Prime Minister criticizes ministries, branches and localities for being slow to...

Criticizing ministries, branches and localities for slow allocation of public investment capital

On April 5, 2025, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Official Dispatch No. 32 on urging the acceleration of disbursement of public investment capital in 2025.

The dispatch stated that from the beginning of the year to March 14, 2025, ministries, central and local agencies have only allocated details for tasks and projects reaching about 93% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister.

Accordingly, the amount of unallocated capital is still quite large (VND 57.7 trillion, accounting for about 7.0%) of 19 ministries, central agencies and 32 localities. The estimated disbursement result by March 31, 2025 reached 9.53% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister, lower than the same period in 2024 (12.27%).

The Prime Minister severely criticized 19 ministries, central agencies and 28 localities for not fully allocating the detailed plan for public investment capital from the state budget for 2025 as of March 15, 2025.

The Prime Minister criticized 19 ministries, central agencies, and 28 localities for being slow in allocating public investment capital for 2025. (Illustration photo)

The Prime Minister requested the above ministries, central agencies and localities to seriously review the collective and individual responsibilities for handling in accordance with the Party's regulations and the State's laws. At the same time, the Prime Minister criticized 30 ministries, central agencies and 27 localities as of March 31, 2025 for having disbursement rates below the national average.

According to the head of the Government, in the context of many unpredictable fluctuations in the world economy, affected by the US's imposition of tariffs on Vietnamese exports, the results of public investment disbursement are of special importance, contributing to promoting growth, stabilizing the macro-economy, ensuring major balances of the economy, creating jobs and livelihoods for people, successfully implementing the 2025 socio-economic development plan assigned by the Central Government and the National Assembly, especially the economic growth target of 8% or more.

In the current situation, it is necessary to adjust the target of public investment disbursement in 2025 to strive to achieve 100% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister requested Ministers and Heads of other central and local agencies to promote responsibility, focus on leadership, direction and implementation to be more drastic, stronger, timely and effective than the tasks and solutions to promote the allocation and disbursement of public investment capital in 2025.

What solutions speed up disbursement of public investment capital?

Regarding specific tasks and solutions, the Prime Minister requested ministries, central and local agencies to thoroughly grasp and clearly identify the task of promoting the disbursement of the 2025 public investment capital plan as one of the top key political tasks that need to be prioritized.

The Prime Minister requested to urgently propose a solution to handle the remaining unallocated central budget capital in the 2025 plan, send it to the Ministry of Finance and update it on the national information system on public investment in accordance with regulations.

At the same time, focus on implementing flexible, creative, timely and effective measures and solutions to drastically promote the implementation and disbursement of public investment capital, 3 National Target Programs; speed up the progress of implementing key and important national projects, highways, inter-regional projects with spillover effects, etc. Accelerating the progress of disbursement of public investment capital must be associated with ensuring the quality of projects and works, avoiding negativity, loss, waste and group interests.

Focus on speeding up site clearance and construction progress, removing difficulties and obstacles related to land and resources...

Strengthen on-site inspection and supervision, urge contractors and consultants to speed up progress.

The Prime Minister requested Ministers and Heads of other central and local agencies to enhance their responsibilities, focus on leadership, direction, and implementation to be more drastic, strong, timely, and effective in tasks and solutions to promote the allocation and disbursement of public investment capital.

Proactively review and transfer capital according to authority between slow-disbursement projects to projects with better disbursement capacity and lacking capital according to regulations, exceeding the authority to report to competent authorities.

Assign specific leaders responsible for monitoring implementation progress; closely follow and promptly resolve difficulties in a practical and effective manner within their authority and be responsible for the disbursement results of each project.

Along with that, strengthen discipline, order, strictly handle according to the regulations of the Party and State investors, project management boards, organizations and individuals who intentionally delay the progress of allocation and disbursement of public investment capital.

The Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Finance to preside over and coordinate with relevant ministries, agencies and localities to synthesize and analyze the reasons for the proposal to extend (or not extend) the implementation time and disbursement of the central budget investment plan in 2024 to 2025 by ministries, central agencies and localities, and report to the Prime Minister before April 10, 2025, in accordance with the direction in Resolution No. 27/NQ-CP dated February 7, 2025 of the Government.

The Ministry of Finance shall preside over and closely monitor the disbursement progress of ministries, central and local agencies, coordinate with VTV, VOV, Vietnam News Agency, and the Government Electronic Information Portal to publicly announce on the Government Electronic Information Portal, the Ministry's Electronic Information Portal, and on mass media the monthly disbursement results of ministries, central and local agencies.

At the same time, propose to the Government and the Prime Minister to commend and reward ministries, agencies and localities with good disbursement, and criticize and handle responsibilities of ministries, agencies and localities with slow disbursement at regular monthly Government meetings.

The Ministry of Finance is also assigned to review and supplement according to its authority or report and propose to competent authorities to amend and supplement legal regulations related to public investment to promote the allocation and disbursement of public investment projects and ensure effective use of capital.

The Prime Minister requested ministries and agencies in charge of national target programs to review difficulties, obstacles and recommendations of ministries, branches and localities in the process of allocating and disbursing capital of the three national target programs to coordinate with the Ministry of Finance and relevant agencies to handle them according to regulations; promptly report to competent authorities on matters beyond their authority.

The Prime Minister's Working Groups are required to inspect, urge, remove difficulties and obstacles, and promote disbursement of public investment capital at ministries, agencies, and localities. Working Groups of Government members working with localities on the situation of production and business, construction investment, import and export continue to promote inspection and urging activities, promptly remove difficulties and obstacles, and promote disbursement of public investment.

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