Ho Chi Minh City reviews outstanding construction projects.

The Chairman of the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has just signed and issued a plan to implement measures to handle stalled, halted, or delayed projects and constructions; and buildings, offices, and public facilities that are unused or underutilized.

This aims to thoroughly and effectively implement General Secretary To Lam's directive on combating waste.

Simultaneously, effectively implement the Government's Resolutions and the Prime Minister's directives on the efficient use of resources, the rapid deployment of projects, and the prevention of losses and waste, especially for stalled or suspended projects, headquarters of state-owned agencies and commercial banks, investment projects in production and business at state-owned enterprises, hospitals, student dormitories, etc., within the scope and area managed by Ho Chi Minh City (referred to as stalled projects).

Ho Chi Minh City reviews outstanding construction projects. (Photo: Hoang Trieu)

According to the plan, the departments and agencies of Ho Chi Minh City will focus on reviewing outstanding construction projects according to five groups.

Group 1: Investment projects, including investment projects regulated by the Investment Law, the Public Investment Law, and the Law on Investment under the Public-Private Partnership method.

This group consists of 3 subgroups with the following specific criteria:

The group of projects implemented under the Law on Public Investment includes public investment projects that have not yet been completed and have exceeded the time limit for capital allocation as stipulated in the Law on Public Investment (calculated from the first year of capital allocation for commencement).

These are Group B projects with a total investment of less than 800 billion VND, with a timeframe of no more than 5 years; Group B projects with a total investment from 800 billion VND to less than 2,300 billion VND, with a timeframe of no more than 8 years; Group C projects, with a timeframe of no more than 3 years; and Group A projects, which do not have a specified timeframe for capital allocation, so it is proposed to review them according to the timeframe of Group B projects over 2,300 billion VND, which is no more than 8 years (implemented according to the Public Investment Law 2014); Group A projects, no more than 6 years; Group B projects, no more than 4 years; Group C projects, no more than 3 years (implemented according to the Public Investment Law 2019); and projects using ODA capital.

Projects implemented under the Investment Law: a list of projects that have been reviewed, are being monitored by working groups, and projects that are behind schedule, have been stopped, or have been temporarily suspended.

The group of investment projects implemented under the Law on Investment in the form of public-private partnerships (PPP projects): PPP projects that are behind schedule according to the Project Contracts and Investment Certificates.

Group 2: Public assets, including unused or underutilized office buildings and other unused or underutilized public assets (student dormitories, hospitals, etc.).

Group 3: Assets and investment projects that are stalled, halted, unused, or underutilized by enterprises wholly owned by the State under the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City or enterprises with capital contributions from these enterprises; projects implemented by foreign-invested enterprises that use public assets as capital contributions, whose operating period has expired, or whose operating period has been extended.

Group 4: Outstanding works and projects related to inspection, investigation, prosecution, and trial processes (including projects already compiled in the list of Task Force 153 and projects with upcoming inspection, investigation, prosecution, and trial).

Group 5: Large plots of land in prime locations, which have been featured in the media... but have not yet been put into use.

The Department of Planning and Investment has been assigned by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee as the focal agency to review outstanding projects; classify project groups, determine authority, procedures, and assign the focal agency to handle any obstacles.

Simultaneously, develop a detailed plan to address obstacles for outstanding projects or groups of outstanding projects; implement recommendations to competent authorities to resolve obstacles and coordinate efforts to resolve obstacles until a final result is achieved; summarize, evaluate, and report on the results of resolving obstacles.

The implementation period runs from now until December 31, 2024.

The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee will strictly handle the responsibility of organizations and individuals for the situation where projects and constructions are stalled, delayed for a long time, and cause waste of resources.

At the same time, we must resolutely replace or transfer to other jobs those officials and civil servants who are incompetent, hesitant, evasive, shirk responsibility, work half-heartedly, are afraid of responsibility, are slow, and fail to meet the requirements of the assigned tasks in resolving related issues.

(Source: Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper)

Link: https://nld.com.vn/tp-hcm-ra-soat-cong-trinh-du-an-ton-dong-196241120183016616.htm

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