own tasks to solve; reviewing, classifying, and proposing solutions and policies, the Prime Minister clearly stated that it is necessary to complete legal procedures related to the organization and operation of the Steering Committee, and perfect the members of the Steering Committee so that the Steering Committee's operations are more effective and efficient.

The Ministry of Finance was assigned to build a database on projects with difficulties and long-term problems, reflecting the true situation, to analyze the causes, propose suitable, feasible and effective solutions; update and share information with central ministries and branches; assign state management according to functions and tasks. The Prime Minister emphasized the spirit of prioritizing solutions, not shifting responsibilities; continue to provide general instructions to ministries, branches and localities to make it easy to do and build a database; in particular, it is necessary to collect and specify groups of issues under the Government's authority to handle within the scope of the Government's functions and authority.

Considering that the number of difficult and stuck projects may not be fully counted, the Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Finance and the Government Office to draft a further Official Dispatch of the Prime Minister to review the work, provide direction, and urge agencies, units, and localities to continue reviewing, evaluating, and classifying backlogged and stuck projects, and propose appropriate, feasible, and effective solutions; report to the Prime Minister before April 10, 2025; if not reported on this date, after "closing the books", local leaders will be responsible for the future.

The Prime Minister also requested ministries, branches and localities to proactively propose solutions for solutions that do not have legal regulations, send them to the Ministry of Finance and the Government Office to collect and report to the Steering Committee. The goal is to remove difficulties for backlogged and prolonged projects, not to waste resources including resources of the State, people, businesses and investors; overcome the consequences, and put resources into serving development.

This will contribute to mobilizing resources for the economy to grow by 8% in 2025 and double digits in the following years; encourage officials to dare to think, dare to do, dare to take responsibility for the common good; "not to let mistakes pile up on mistakes, not to create precedents for future mistakes."

“This matter must be resolved publicly, transparently and within a time limit; the spirit is that the level at which it is stuck must resolve it, and whoever has the authority must resolve it, without shirking or avoiding it,” the Prime Minister emphasized.

The Prime Minister noted that the handling process needs to be classified, principles set forth, and authority determined; if there are legal regulations, then apply them to resolve them; if there is a specific problem for which there is no mechanism, then a mechanism must be proposed; must ensure publicity, transparency, equality, and clarity; no evasion; whoever is responsible must handle the process, and how clear it is; the situation must not be taken advantage of for personal gain; the spirit is to aim for "output," not to tie knots.

Therefore, it requires high determination, great effort, and drastic action; assigning "clearly people, clear tasks, clear responsibilities, clear progress, clear results, clear authority"; learning from experience while doing, not being perfectionist, not being hasty, and doing things with certainty.

For project groups stuck in site clearance, the Prime Minister requested localities, especially commune and ward levels, to resolve them thoroughly; ensure the legitimate and legal rights and interests of the people. Localities should base on specific conditions, laws, and capabilities to decide on appropriate support; pay attention to special conditions such as poor households, people with revolutionary contributions, the elderly, the disadvantaged, the vulnerable, etc.; strictly handle according to the law cases of incitement, profiteering, and disturbance.

Regarding the group of issues related to planning, the Prime Minister requested to review planning, especially specialized planning, as a basis for implementing projects to ensure conformity and synchronization of the general planning system.

For groups of projects with problems related to land law, related to inspection and examination conclusions, and judgments, ministries, branches, and localities are allowed to base on specific policies approved by the National Assembly in Resolutions 170 and 171/2024/QH15; summarize similar difficulties and problems, under whose authority, then propose to continue to apply, consider this as a precedent, as long as it ensures publicity, transparency, and decentralization to localities for handling.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a meeting with ministries and sectors to resolve difficulties and obstacles in pending projects. (Photo: Duong Giang/VNA)

For the group of projects with violations during implementation, which have been basically implemented and are difficult to recover, the Prime Minister requested to focus on solutions, remove difficulties from practice, ensure transparency, whoever is at fault must still be handled, not to let violations slip through, not to cause loss of State assets, not to affect the legitimate rights and interests of people and businesses; give time to overcome difficulties, obstacles, remedy consequences, and soon put works and projects into operation.

“The principle is that economic problems must be handled with economic problems; handling them with criminal measures is only the last resort; the handling must be effective, humane, appropriate, with economic measures as the basis,” the Prime Minister pointed out.

Regarding litigation work, the Prime Minister requested that agencies such as the Police, the Procuracy, and the Court must agree on solutions to ensure effectiveness. For projects that are difficult, have problems, or have not been regulated by law, and cannot apply the specific mechanisms and policies issued by the National Assembly, they must be researched, classified, and proposed mechanisms and policies, especially to be submitted to the upcoming National Assembly session.

The Prime Minister requested ministries, branches and localities to proactively, positively and objectively resolve issues within their authority; if they exceed their authority, they must report to competent authorities; and strive to completely handle these projects in 2025./.

According to VNA

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