Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang chaired an online meeting with 10 localities whose disbursement rate for implementing national target programs reached less than 50% of the 2023 plan - Photo: VGP/Hai Minh
Localities attending the meeting include: Dien Bien, Hoa Binh, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Nam, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Dak Nong, Binh Thuan , Kien Giang.
According to the report of the Ministry of Finance , by November 30, 2023, the disbursement progress of the 2023 capital plan of Dien Bien was about 583,187 billion VND, reaching 46% of the plan; Hoa Binh about 300 billion VND, reaching 48% of the plan; Ha Tinh about 105,708 billion VND, reaching 38% of the plan; Quang Binh about 175,742 billion VND, reaching 48% of the plan; Quang Nam about 422,959 billion VND, reaching 44% of the plan; Binh Dinh about 148,330 billion VND, reaching 44% of the plan; Phu Yen about 93 billion VND, reaching 43% of the plan; Dak Nong about 240 billion VND, reaching 39% of the plan; Binh Thuan about 128,120 billion VND, reaching 49% of the plan; Kien Giang about 80 billion VND, reaching 40% of the plan.
For public investment capital in 2022 extending to 2023, the disbursement rate of localities reached 58-100%, of which, Binh Thuan completed disbursement of capital in 2022, Phu Yen reached 96% and Dak Nong reached 84%.
Explaining the reason for the slow disbursement, the Ministry of Planning and Investment said that a number of regulations on management and implementation of national target programs must be revised, supplemented, and updated because many problems and shortcomings still arise in practice; some documents responding to recommendations in implementing national target programs are not really clear, leading to difficulties in directing implementation.
In addition, poor households, multidimensional near-poor households, households escaping poverty, and households escaping near-poverty in some localities mostly have members who are sick, disabled, lack land to build barns, lack labor to participate in projects, etc., so they do not meet the conditions to participate in projects, production plans, and services according to regulations such as ensuring facilities, labor, means of production, and commitment to ensure counterpart funds to implement projects and plans; a part of the people still have a mentality of dependence, waiting for support from the State, not being aware of and supporting others to rise up and escape poverty sustainably.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment also said that the National Target Program for Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas was first implemented, so there were still some confusions in some places; staff members at units and localities often worked part-time, so they did not really grasp the contents of the guidance documents, which affected the progress of the program implementation; some goals and tasks of the program had not been implemented and needed to be reviewed and adjusted in accordance with practical conditions and legal grounds.
Indicators such as: Indicators on the proportion of population with electronic medical records, population with health management, people participating in and using remote medical examination and treatment applications; indicators on clean water in rural areas... are difficult to achieve.
Mobilizing resources to implement the National Target Program has achieved certain results; however, many localities still face difficulties in balancing counterpart resources from local budgets to implement the programs.
The regular allocation of detailed central budget estimates according to component projects and expenditure areas has limited the initiative of localities in allocating and using resources in accordance with the needs and practical conditions of the locality at each time.
The capacity to manage and organize the implementation of the National Target Program in localities is not uniform. In addition, the situation of natural disasters and floods in some areas in the last 6 months of 2023 is complicated and difficult to predict; localities also need a certain amount of time to implement and disburse capital immediately after policies are amended and supplemented.
Concluding the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang requested the 10 localities to try harder, strive, make greater efforts, and be more determined because in reality, with similar conditions, there are still localities that achieve higher disbursement rates.
The Deputy Prime Minister pointed out the current situation in some localities where the capital ratio of the three national target programs is insignificant compared to the total capital for basic construction investment, but the disbursement rate is still low due to lack of proper attention.
The Deputy Prime Minister suggested that when localities have problems, they should proactively learn from the experiences of other localities, exchange directly with ministries and branches through established hotlines; focus on investing in key areas to shorten the time for preparing project documents, ensure the quality and efficiency of project investment, and protect cadres.
Localities must pay special attention to improving the capacity of implementing and preparing project documents for grassroots officials so that they can undertake the work after being decentralized. If necessary, they can set up working groups to go down to the grassroots to provide guidance, as many localities have effectively implemented.
The Deputy Prime Minister requested that central ministries and branches continue to review and discuss outstanding issues and promptly support localities to speed up disbursement of capital for national target programs.
The Deputy Prime Minister said that in January 2024, the National Assembly is expected to meet to resolve 8 groups of problems related to the implementation of national target programs, including the following contents: Career capital; decentralization to localities to decide on the list of investment projects; authority to decide on the policy of changing the purpose of forest use; policy to adjust the National Target Program on socio-economic development of ethnic minority and mountainous areas...
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