Report on the mechanism for handling ministries, branches and localities for slow disbursement of public investment
On the morning of March 5, reporting at the regular Government meeting in February 2025, Minister of Finance Nguyen Van Thang said that the socio-economic situation continued to grow positively for the past 2 months.
People, businesses, domestic and foreign investors, financial institutions, international credit rating organizations... increase their confidence in the prospects of the economy.
The macro economy is stable, inflation is controlled, major balances are guaranteed. The average consumer price index (CPI) for the two months increased by 3.27% over the same period.
State budget revenue reached 25.4% of the estimate, up 25.7% over the same period, ensuring resources for investment in development, social security and implementing policies and regimes for cadres when restructuring and streamlining the apparatus.
A bright spot of the economy in the past 2 months was that import-export and import-export turnover increased by 12%, 8.4% and 15.9% respectively over the same period; the trade surplus reached 1.47 billion USD.
The Government has resolutely focused on perfecting institutions, improving the investment and business environment; handling backlogs and problems; promoting key infrastructure projects, promoting new growth drivers.
Social security work, ensuring people's lives; progress, requirements for restructuring and streamlining the apparatus; foreign affairs and international integration... are also focused on and focused on doing well.
Minister Nguyen Van Thang also pointed out difficulties and challenges, such as: The growth driver has not had a clear breakthrough; the lives of a part of the people are still difficult, environmental pollution, traffic congestion in big cities.
At the meeting, the Ministry of Finance proposed a number of key groups of tasks and solutions.
Ministries, central and local agencies continue to urgently stabilize the organizational apparatus, maintain and ensure smooth operation, and immediately promote the effectiveness of the arrangement and streamlining of the apparatus.
Regarding the management of fiscal and monetary policies to support growth, the Ministry of Finance needs to submit to competent authorities to issue policies on tax, fee, land rent exemption, reduction, extension... in 2025 before March 15, 2025.
Complete the government bond issuance plan to supplement investment resources for key infrastructure projects in the first quarter; synthesize and monitor the disbursement scenario of public investment capital of each ministry, branch and locality each quarter; promptly remove obstacles for key projects.
In March, research and develop and report to the Prime Minister on reward and handling mechanisms for ministries, branches and localities that are slow to disburse, ensuring discipline and order in public investment.
Have a suitable plan to manage airfares
At the same time, the State Bank must drastically implement solutions to reduce lending interest rates in accordance with the direction of the Prime Minister in Official Dispatch No. 19/CD-TTg, Directive No. 05/CT-TTg.
Direct credit institutions to review and allocate subjects to reduce lending procedures and conditions, speed up credit capital for projects, projects, and fields that create growth momentum, especially green growth; research and develop a credit package for young people under 35 years old to buy houses, and report to the Prime Minister in the second quarter.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and localities will promote and advertise tourism; coordinate with the Ministry of Construction to develop appropriate plan to manage airfares, encouraging people to consume and travel domestically during holidays.
