The Prime Minister requested a focus on resolving all long-standing, stalled projects.

On February 15th, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh signed Prime Minister's Directive No. 14/CD-TTg on focusing on resolving long-standing backlog projects, urgently completing and putting them into operation to promote economic growth in the first months of 2026.

The government is calling for a focused effort to definitively resolve long-standing, stalled projects.

Over the past period, the Government and the Prime Minister have issued many decisive directives to resolve difficulties and obstacles for a large number of stalled and long-suspended projects. Initial results have been positive, such as resolving issues for 5,203 projects, including 3,289 land-related projects, with approximately 1.67 trillion VND of resources unlocked.

The government assesses that achieving double-digit growth in 2026 faces many challenges, requiring a very large mobilization of social investment resources (35% of GDP) while the cost of capital mobilization tends to increase. The delay in completing and putting projects into operation is causing a waste of resources, affecting the target of 10% GDP growth in the first quarter and double-digit growth for the whole year.

To successfully achieve the goals of the Party's 14th National Congress Resolution, focusing on resolving outstanding issues in projects and promptly channeling remaining resources into socio-economic development in February and the first quarter, the Prime Minister requested leaders of ministries, sectors, and localities to thoroughly understand that resolving difficulties for outstanding projects is a key and urgent political task to combat waste and promote growth; ensuring responsibility, discipline, and a proactive spirit in resolving obstacles for people and businesses, unlocking and effectively utilizing remaining resources for economic development; not legitimizing violations, and not creating new violations.

The Prime Minister requested that no projects requiring resolution be overlooked or ignored; that difficulties and obstacles of projects be classified and addressed immediately according to authority, with the spirit of "local authorities decide, local authorities act, local authorities take responsibility." For projects under their jurisdiction, localities should proactively resolve obstacles and administrative procedures immediately, absolutely avoiding shirking or evading responsibility; focusing on resolving obstacles for large-scale investment projects, public investment projects, social housing, energy, and real estate projects.

For projects exceeding the authority of the relevant agencies, the Prime Minister requested prompt reporting clearly on the obstacles encountered and proposing specific solutions, including amending legal regulations or issuing special mechanisms, to be submitted to the Ministry of Finance for compilation. In addition, there should be a high level of focus on resolving all difficulties related to projects and land issues.

LAM NGUYEN

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/thu-tuong-yeu-cau-tap-trung-giai-quyet-dut-diem-cac-du-an-ton-dong-keo-dai-post838846.html