Hanoi determined to handle slow-progressing projects

The Hanoi People's Committee has just issued an official dispatch on a number of solutions to speed up investment progress and handle slow-to-implement non-budget capital projects using land in the area in 2022.

Accordingly, right from the beginning of the 2021 - 2026 term, implementing the direction of the City Party Committee and the resolution of the City People's Council, the Hanoi People's Committee has focused on implementing many measures to resolve and remove difficulties and obstacles for slow-moving projects, organizing the implementation of many measures to resolutely handle cases of procrastination and incompetent investors.

Hanoi determined to handle slow-moving projects image 1 — Illustration photo.

The City People's Committee also directed the city's departments, branches and People's Committees of districts, towns to conduct reviews, focus on developing plans, organizing many inspection teams, inter-sectoral post-inspections and conclusions for each project. During the implementation process, continue to proactively and focus on guiding and removing obstacles and difficulties for investors, in order to overcome violations and speed up project implementation progress; proactively inspect and strictly handle violations according to the law.

According to statistics, by the end of 2022, of the 135 projects that have not been allocated land or leased land by the State, 11 projects are being implemented according to the approved and adjusted progress schedule; 12 projects were removed from the list due to duplication, investors proposed research without the opinion of the City People's Committee; 59 projects terminated project activities, stopped implementation or terminated the assignment of investors to study and establish planning according to regulations.

In addition, there are 3 projects that the People's Court, investigation and inspection agencies are handling and handling according to regulations; 31 projects are being inspected and proposed for further handling by the Department of Planning and Investment; 19 projects are being inspected by the Department of Planning and Investment to establish a dossier as a basis for considering project termination according to regulations.

With 404 projects allocated land, leased land, and changed land use purposes by the State, there are 109 projects with a total area of 326 hectares of land, the investors have proactively overcome violations, removed them from the list of slow-to-implement projects; 44 projects with a total area of 2,607 hectares of land, the City People's Committee considered land recovery, annulled land allocation and lease decisions, and terminated project activities;

In addition, 85 projects with a total area of 132 hectares of land are behind schedule and slow to put the land into use. The City People's Committee decided to extend the land use term for 24 months and the investors must pay the State an additional amount of money corresponding to the land use fee and land rent for the 24-month extension period...

Based on the actual situation, in 2023, the City People's Committee will be determined to effectively implement measures to accelerate investment progress, focusing on gradually and thoroughly handling non-budgetary capital projects using land that are behind schedule and slow to implement in the area. The City People's Committee requests the Department of Planning and Investment to develop and promulgate a Plan and framework of criteria for handling projects that have not been allocated or leased land by the State in December 2022, organize the implementation to be completed before May 31, 2023, and periodically report monthly.

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment shall preside over and coordinate with relevant units to develop and implement a monitoring and supervision plan for projects that are behind schedule and slow to put land into use, for which the City People's Committee has decided to extend land use for 24 months, and advise and report to the City People's Committee on handling each case.

In addition, the authorities are required to strengthen inspection, supervision, and urging investors of projects using land to promptly implement projects and put land into use according to the approved schedule.

At the same time, guide and remove obstacles and difficulties for investors to speed up project implementation progress to soon put the project into operation, promote a healthy investment environment, generate revenue from land; detect loopholes in management mechanisms, policies and laws to recommend to competent state agencies remedial measures; prevent, detect and handle violations of the law to help agencies, organizations and individuals comply with the provisions of the law.

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