Hai Phong City promotes the allocation and disbursement of public investment capital

DNHN - The City People's Committee of Hai Phong has just issued a directive requesting the authorities to prioritize the implementation of key solutions to accelerate the disbursement of public investment capital in 2023 to address the slow disbursement

According to the expenditure control results of the State Treasury of Hai Phong City as of April 20, 2023, 18.63% of the capital allocated to the 2023 plan had been disbursed. (22 156,828 billion VND), or 30.8% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister (13,403,337 billion VND). Three units have not yet been disbursed as part of the public investment plan for 2023: Hong Bang, Ngo Quyen, Le Chan, Hai An, Kien An, Do Son, Duong Kinh, An Lao, Kien Thuy, Tien Lang, Vinh Bao, and Bach Long Vi are the twelve localities with disbursement results of the 2023 public investment plan below the city's average disbursement rate.

Determining that accelerating the disbursement of public investment capital is both an urgent necessity and a crucial task to promote rapid and sustainable socio-economic development and to create a conducive environment for production, business, and operations. Regarding businesses, the City People's Committee. Hai Phong mandates that all levels and sectors rigorously implement essential solutions.

Consequently, requesting investors of public investment projects and projects utilizing ODA capital to actively and flexibly operate, strive to disburse 100 percent of the assigned public investment capital plan in 2023, along with ensuring the quality of works and the efficient use of public investment capital. Likewise, actively coordinate with localities to remove obstacles and difficulties in site clearance, particularly for city-wide projects of critical importance, to ensure project advancement.

Investors actively propose transferring capital from slow-disbursing projects to faster-disbursing projects that require additional capital. Utilizing appropriate forms of contractor selection, particularly online bidding, and selecting contractors with sufficient capacity and experience to complete bidding packages. In addition, choose an appropriate contract form by regulations so that contractors do not develop the mentality of awaiting price adjustments for package contracts.

In addition, investors in public investment projects must create detailed disbursement plans for each project and implement the plans strictly on a monthly and quarterly basis. Promote the use of information technology in the management, monitoring, and supervision of the progress of public investment projects, enhance the inspection and supervision of the construction site, eliminate bottlenecks in the disbursement of public investment capital, and urge contractors and consultants to expedite project construction.

For investors whose 2023 public investment plan disbursement results fall below the city average, the causes and responsibilities must be clarified. On this basis, to propose specific, drastic, and effective solutions to expedite the upcoming disbursement.

The City People's Committee of Hai Phong stated that there will be severe repercussions for actions that intentionally impede the progress of public investment capital allocation, implementation, and disbursement. Replacing cadres, civil servants, and public employees who are incompetent, stagnant, corrupt, and unfavorable; resolutely addressing negative acts in public investment management.

For the People's Committees of districts and districts assigned to be the project investor decided by the City People's Committee to invest, it is necessary to implement solutions to collect local budgets by the estimate for 2023, promptly. According to the public investment plan for 2023, capital sources will be allocated to projects.

Districts must immediately allocate in detail the entire investment plan for additional city budget capital with targets in 2023, ensuring that at least fifty percent of each district's public investment capital is allocated. projects invested by the City People's Committee or tasks assigned to the People's Committees of districts by the City People's Committee for investment decision-making. Specifically, the construction of a model new rural commune and new rural district, as well as defense works, the office of the commune police, a green park, a high school, and other tasks and initiatives.

In addition, districts concentrate on resolving and removing obstacles and difficulties in land clearance, compensation, resettlement support, and timely mass mobilization for City People's Committee-approved projects. Invest and deploy in localities to ensure the progress of project implementation, particularly of the city's key projects, by the law.

City Citizen Committee Hai Phong charged the Department of Finance with coordinating with the City Tax Department and the People's Committees of districts to promptly balance capital sources by the 2023 public investment plan so that capital-allocated projects have a source of disbursement. Actively advise the City People's Committee and urge the members of the Land Price List Appraisal Council to expedite the appraisal and approval of local land prices, serving both the site clearance of investment projects and assisting localities in expediting land auctions, thereby increasing revenue for development investment.

The Hai Phong State Treasury continues to facilitate the reduction of control and payment times for disbursement-eligible projects. Instruct and urge investors to promptly disburse funds for projects with adequate capital by their final settlement value.

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