On the afternoon of September 18, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang - Head of Working Group No. 3, chaired a meeting to review the progress of public investment disbursement at 17 ministries and central agencies under the Working Group.
According to the report of the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), the total investment capital plan for 2023 assigned by the National Assembly is more than 711,684 billion VND, including nearly 43,000 billion VND for 17 ministries and central agencies under Working Group No. 3.
As of August 31, 2023, the disbursement rate of 17 ministries and central agencies under Working Group No. 3 reached 44.12% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister, higher than the national average of 42.35%.
Of the 17 ministries and central agencies under the Working Group, four ministries and central agencies disbursed funds higher than the national average, including the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Management Board (58.49%), the Ministry of National Defense (50%), the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (48.2%) and the Vietnam Farmers' Union (48.16%). The remaining ministries and agencies disbursed funds below 10% or have not yet disbursed funds.
Ministries and agencies reported that some of the delayed projects are new projects, projects to purchase specialized equipment, projects to build headquarters of ministries and branches in localities, information technology projects... which must go through many processes and procedures, so they require time.
In particular, there are projects that have not been implemented for many years due to subjective reasons from the investor who has not prepared carefully, so when starting to implement, there are many problems.
Meeting of Working Group No. 3 on reviewing the progress of public investment disbursement at 17 ministries and central agencies (Photo: VGP).
At the meeting, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Do Thanh Trung requested that ministries and agencies, when implementing projects, must pay attention to complying with three planning schemes, including general planning, zoning planning and detailed planning; and focus on prioritizing capital allocation to prepare for investment.
The Deputy Minister said that the National Assembly recently issued a Resolution allowing capital to be transferred between tasks and projects under the Socio-Economic Recovery and Development Program and tasks and projects under the Medium-Term Public Investment Plan for the 2021-2025 period to increase disbursement progress. The Ministry of Planning and Investment has issued a guiding document, clearly stipulating the order and procedures for implementing this content.
Concluding the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang emphasized that the progress of public investment disbursement is very important for socio-economic recovery and development in 2023.
The Deputy Prime Minister highly appreciated the positive progress of ministries and agencies since the Working Group meeting in April 2023, as well as the ability to complete the disbursement task by the end of the year, especially ministries and agencies that have been allocated large amounts of public investment capital.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang will closely monitor the return of public investment capital by ministries and agencies (Photo: VGP).
Regarding the tasks for the last months of the year, the Deputy Prime Minister requested ministries and agencies to actively and resolutely make more efforts; make detailed plans to implement investment projects, clearly defining the responsibilities of the heads; select qualified consultants, especially for ministries and branches without specialized investment agencies to avoid mistakes and loss of staff; strictly implement the monthly disbursement progress report to the Ministry of Planning and Investment for synthesis and reporting to the Government.
The Deputy Prime Minister noted that for future public investment projects, ministries and agencies must thoroughly consider the conditions and disbursement capabilities, especially regarding site clearance, compensation, planning, etc., to avoid the situation of including them in the plan but not being able to disburse for many years and having to return the capital.
The Deputy Prime Minister emphasized that he will closely monitor the return of capital by ministries and agencies with the sole purpose of "beautifying" the disbursement rate of their ministries and agencies; if any ministry or agency does so, it will be considered as failing to fulfill its task.
"In the process of implementing public investment projects and works, ministries and agencies are requested to promptly report any difficulties or problems to the Ministry of Planning and Investment for synthesis and other working groups to find solutions," the Deputy Prime Minister requested .
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