Disbursement of public investment capital must ensure the quality of works

DNHN - Vice-Prime Minister Le Minh Khai demanded that investors, project management boards, organizations, and individuals who intentionally impede or impede progress be punished severely.

The Government Office has just released Notice 184/TB-VPCP, dated 17 May 2023, regarding the conclusion of Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai, Head of Working Group No. 1, regarding inspecting, urging, and eliminating obstacles. At an online conference with five locales, difficulties and roadblocks related to accelerating the disbursement of public investment capital in 2023 were discussed.

Consequently, the online conference was presided over by Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai, Head of Working Group No. 1 on inspecting, urging, removing difficulties and obstacles, and accelerating the disbursement of public investment capital in 2023. route with 05 localities: Ho Chi Minh City, Soc Trang, Tra Vinh, An Giang, and Vinh Long.

During the conference, the Deputy Prime Minister lauded and acknowledged the local government's leadership and direction in implementing the Government's and Prime Minister's guidelines and directives on accelerating capital expenditures. federal government's Invest. The total amount of public investment capital from the state budget in 2023 allocated to the five aforementioned localities is relatively large (more than 92 trillion VND), constituting more than 10% of the total amount of public investment capital in the country in 2023. The disbursement rate of public investment capital by the end of the first quarter of 2023 is still below the national average, even though localities have exerted considerable effort without achieving the desired results.

The ministries and localities have provided the following explanations for the slow disbursement: Investment preparation and project preparation are inadequate, resulting in the project's ineligibility for capital allocation; procedures for approving investment policies and approving investment projects take a long time, particularly procedures for design approval, bidding, and site clearance; The update, review, and announcement of construction material prices and construction price indexes have not reflected market changes promptly. As a result, fuel and construction material prices have increased, resulting in increased business expenses. Negatively impact construction investment; difficulties in compensation and site clearance are slowed by problems in land price determination, compensation, support, and resettlement plans, overlap in land use planning and construction planning, sector planning, and sector planning... Due to the lengthy time required for project proposal formulation to implementation, procedures for extending the Agreement, and adjustments to investment policies and projects, the disbursement of foreign capital projects is slow. take time. Some consulting contractors' capacity is still inadequate, resulting in subpar consulting work and dossiers.

Accelerate the disbursement of public investment capital from now until the end of 2023, thereby contributing to economic growth in the context of a world and domestic situation fraught with numerous difficulties and challenges, thereby creating jobs and worker incomes. The Deputy Prime Minister instructed the ministries, branches, and localities to closely observe and vigorously implement the effective implementation of the Government's Resolutions and the Prime Minister's directing documents regarding the acceleration of the allocation and resolution of administrative violations. public investment budget, three national target programs in 2023, implementing the program of socio-economic recovery and development, specifically: Directive No. 08/CT-TTg dated March 23, 2023, Dispatch No. 71/CD-TTg dated February 23, 2023, Dispatch No. 123/CD-TTg dated March 10, 2023, aiming to reach the disbursement target of 95%-100% of the capital plan in 2023.

Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and cities uphold the sense of responsibility of leaders in allocating and disbursing public investment capital; promote the role of officials, clearly assign tasks, clearly identify people, work, progress, and quality of work, and check, supervise, and urge the implementation. Assign leaders of the Provincial People's Committee to be directly in charge of each specific project group to monitor, urge, and swiftly remove obstacles, as well as accelerate the implementation and distribution of public investment capital.

The Deputy Prime Minister requested that it be determined that accelerating the disbursement of public investment capital is a significant political task for 2023, with a focus on thoroughly overcoming the subjective factors that impede the progress of project implementation. The disbursement of public investment capital serves as the basis for evaluating, rewarding, fostering, and promoting officials, as well as handling cases in which organizations and individuals are unable to complete the disbursement task by 2023. subjective.

Accelerating disbursement coincides with ensuring the quality of the work and making efficient use of public investment capital. To ensure full disbursement of the allocated capital, increase discipline and discipline in the disbursement of public investment capital, immediately and proactively review and evaluate the disbursement ability of each project, and have the plan to adjust the capital plan from projects that are slow to disburse to a well-disbursed project that lacks internal capital in the locality.

The Deputy Prime Minister demanded that the project investment preparation and investment implementation be carried out early to include in the plan the following: site clearance, relocation of related technical infrastructure works, bidding, contractor selection, contract assignment, the capacity of project management boards, etc.

At the same time, there are sanctions to strictly handle investors, project management boards, organizations, and individuals who intentionally impede, obstruct, and irresponsibly slow down the progress of capital allocation, capital adjustment, implementation project implementation, and disbursement of public investment capital; promptly replace cadres, civil servants, and public employees who are weak in capacity, stagnant, corrupt, and negative; and resolutely handle those who are negative.

Previously, on May 14, the Government's Working Group No. 5, led by Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phuoc, inspected and worked directly with Dong Nai province; concurrently, work online with the provinces of Binh Duong, Gia Lai, Phu Yen, and Binh Dinh to inspect, urge, remove difficulties and obstacles, and expedite disbursement of public investment capital in 2023.

Minister Ho Duc Phuc suggested that provincial leaders concentrate on resolving the problem of the economy's aggregate demand. Solving bottlenecks and administrative procedures for the development of private investment; increasing the disbursement of public investment; focusing on removing obstacles for businesses to promote growth.

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