The Prime Minister requested to review and fully report on investment projects with difficulties and problems.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has just issued Official Dispatch No. 13CD-TTg on urgently reviewing and reporting all investment projects with difficulties, obstacles, and long-term backlogs to promptly resolve and immediately implement the projects.

The DT994 coastal road project through Vung Tau city is being rushed to meet the schedule. Illustrative photo: Hoang Nhi/VNA

The telegram sent to Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Government agencies; Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities stated: Recently, the Prime Minister has issued many documents directing and requesting ministries, branches and localities to focus on reviewing projects with difficulties, obstacles and long-term backlogs, urgently finding solutions to immediately implement projects, contributing to promoting socio-economic development, not wasting assets and money of the state, enterprises, people and society.

To assist the Prime Minister in directing specific and regular tasks, the Prime Minister has established a Steering Committee on reviewing and removing difficulties and obstacles related to projects (called the Steering Committee) in Decision No. 1568/QD-TTg dated December 12, 2024, headed by Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh. Implementing the Prime Minister's direction, the Ministry of Planning and Investment issued Document No. 10339/BKHDT-TTr dated December 16, 2024 requesting ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, and People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities to send reports on reviewing and removing difficulties and obstacles related to projects to the Ministry of Planning and Investment before January 20, 2025. However, by February 7, 2025, only 33 localities, 9 ministries and central agencies had sent reports to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

The Prime Minister commended the above ministries, agencies and localities for actively performing their assigned tasks and submitting reports on time; at the same time, he criticized and requested the ministries and 30 localities that have not submitted review reports clearly identifying individual responsibilities to report to the Prime Minister before February 17, 2025 (with a list of ministries, branches and localities). At the same time, report the results of the review of state-owned corporations and groups to the Prime Minister before February 15, 2025, the Ministry of Finance will synthesize and report to the Prime Minister.

In order to promptly remove difficulties and obstacles for projects nationwide, avoid administrative review, causing waste of resources, the Prime Minister requests Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Government agencies, Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities to urgently review and synthesize all projects with difficulties, obstacles, and backlogs for a long time according to the forms and contents proposed by the Ministry of Planning and Investment in Document 10339/BKHĐT-TTr dated December 16, 2024, send to the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Planning and Investment no later than February 15, 2025; be responsible to the Government and the Prime Minister for the completeness and accuracy of the information, content, and data reported and proposed.

After February 15, 2025, if ministries, agencies and localities have not yet sent reports on reviewing and removing difficulties and obstacles related to projects to the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Prime Minister will assign the Government Inspectorate to conduct inspections to consider responsibilities and strictly handle them according to the regulations of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption, Wastefulness and Negativity.

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