Thai Nguyen: Project Management Board helps commune level operate effectively and efficiently

When implementing a two-level local government, the commune level is assigned many functions and powers. For public investment, the commune level has the authority to decide on investment policies, decide on investment and manage and organize project implementation. Based on the direction of the superiors, Thai Nguyen province urgently established a management board for construction investment projects at the commune level.

Commune level is now assigned much authority over public investment.

Implementing the 2-level local government model, from July 1, most public investment projects previously invested and managed by the district level have been transferred to the commune level to be invested, managed and implemented. In fact, in many communes and wards in Thai Nguyen province, when assigned to be the project investor and implementer, they are facing many difficulties.

Specifically, Diem Thuy commune is the investor of a series of transport infrastructure projects, resettlement, residential areas, urban areas with huge capital; at the same time, it must clear the land to implement the project. This is a new, complicated job, requiring high expertise and is assigned to the Commune General Service Center to manage and organize the project implementation on behalf of the Commune People's Committee.

Party Secretary and Chairman of the People's Committee of Diem Thuy Commune, Le Thanh Son, said: "The human resources of the Diem Thuy Commune General Service Center are not sufficient, while it is performing dozens of different functions and tasks, and has been assigned the additional task of representing the investor and implementing public investment projects with countless related tasks. There is a lack of professional and specialized staff, so the implementation of public investment is facing many difficulties, so it is necessary to hire a project manager."

In 2025, Quan Trieu ward was assigned to be the investor of projects with a total capital of 71 billion VND; expected in 2026 there will be 11 projects with a total capital of 200 billion VND, the period 2026-2030 is expected to be 1,000 billion VND. In 2025, Phuc Thuan commune will be the public investor of projects with a total capital of 80 billion VND, expected in 2026 the total capital will be 200 billion VND.

On the other hand, the site clearance work was assigned to the Thai Nguyen Provincial Land Fund Development Center to carry out many stages, while this is a unit under the province that also lacks people, and is assigned to clear many key and urgent industrial park projects, traffic works, etc., so it focuses human resources on that.

The commune level cannot direct the Thai Nguyen Provincial Land Fund Development Center. Without good coordination, site clearance will be delayed and passive, greatly affecting the progress of public investment in the commune. Therefore, by mid-October 2025, a series of communes and wards in Thai Nguyen province proposed to establish a commune-level construction investment project management board to perform the functions of investor, project management, and site clearance.

According to Director of Thai Nguyen Department of Home Affairs Nguyen Quoc Huu, based on the new direction of the Central Government on allowing the establishment of commune-level construction investment project management boards if necessary, Thai Nguyen province advocates establishing commune-level construction investment project management boards when qualified and self-guaranteed in terms of finance and regular expenditure. Thai Nguyen Department of Home Affairs has issued a document guiding communes and wards on the procedures for establishing commune-level construction investment project management boards.

Thai Nguyen province directs that communes and wards, if deemed necessary and qualified, should establish a construction investment project management board before November 1.

On October 21, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Thai Nguyen province issued Document No. 4522/UBND-NC (urgent) requesting communes and wards to determine the necessity, sufficient conditions, financial autonomy, and ensure regular expenditure sources to establish a Construction Investment Project Management Board before November 1 to immediately begin performing assigned functions and tasks.

The establishment of construction investment project management boards in communes and wards in Thai Nguyen province when qualified, deemed necessary, and ensuring financial autonomy will help these communes and wards have a professional public unit with sufficient capacity to perform tasks, helping commune-level authorities operate effectively, efficiently, proactively, autonomously, and self-responsibly, maximizing the role, functions, and tasks of public investment, one of the driving forces for local economic and social development.

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