Challenges in disbursing public investment funds.

Achieving 100% disbursement of public investment capital is one of the key tasks for Dong Nai province to realize its goal of achieving double-digit economic growth in 2025. However, accomplishing this task requires tremendous effort to overcome numerous challenges, given the limited time remaining.

Construction workers working on the Central Main Road Project in Bien Hoa Ward. Photo: Pham Tung

The disbursement rate of funds remains modest.

In 2025, the total planned public investment capital in the province is over 36.5 trillion VND. Of this, the total capital allocated by the Prime Minister is nearly 32 trillion VND.

According to the Department of Finance, as of the end of September, the total disbursed public investment capital in the province reached nearly 13 trillion VND, achieving over 36% of the provincial capital plan and over 40% of the capital plan assigned by the Prime Minister. Excluding the additional capital plan of over 9.2 trillion VND, including over 8 trillion VND for the Western North-South Expressway Project (Gia Nghia - Chon Thanh section, which the National Assembly allowed to extend the disbursement deadline until the end of 2026) and 1.2 trillion VND of newly allocated capital, the disbursement rate according to the capital plan assigned by the Prime Minister reached 57%.

Therefore, based on the capital plan assigned by the Prime Minister and excluding the more than 9.2 trillion VND allocated to the Gia Nghia - Chon Thanh section of the North-South Expressway (Western section), and the newly allocated supplementary capital, Dong Nai province must disburse more than 9.7 trillion VND in less than 3 months remaining in 2025. This will fulfill the target of 100% disbursement of public investment capital for 2025 as assigned by the Prime Minister.

However, achieving this goal is facing many challenges as the disbursement of public investment funds in September is showing signs of slowing down.

According to Deputy Director of the Department of Finance Tran Anh Tu, in the last 20 days of September 2025, the total public investment capital disbursed in the province only reached over 1 trillion VND, accounting for more than 3% of the planned capital. During this period, the unit with the highest disbursement value was the Project Management Board of Region 6 with disbursed capital reaching over 544 billion VND. Twelve units had not disbursed any funds during this time. The data shows that the disbursement rate of the project owners is still very slow.

Assessing the disbursement rate of public investment capital in the last 20 days of September 2025, the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Vo Tan Duc, stated that: The disbursement rate of only over 3% of the planned capital is a very modest figure.

More than 3 trillion VND must be disbursed each month.

According to the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Vo Tan Duc: The disbursement of public investment capital is one of the very important tasks directed by the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee. However, to date, the disbursement rate of public investment capital has not yet met the set expectations.

Construction of Component 1 of the Bien Hoa - Vung Tau Expressway Project, the section passing through the province.

Emphasizing that achieving 100% disbursement of public investment capital as planned by the Prime Minister in 2025 is a mandatory task, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee stated: The entire political system needs to be more actively and decisively involved to complete the task. “There isn't much time left in 2025, while the remaining capital to be disbursed is very large. Every month, Dong Nai province must disburse over 3 trillion VND in capital,” Chairman Vo Tan Duc stressed.

Therefore, Comrade Vo Tan Duc requested that the project owners submit to the Department of Finance a summary of the detailed disbursement schedule for each project by October 15th, clearly stating the obstacles and solutions to compensate for the disbursement delays. The Provincial People's Committee Office is responsible for monitoring the implementation progress according to the schedule that the units have committed to.

According to the Department of Finance, in October 2025, the unit will continue to monitor the actual implementation of the projects in order to propose to the Provincial People's Committee the establishment of a team to address and resolve difficulties and obstacles in the implementation process.

Relevant units must coordinate with localities to resolve difficulties and obstacles in land clearance work. The heads of communes and wards must be responsible for land clearance work for projects passing through their areas. The Department of Internal Affairs, in coordination with the Department of Finance, will propose a mechanism for evaluating and handling the heads of units that are slow in disbursing public investment funds. "In particular, the project owners must strictly handle and terminate contracts with contractors who fail to meet the project schedule," Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Vo Tan Duc demanded.

Mr. Dinh Tien Hai, Deputy Director in charge of the Provincial Investment and Construction Project Management Board, said: In September 2025, due to heavy rain, the construction of projects faced many difficulties, affecting the disbursement of funds. Therefore, in October 2025, the unit also requested contractors to implement solutions to compensate for the delay. "The Provincial Investment and Construction Project Management Board is committed to completing the disbursement of 100% of the allocated public investment funds in 2025," Mr. Dinh Tien Hai stated.

Similarly, representatives from the Provincial Land Development Center - one of the main investors allocated a large amount of capital - also committed to completing the disbursement of all allocated funds in 2025.

Pham Tung

Source: https://baodongnai.com.vn/kinh-te/202510/thach-thuc-giai-ngan-von-dau-tu-cong-bdb22fb/