Prime Minister criticizes ministries and localities for low public investment disbursement

The Prime Minister criticized 29 ministries, agencies and 12 localities with disbursement rates below the national average, requesting review, experience, and clarification of individual and organizational responsibilities.

On the morning of September 17, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Deputy Prime Ministers chaired the third national conference to promote public investment by 2025.

The Ministry of Finance 's report said that the disbursement of public investment capital was higher than the same period last year. In the first 8 months of the year, the country's public investment disbursement reached VND409,000 billion, reaching 46.3% of the assigned plan, up 5.9% in proportion and up nearly VND135,300 billion compared to the same period in 2024.

The Prime Minister criticized ministries and localities with low public investment disbursement rates.

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There are 9 ministries, agencies and 22 localities with estimated disbursement rates above the national average. Among them, some ministries, agencies and localities are assigned large plans and have high disbursement rates such as the Ministry of National Defense (disbursement reached 54.5%), the Ministry of Public Security (64.8%), Thanh Hoa (90.6%), Ninh Binh (90.1%)...

The Prime Minister mentioned the example of the Phong Chau Bridge, which was recently assigned to a military unit to build on a larger scale, saving time and costs and is about to be inaugurated. The head of the Government also commended units with disbursement rates higher than the national average.

Besides, public investment disbursement still has problems such as delays in compensation, site clearance, and resettlement; the supply of raw materials has not been well resolved, and the price of raw materials has increased compared to the time of bidding, increasing costs.

By the end of August 2025, there were 29 ministries, agencies and 12 localities with disbursement rates below the national average. The Prime Minister criticized and requested these ministries, agencies and localities to review and learn from experience, clarify the responsibilities of relevant collectives and individuals. Determining the results of public investment disbursement is a criterion for evaluating officials and evaluating work results.

Regarding the cause, the Prime Minister said that the process of implementing the two-level local government model still encountered some problems; project preparation work was still sketchy, investment policy approval and investment decisions were not appropriate, and capital planning was not close to reality, leading to the need to propose adjustments many times.

At the same time, there still exists a state of avoidance, fear of mistakes, and fear of responsibility in performing assigned tasks; coordination between agencies is still lacking.

Accordingly, the Prime Minister requested to classify projects according to the disbursement level (good, slow, unable to disburse...); from there, build a specific disbursement schedule for each month and quarter and have specific, appropriate solutions to promote disbursement to achieve the set target.

Ministries, branches and localities urgently allocate 38,400 billion VND of the capital plan assigned by the Prime Minister. Regularly review and promptly adjust capital from projects with slow disbursement or no disbursement capacity to projects with good disbursement capacity and need for additional capital.

In particular, the Prime Minister requested strict handling of investors, project management boards, and contractors who deliberately cause difficulties, hinder, and slow down the progress of capital allocation and disbursement; and review and promptly handle weak and negative officials who do not complete assigned tasks.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/thu-tuong-phe-binh-cac-bo-nganh-dia-phuong-giai-ngan-dau-tu-cong-thap-185250917140021508.htm