Can Tho leaders request to focus on accelerating disbursement of public investment capital

(Chinhphu.vn) - On the afternoon of October 14, at the regular September session, the People's Committee of Can Tho City proposed a number of solutions to promote the disbursement of public investment capital, which is currently very low compared to the national average.

Chairman of Can Tho City People's Committee Truong Canh Tuyen speaks at the September 2025 meeting - Photo: VGP/LS

According to the report of the People's Committee of Can Tho City at the regular meeting in September 2025, the cumulative results of the 2024 plan disbursement extended to 2025 from the beginning of the year to the end of September 2025, there were 18 investors with a disbursement rate of 60% or more, 02 investors with a disbursement rate of 50% to less than 60%, 05 units with a disbursement rate of 30% to less than 50%, 09 units with disbursement below 30%, 42 units have not submitted disbursement reports (mainly commune level with low capital plans).

Disbursement results, cumulative capital disbursement from the beginning of the year to September 30, 2025 is 5,887/20,214 billion VND, only reaching 29.13% compared to the detailed plan.

This is a very low disbursement result compared to the plan assigned by the Government to Can Tho City in 2025 and the national average.

Problems in site clearance delay progress

According to representatives of some units with large capital sources to disburse such as the Management Board of Investment Projects for Construction of Traffic and Agricultural Works, the Management Board of Investment Projects for Construction of Civil and Industrial Works, and the Land Fund Development Center of Can Tho City, one of the reasons for the low disbursement of public investment capital in the City is "the capital allocation is surplus compared to the capital absorption capacity of the City", the site clearance of investment projects such as National Highway 91 is too slow, some contractors have weak capacity...

Specifically mentioning the difficulties and obstacles in capital disbursement, Director of the Land Fund Development Center of Can Tho City Chau Van Vu stated that one of the major reasons is that the legal origin of land use rights is very complicated, communes and wards need time to verify; the project implementation takes a long time, so the legality needs to be specifically verified for each file; the support policy when implementing 2-level government, previously under the authority of the city and district, is now transferred to communes and wards, so it is very slow; it is very difficult for localities to determine prices, so it is recommended to have resettlement prices soon to approve specific compensation plans.

Mr. Le Minh Cuong, Director of the Management Board of Investment Projects for Construction of Traffic and Agricultural Works of Can Tho City, the unit managing about 16,000 billion VND, commented: We have been allocated excess capital compared to the capital absorption capacity of the City, so up to now the disbursement rate is still low compared to the capital plan target set.

Sharing the same view, Mr. Nguyen Van Ca Lo Anh, Director of the Project Management Board for Investment in Construction of Civil and Industrial Works in Can Tho City, which manages more than 8,700 billion VND, said that some difficulties such as: The project has not conducted land inventory, has not established a Compensation Council, has not established a Land Valuation Council, has not established specific land prices, has not issued other support policies and has not issued a decision approving the compensation plan in Can Tho City.

From there, it is recommended that the Department of Agriculture and Environment establish working groups to support communes and wards; communes and wards carry out identification and promulgation of other support policies according to the guidance of the Department of Agriculture and Environment to carry out compensation, support and resettlement procedures for people.

Speaking at the meeting, Chairman of Can Tho City People's Committee Truong Canh Tuyen requested departments and branches, especially project management boards, to focus on speeding up the disbursement of public investment capital, because currently it has only reached nearly 40% of the capital assigned by the Government, lower than the national average (over 50%).

In particular, focusing on compensation, support and resettlement affects the progress of implementing a number of key projects and disbursing public investment; adjusting public investment capital plans such as increasing charter capital for the City Land Fund Development Center, increasing entrusted capital for the City Social Policy Bank; urgently supplementing the 2025 regular expenditure estimates for departments and branches...

Le Son

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