The Prime Minister requested urgent implementation of solutions and promotion of disbursement of public investment capital in 2024.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested the vigorous implementation of measures to accelerate the disbursement of public investment capital in 2024, contributing to boosting economic growth.

To decisively implement tasks and solutions to promote the disbursement of public investment capital in 2024, in Official Letter No. 4808/VPCP-KTTH dated July 9, 2024, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested that ministries, central and local agencies study and incorporate the opinions of... The Ministry of Finance , in accordance with its assigned functions, duties, and authority, is urgently focusing on implementing decisive, timely, appropriate, and effective solutions to accelerate the disbursement of public investment capital in 2024, contributing to promoting economic growth.

The Standing Committee of the Government will chair a nationwide online conference with ministries, central and local agencies, and state-owned corporations and companies assigned the 2024 state budget investment plan to assess the implementation of the public investment plan in the first six months of the year and to deploy tasks and solutions to accelerate the disbursement of public investment capital in the last six months of 2024. The conference is tentatively scheduled for July 17, 2024.

Ministries, central and local agencies, and state-owned corporations and enterprises assigned the 2024 state budget investment plan are required to prepare reports assessing the disbursement of public investment capital in the first six months of 2024, including achievements, limitations, causes, lessons learned, and tasks and solutions to accelerate disbursement in the last six months of 2024, and submit them to the Ministry of Planning and Investment before July 12, 2024.

The Prime Minister instructed the Ministry of Planning and Investment to urgently take the lead and coordinate with relevant ministries, agencies, and localities to prepare a central report for the nationwide online conference of the Government Standing Committee with ministries, central and local agencies, and state-owned corporations and companies assigned public investment capital plans for 2024. The purpose of the report is to assess the disbursement of public investment capital in the first six months of the year and to implement tasks and solutions to accelerate the disbursement of public investment capital in the last six months of 2024.

At the same time, the proposed composition, program, and scenario of the Conference, the draft opening and concluding remarks of the Prime Minister, the assignment of tasks to ministries and agencies serving the Conference, and related contents should be reported to the Standing Committee of the Government before July 14, 2024.

Based on the concluding remarks of the Prime Minister and the opinions of ministries, agencies, and localities at the nationwide online conference, the Ministry of Planning and Investment, in coordination with relevant ministries and agencies, will draft a Directive of the Prime Minister on key tasks and solutions to accelerate the disbursement of public investment capital in the remaining months of 2024, and submit it to the Prime Minister for consideration and promulgation in July 2024.

The Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Planning and Investment to take the lead and coordinate with the Ministry of Finance and relevant agencies and localities to report to the Government before July 10, 2024, to submit to the competent authority the adjustment of the 2024 central budget investment plan among ministries, central agencies and localities as directed in Resolution No. 62/NQ-CP dated May 7, 2024 and Resolution No. 82/NQ-CP dated June 5, 2024 of the Government.

At the same time, the Ministry of Planning and Investment shall preside over and coordinate with the Ministry of Finance and other specialized ministries to resolve obstacles related to assigning the role of project owner to units not under specialized ministries to implement projects where those ministries are the managing agencies, in accordance with the Prime Minister's directive in Notice No. 72/TB-VPCP dated February 28, 2024, to be completed before July 10, 2024; in cases exceeding their authority, they shall promptly report to the competent authority as prescribed.

The Prime Minister also requested the Ministry of Planning and Investment to draft a Decision to replace Decision No. 235/QD-TTg dated March 14, 2023, of the Prime Minister to reorganize the Prime Minister's Task Forces for inspecting, urging, and resolving difficulties and obstacles to accelerate the disbursement of public investment capital, including adding one Task Force headed by Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long; and to report to the Prime Minister before July 12, 2024.

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