At the end of the discussion session on the socio-economic situation on the morning of June 18, Minister of Finance Nguyen Van Thang clarified a number of opinions of National Assembly deputies.
Regarding the handling of public assets after the restructuring of the apparatus, the Minister said that the Ministry of Finance has reported to the Government to submit to the National Assembly to amend the Law on Management and Use of Public Assets.
At the same time, the Ministry has advised agencies to issue 12 decrees, 1 decision and 2 telegrams and has issued 1 circular under its authority to determine the authority of local authorities at 2 levels in the field of public asset use management, standards and norms for the use of offices, cars, machinery and equipment.
The Ministry of Finance has established working groups to work directly with localities to survey and guide the removal of difficulties and obstacles in handling public assets.
Including content related to the rearrangement of public assets after the merger of administrative apparatus organizations and public service units.
"For surplus assets, in the immediate future, continue to prioritize to serve the fields of education and health.
In case there is no longer a need to use it, it must be decided to include in the planning, organize the implementation of rearrangement, and handle according to regulations to avoid wasting public assets," the Minister said and emphasized, directing strongly in the direction of "hand-sharing work" for localities to implement.
Regarding the disbursement of public investment capital, the Minister said that this task continues to be strongly directed by the Government and the Prime Minister. Many working groups established by the Prime Minister have directly inspected localities, ministries, and branches, promptly urged and resolved problems.
Government members also worked with localities to inspect and urge the disbursement of public investment capital.
One of the very outstanding results is the situation of scattered and broken investment that has been completely resolved.
The number of projects has decreased sharply from about 12,000 projects in the previous term to about 5,000 projects in this term and will continue to decrease to about 3,000 projects in the coming time, said the Minister.
The Minister of Finance affirmed that many key projects have focused resources and are being implemented correctly and ahead of schedule, especially transport infrastructure projects, contributing to promoting economic growth recovery and regional development.
However, public investment of local budgets is still scattered. Therefore, in the coming time, it is necessary to continue reviewing and rearranging, allocating investment resources to key and important sectors with spillover effects to increase public investment efficiency.
Regarding the scenario for managing economic growth, the Ministry of Finance has calculated and reported to competent authorities 2 scenarios. In which, the underlying growth scenario is 6.5%.
However, the Minister said that achieving this scenario is also a very challenging thing and requires more synchronous, persistent and drastic participation from all levels and sectors.
In which, the key solution is to focus on domestic investment, export and consumption. It is necessary to continue to closely monitor the situation, update the operating scenario, and promptly handle arising issues. Strive to achieve the highest growth target of about 8% according to the target assigned by the National Assembly.
