On the afternoon of February 7, the National Assembly Standing Committee gave opinions on the draft resolution on principles, criteria and norms for allocating public investment capital from the state budget for the period 2026-2030.
Presenting the report, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung said that, compared to the Resolution on principles, criteria, and norms for allocating public investment capital from the state budget for the period 2021-2025, the draft Resolution for the period 2026-2030 will have points to adjust and supplement.
In which, supplement and complete priority investment areas in accordance with the 10-year Socio-Economic Development Strategy 2021 - 2030, the 5-year socio-economic Development Plan 2026-2030 is expected.
Focus on prioritizing capital allocation to implement, speed up progress, and soon complete programs and projects: National target program, national important projects, expressway projects, high-speed railway projects, urban railway projects.
The central budget continues to prioritize resources to perform large and strategic tasks, important to serve socio -economic development.
For the central budget, provide targeted support for the locality: add some criteria as a basis for calculating points such as areas affected by defense works and special military areas; particularly disadvantaged communes in Region III; prioritize localities according to the special Resolutions of the National Assembly; prioritize support for the Central Highlands, Central Highlands and mountainous areas of the North.
Innovation of foreign capital allocation, including ensuring capital allocation for transition projects; Allocation of capital for projects approved by competent authorities; The remaining foreign capital (if any) is unified management at the central level, to arrange for programs, tasks, and projects arising in the medium term after completing investment procedures according to regulations.
Examination of draft resolutions, Chairman of the Finance and Budget Committee of the National Assembly Le Quang Manh proposed the Standing Committee of the National Assembly to unify the resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee on principles, criteria and The norm of public investment capital allocation of state budget sources for the period of 2026-2030 at the request of the Government.
Giving his opinion later, Politburo member and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man stated that it is necessary to overcome the situation of scattered allocation. At the same time, it is necessary to reasonably distribute between important sectors and fields.
The National Assembly Chairman emphasized the need to overcome the limitations and shortcomings in implementing Resolution 973/2020 when there is no mechanism to manage public investment capital planning from local budget sources; there is no mechanism to tie local budget responsibilities for investment in infrastructure...
Referring to the Can Tho Oncology Hospital project - which was signed a capital agreement from ODA capital with the Hungarian Government and domestic counterparts, the National Assembly Chairman requested the Ministry of Planning and Investment to focus on solving and putting it into use soon.
"The hospital has been built and then abandoned for several years. I go several times, it looks very anxious" - the National Assembly Chairman shared, while emphasizing that priority is given to urgent and urgent projects, especially unfinished projects that need to be allocated capital to completely handle.
National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man suggested that the Ministry of Planning and Investment prioritize allocating capital for the fields of science, technology, innovation, and digital transformation.
"In addition to priority projects in the draft Resolution, the Ministry of Planning and Investment is requested to consider coordinating with research agencies to prioritize allocating capital for the fields of science and technology, digital transformation, and innovation" - said the National Assembly Chairman.
At the meeting, 100% of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly present voted on the basic draft resolution on the principles, criteria and norms for public investment capital allocation. paragraph 2026-2030.
