Disbursement of public investment capital reached 50% of the plan, positive growth amid difficulties

Mr. Le Tien Dung, Deputy Director of the Investment Department, just informed at the regular press conference of the third quarter organized by the Ministry of Finance, accumulated in the first 9 months of 2025, the total disbursed capital reached 440,000 billion VND, equivalent to 50% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister, an increase of 5% in ratio and 133,000 billion VND in absolute number compared to the same period in 2024.

The Bien Hoa - Vung Tau Expressway section through Dong Nai province is still progressing slowly. The investor and contractors are making efforts to overcome difficulties and strive to complete the project before December 31, 2025, as directed by the Prime Minister. Photo: Hong Dat/VNA

Mr. Dung said that although Vietnam was affected by 4 storms and unusual weather conditions, along with the new project management boards and local authorities at all levels coming into operation, the disbursement of public investment capital still grew significantly. This is considered a very positive result in a difficult context.

To achieve the above results, the Ministry of Finance has implemented many drastic solutions since the beginning of the year. Specifically, the Ministry has submitted to the Government and the Prime Minister the establishment of 8 working groups led by the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Ministers to work directly with ministries, branches and localities to remove existing problems and obstacles. In addition, the Ministry also submitted to the Prime Minister to organize 3 national online conferences with the participation of 34 localities, chaired by the Prime Minister, to discuss solutions to promote disbursement towards the target of 100% of the plan.

Regarding project settlement, the Ministry of Finance submitted Decree 254/2025/ND-CP to the Government on September 26. This Decree maximizes new regulations on decentralization, delegation of authority, shortening procedures and simplifying payment records, aiming to speed up the disbursement of public investment capital. In particular, preparing payment records immediately for completed and accepted volumes will help avoid piling up work at the end of the year, contributing to completing the disbursement target in 2025.

In addition, Mr. Dung said, the Ministry of Finance also issued many documents and recommended that localities identify the disbursement of public investment capital as an important political task. The Ministry also required localities to clearly assign and divide the responsibilities of leaders and officers in charge of each project, specify responsibilities, make detailed disbursement plans and control the disbursement progress by week, month and quarter.

To promote the disbursement of public investment capital, the Government recently issued Decree No. 254/2025/ND-CP dated September 26, 2025, regulating the management, payment, and settlement of projects using public investment capital. In particular, the Decree stipulates that the State Treasury shall perform the task of disbursing public investment capital from the state budget and legal revenue sources of state agencies for investment.

Public service units shall control and disburse capital from their legal revenue sources for investment. Agencies authorized by the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Public Security shall be responsible for controlling and disbursing capital for secret state investment tasks and projects of the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Public Security. The Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Public Security shall notify the Ministry of Finance of the authorization...

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