The conference was held online connecting to 199 points across the army.

The conference assessed that in the first quarter of 2025, the Finance Department proactively and promptly advised on the allocation and allocation of the budget in accordance with the Decision of the Minister of National Defense . Ensured good military and defense tasks, implemented procurement, production, and repair of equipment; focused on implementing important and urgent programs and goals. Performed well the financial and budget planning work in merging, adjusting, arranging, and reorganizing a number of agencies and units in the Ministry of National Defense.

Timely summarize and report to the Ministry of National Defense the results of disbursement of investment capital of projects and assign basic construction expenditure estimates in the first quarter; summarize the situation of projects with slow settlement; review and propose solutions for each backlog project. The Finance Department has reported to the head of the Ministry of National Defense to direct and thoroughly handle backlog projects with slow settlement in 2025 and urge agencies and units to speed up the implementation progress and disbursement of investment capital.

The Finance Department promptly guides units to review, adjust, manage, and use the budget for local military investment projects, ensuring effective use of the budget, avoiding loss and waste, and not allowing outstanding debts for basic construction when adjusting the organization and force.

Colonel Do Dinh My, Deputy Director of the Department of Finance chaired the conference.

Regarding the financial management of units, the Finance Department has directed agencies and units to review and approve the 2024 budget settlement according to plan. To date, the Department has reviewed and approved the results for more than 90% of the units under the Ministry. Timely synthesize reports to the Ministry for approval of budget estimates for organizing celebrations of major holidays of the year and defense area drills. Timely urge agencies and units to urgently implement bidding procedures, negotiate the purchase of weapons and technical equipment, sign contracts promptly, ensure conditions for disbursement and transfer of budget sources.

In the coming time, the Finance Department identifies the key task as doing a good job of synthesizing the 2024 settlement data, reporting to the Central Military Commission Standing Committee, and the head of the Ministry of National Defense for approval and sending to State agencies according to regulations.

Continue to direct and inspect sectors and units to implement assigned budget estimates, adjust budget estimates according to the Ministry's decisions; minimize the situation of overspending or not spending enough, having to cancel the budget estimate and return it to the State. Proactively grasp the State's direction, guide agencies, units and enterprises to prepare 3-year budget estimates (2026-2028).

Delegates attending the conference at the Finance Department bridge point.

In the management of investment capital, focus on reviewing and reporting to the Ministry for approval of adjustments and supplements to the medium-term investment plan from the state budget for regular expenditure on national defense for the period 2021-2025.

Implement the budget framework from the state budget for regular expenditure on national defense for the 2026-2028 period and the medium-term investment plan from the state budget for regular expenditure on national defense for the 2026-2030 period.

Continue to coordinate with implementing agencies to review investment plans for local military agencies, Border Guards report to the Ministry of National Defense and propose adjustment plans.

Guide and inspect units on investment capital management, promptly remove difficulties and obstacles to speed up capital disbursement progress in 2025. Synthesize and propose timely adjustments to capital plans of projects, ensure disbursement and basic settlement of assigned capital plans. Perform well the settlement of completed projects, overcome the backlog of projects with late submission and settlement.

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