Led by public investment capital, the Yen Quang Industrial Park infrastructure investment project ( Hoa Binh City ) has good construction progress and is soon effective in attracting investment.
Lessons from key projects
In the final year of implementing the Resolution of the 17th Provincial Party Congress, term 2020 - 2025, political determination is demonstrated through efforts to concentrate on implementing key projects (KPs). Under the direction of the Provincial Party Committee, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Committee Party Committee has added 10 non-state budget investment projects to the key list, bringing the total number of PPs in the province to 24, with a total investment capital of over VND 102,000 billion. These projects are all directly directed by the Steering Committee (SC) of the Provincial PPs, headed by the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee.
"These are projects of special importance..." - Comrade Nguyen Phi Long, alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Steering Committee for the Provincial Projects, repeatedly emphasized. In particular, he pointed out the urgent requirement in the last year of the term is to speed up the progress of the Projects, including 1 investment project in the form of public-private partnership (PPP), 5 investment projects using ODA capital.
Following the direction from the head of the provincial political system, from the beginning of 2025, the political system from the province to the grassroots level has urgently taken action. The Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee organized working groups to grasp the situation and give drastic instructions. Through inspection, it was determined that site clearance (GPMB) is a common "bottleneck" that slows down the progress of many projects. This issue not only hinders the implementation of the project but is also a prominent limitation that needs to be overcome to improve the business environment and enhance the competitiveness of the province. Therefore, the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee directed relevant departments, branches, localities and units to take action with the highest sense of responsibility, determined not to let GPMB become a "bottleneck" that makes it difficult for investors or reduces the effectiveness of project implementation.
The implementation of the projects shows many "bottlenecks". Comrade Nguyen Anh Duc, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Luong Son district, expressed his concern when mentioning the 3 projects being implemented in the district: The cause of the delay is not only due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic from the beginning of the term, but also due to shortcomings in institutions, land management, construction order and especially, the biggest challenge is site clearance. This is the main reason for the delay of the projects.
Sharing the same opinion, Mr. Bui Ngoc Tam, Director of the Provincial Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board, said: Despite great efforts, the disbursement work did not meet the set plan. The biggest bottleneck is still site clearance and difficulties in implementing forest land conversion procedures, lack of land for filling, ineffective coordination between investors and grassroots levels; the situation of "hot above, cold below" when implementing key traffic construction projects...
"Can we do better? The answer is: Yes" - Director of the Provincial Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board raised the issue. To improve the effectiveness of the DTC in the coming time, the investor representative recommended: When implementing the two-level local government model, it is necessary to continue to promote decentralization and delegation of authority in the direction of boldly assigning tasks associated with capacity building for the grassroots level. In the new context, there will be new challenges, especially inter-commune projects, projects with conflicts in land management history, surveying, and planning. This requires appropriate changes in mechanisms, while improving the effectiveness of coordination between investors and localities and related units, in which the grassroots level must operate more vigorously.
Open the avenue for a new journey
Comprehensive assessment of investment projects in the province shows that there are many reasons for slow disbursement. In addition to the biggest bottleneck of site clearance, there are many difficulties related to institutions, policies, objective conditions and especially, it is necessary to seriously consider subjective reasons such as: the role of the leader has not been fully promoted; the capacity of planning, investment preparation and project implementation has not met the requirements; the capacity of investors and contractors is still limited... Notably, there are also investors who have not proactively inspected and urged, and have not paid attention to the management of documents and construction at the site, leading to delays in the settlement of investment capital.
"The practice of implementing the medium-term public investment program in Hoa Binh in the period of 2021 - 2025 shows that the disbursement pressure is very high" - Comrade Nguyen Tien Sinh, Chairman of the Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Committee, Head of the Economic - Budget Committee (Provincial People's Council) acknowledged. According to him, this is a term of "not spending all the money", the unprecedented large amount of public investment capital means high disbursement pressure. In addition, the proportion of capital invested in the projects is high while the implementation process of these projects encounters many obstacles. Obviously, the resources are available, the policy is correct, but the implementation process still has many shortcomings, creating unsolved bottlenecks that reduce the efficiency of using public investment capital.
That is true. In the past 5 years, the province has made efforts to overcome difficulties and draw many lessons from the challenges it has faced. A typical example is the lesson of promoting decentralization and delegation of authority in implementing public investment projects. Based on the Law on Public Investment, the Provincial People's Committee submitted to the Provincial People's Council to issue Resolution No. 276/2023/NQ-HDND, dated July 14, 2023, empowering the Provincial People's Committee to decide on investment policies and adjust investment policies for Group C public investment projects. This is a strategic step, concretizing the policy of decentralization and delegation of authority, increasing initiative, shortening the time for implementing investment procedures, contributing to accelerating the progress of local public investment programs and projects.
Along with that, in an effort to shorten the project appraisal process, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee issued Decision No. 1264/QD-UBND, dated June 27, 2022 on the establishment of an investment policy appraisal council, thereby creating a close coordination mechanism between appraisal agencies and investors, significantly shortening appraisal time. At the same time, the province strives to improve the quality of the institutional management of public investment, concretizing the key tasks assigned by the Government with the spirit: Only when each stage is smooth, each project is cleared, can public investment capital truly transform into a driving force for sustainable growth.
And that is also the spirit of Hoa Binh when entering the "era of rising up" of the nation: Continuing to innovate from thinking, institutions to actions to overcome all "obstacles" on the journey to create breakthroughs from the Pope, opening the path of development in the new period.
It is known that, with the determination to create a breakthrough in implementing the medium-term investment plan for the period 2026 - 2030, Hoa Binh has determined to promote the simplification and synchronization of investment procedures by shortening the process, cutting down on intermediary stages; improving the capacity of investment staff by providing intensive training and development, especially for grassroots staff; applying digital transformation in project management to optimize the process, increase transparency and monitoring efficiency... Especially, in the context of Hoa Binh merging with Phu Tho and Vinh Phuc provinces to become the new Phu Tho province, with a new stature and development space, investment work continues to be promoted. Proactiveness, flexibility and determination in management and implementation of investment will be the "golden key" to help Hoa Binh - "new Phu Tho" open a new development avenue, continuing the journey of creating strategic breakthroughs and realizing the aspiration to rise up.
Thu Trang
Source: https://baohoabinh.com.vn/12/202094/Noi-tiep-hanh-trinh-tao-dot-pha-tu-dau-tu-cong-Bai-3-Mo-dai-lo-cho-hanh-trinh-moi.htm
Comment (0)