On November 6, the National Assembly discussed in the hall the draft Law on Public Investment (amended).
Commenting on the draft law, delegate Duong Khac Mai (Dak Nong delegation) said that public investment plays an important role in leading development. However, in recent years, public investment has been associated with phrases such as "slow", "very slow" and "too slow", "like a chronic disease without a treatment regimen".
Regarding the need to separate resettlement compensation and site clearance into independent projects in the bill, the delegate said that this provision helps to remove difficulties and obstacles of projects that are being implemented.
According to the Dak Nong delegation, most of the projects are currently delayed due to site clearance. Now, separating the project into two components creates conditions for the locality to be more proactive in solving the site clearance issue, ensuring the project is implemented synchronously.
The delegate suggested that it is necessary to clarify what is considered a "really necessary case" so that the separation or formation of compensation projects is clear to avoid mistakes and fear of mistakes in implementation.
At the same time, if resettlement compensation and site clearance are separated, there must be a strict regulatory mechanism to avoid the situation where the project is not implemented after clearance, causing waste of resources.
The time for separating compensation, resettlement, and site clearance for project implementation must not exceed the total capital allocation time in the bill.
Delegate Tran Chi Cuong (Da Nang Delegation) said that the issue of procedures for implementing public investment projects needs to be studied, reviewed, and adjusted to further shorten project implementation time.
The delegate pointed out that investment procedures are not only regulated in the Investment Law but also in many other laws such as land, construction, environment, technology transfer, and fire prevention and fighting.
According to current regulations, the time to carry out procedures related to land, construction, environment, technology transfer, and fire prevention and fighting often takes a long time.
Each procedure has its own requirements regarding documents, procedures and time. Some procedures require multiple steps (construction procedures). Some procedures must be performed sequentially, and the result of one procedure is the input of another.
According to the delegate, on average, the time to fully complete the above procedures (depending on project type A, B or C) will last from about 250 days to 350 days to start construction, which means it will take more than 8 months from the time the People's Council approves to implement.
In reality, the procedure may take longer due to delays in completing relevant records and documents.
Therefore, delegates suggested that the draft law should study and supplement regulations on time for the steps of procedure preparation and approval by agencies.
Speaking, delegate Pham Hung Thang (Ha Nam delegation) proposed to study and add more cases of projects affected by compensation and site clearance.
According to delegates, this is to facilitate the implementation and disbursement of capital for linear projects, projects with large amounts of site clearance, especially for transportation projects, industrial park projects, and high-tech parks.
