Clarify responsibilities when having to adjust large capital increases

Lieutenant General Nguyen Hai Hung, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly's Defense and Security Committee, proposed reviewing the responsibilities of individuals and organizations in preparing for investment in the Bien Hoa - Vung Tau Expressway Project, Phase 1. Photo: Office of the National Assembly Delegation and People's Council of Hai Duong province

On May 21, continuing the working program of the 9th Session of the 15th National Assembly , Hai Duong National Assembly delegates discussed in groups.

Commenting on the adjustment of the investment policy for the Bien Hoa - Vung Tau Expressway Project, Phase 1, delegate Nguyen Hai Hung, Lieutenant General, Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on National Defense and Security, suggested clarifying the responsibilities of organizations and individuals when the project has to adjust to increase investment capital.

Delegate Nguyen Hai Hung said that the Bien Hoa - Vung Tau Expressway Project Phase 1 was just approved by the National Assembly on June 16, 2022 with a total investment of VND 17,837 billion. Now, it has been proposed to increase VND 3,714 billion to VND 21,551 billion, of which VND 3,227 billion is for compensation, support, and resettlement, which is a large amount of capital.

The Government gave three subjective reasons for the adjustment of the total investment: not fully anticipating the urbanization rate; calculating contingency costs was not accurate and the structure of land areas was not accurately determined.

However, delegate Hung said that the assessment of the above causes is not objective, we must look directly at the responsibility of agencies and organizations in investment preparation because in the coming time, the National Assembly will consider and approve resolutions on investment policies for many large projects.

“We need to clarify the responsibilities of agencies and organizations that led to the increase in project investment capital as above. For example, I think the reason for not anticipating the urbanization speed of localities is not satisfactory. Because we have only issued the investment policy resolution since June 2022, so it has only been a few years, so how can we urbanize so quickly?”, said delegate Hung.

The Vice Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee on National Defense and Security said that in order to avoid having to adjust the total investment of future projects in a short period of time, the National Assembly's resolution needs to add content requiring the Government to review the responsibilities of individuals and organizations in implementing investment preparations that lead to delays and the need to adjust the total investment of projects.

Avoid taking advantage of policies, causing loss and waste of resources in social housing development.

Delegate Nguyen Ngoc Son suggested improving the capacity of investors to ensure the quality of social housing projects and the rights of people and beneficiaries. Photo: Office of the National Assembly Delegation and People's Council of Hai Duong province

Commenting on the Draft Resolution of the National Assembly on piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies for social housing development, delegate Nguyen Ngoc Son, member of the National Assembly's Committee on Science, Technology and Environment, assessed that this is a new, major policy with a profound impact on state resources.

Delegate Nguyen Ngoc Son proposed adding a provision assigning the Government the responsibility to develop a mechanism to prevent loopholes, negativity, corruption, avoid taking advantage of policies, causing loss and waste of resources, and ensure the quality of social housing construction.

Delegate Son also requested the Government and the drafting agency to continue to study and carefully review the criteria for selecting investors in accordance with the conclusion of the National Assembly Standing Committee. Because the criteria for selecting investors in the draft resolution are still unclear and do not clearly demonstrate the role and capacity of investors when selected to participate in social housing investment.

“Recently, voters have reported a lot about the quality of social housing. I participated in the National Assembly Standing Committee’s monitoring delegation on social housing and found that the quality of social housing is still low and does not meet requirements. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the capacity of investors to ensure the quality of social housing projects and the rights of people and beneficiaries,” said delegate Son.

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