On March 25, Party Central Committee member and Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son chaired a meeting on the allocation and disbursement of public investment capital of 3 ministries, central agencies and 13 localities in the Mekong Delta under Working Group No. 5.
The ministries and agencies include: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Vietnam Electricity Group; localities: Long An, Tien Giang, Ben Tre, Tra Vinh, Vinh Long, Can Tho, Hau Giang, Soc Trang, An Giang, Dong Thap, Kien Giang, Bac Lieu, Ca Mau.
In 2025, the total public investment capital of the 3 ministries, central agencies and 13 localities under the Working Group No. 5 assigned by the Prime Minister will be 55,641 billion VND, of which domestic capital is 43,308 billion VND and foreign capital is 2,917 billion VND.
To date, the disbursement rate of the above ministries, agencies and localities has reached 7.74% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister, higher than the national average of 7.32%. However, there are still 2 ministries, agencies and 6 localities with low disbursement levels, below the national average.
The Deputy Prime Minister requested delegates attending the meeting to clarify the reasons for the delay in disbursement, the reasons why resources cannot be implemented, and why money cannot be spent, thereby proposing solutions to promote the progress of public investment disbursement.
According to reports from ministries and localities, the reason for some ministries and localities' delay in disbursement is due to: Site clearance work still takes a lot of time; projects implemented abroad should comply with the laws of the host country; many expressway projects still lack filling materials; some projects still lack regulations on standards and technical regulations as a basis for implementation.
Another reason is that the coordination between central and local agencies is not good in some places when implementing some projects of central agencies in the locality; newly started projects need time to complete procedures to have investment decisions; temporarily suspend projects to build district - commune-level headquarters...
Ministries and localities are all committed to making the highest efforts to achieve the disbursement level required by the Government. In particular, Ben Tre province recommends that the Central Government soon issue documents guiding the implementation of projects when transferring them to new management units.
Soc Trang and Ca Mau provinces recommend the need for a mechanism to handle material sources for key traffic projects.
Regarding the tasks in the coming time, the Deputy Prime Minister requested heads of ministries, central agencies and localities to directly lead, direct, inspect and review each project; develop a quarterly and monthly disbursement plan for each project.
Ministries, agencies and localities need to proactively review and evaluate the allocation capacity, implementation and disbursement status of each project to promptly have a plan to transfer internal capital to projects in need, ensuring the full disbursement of allocated capital.
Along with that, focus on promptly handling arising difficulties and problems, allocating enough counterpart funds for ODA projects; direct investors and project management boards to closely coordinate with local authorities in site clearance for projects.
For the capital that has not been allocated by March 15, ministries, agencies and localities should report, propose handling plans, send to the Ministry of Finance for general synthesis, and report to competent authorities for consideration and decision.
