On March 28, Senior Lieutenant General Vu Hai San - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of National Defense - had a working session with the General Department of Logistics and Engineering, the Department of Finance (Ministry of National Defense) and a number of competent agencies on the results of basic construction investment and disbursement results for the period 2021-2025.
According to the report of the General Department of Logistics - Engineering on the results of basic construction investment work in the period of 2021-2025, including the construction planning work, the Department of Enterprises (General Department of Logistics - Engineering) has appraised and reported to the Ministry for approval of planning documents for a number of units under the Ministry, ensuring quality.
Regarding the management and use of budgets for works and projects to ensure local military and defense tasks, by the end of March 2025, about 70% of works and projects in the 2021-2025 medium-term investment plan have been completed from budget sources to ensure local military and defense tasks.
Also at the meeting, the Department of Finance reported on the results of implementing the medium-term investment plan for 2021-2025 and disbursement in 2025 of construction investment projects.
Concluding the working session, Senior Lieutenant General Vu Hai San requested that agencies and units continue to coordinate closely, speed up the progress and quality of basic construction investment projects and works and speed up the medium-term disbursement progress.
The projects have been urgently completed to organize acceptance, audit, and settlement to ensure strict compliance with procedures and legal regulations.
To ensure synchronization, savings, efficiency, and no waste when adjusting local military organizations, meeting the requirements of tasks in the new situation, Deputy Minister Vu Hai San requested to temporarily suspend the construction of unfinished works and projects; conduct a review, acceptance of volume and settlement of completed volume values.
For works and projects that are completing investment procedures, have not yet implemented construction, and have temporarily suspended the implementation of the next steps, allowing settlement of the consultation and site clearance work that has been implemented.
At the same time, the Department of Finance is required to preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies to work with specialized agencies of military regions, the Hanoi Capital Command, the Border Guard and localities to propose solutions to resolve legal and financial backlogs of projects and works and directions for implementing the next steps accordingly; report to the Head of the Ministry of National Defense for consideration and decision.
To strive to achieve the goal of completing the basic disbursement of investment capital in 2025 with the highest results (98%), Senior Lieutenant General Vu Hai San requested agencies to review investment plans for local military forces according to the direction of the Minister of National Defense.
Research to adjust down newly opened projects in 2025, unconstructed projects under the Provincial Military Command, Provincial Border Guard Command, District Military Command to arrange capital for other projects that are capable of implementation and complete investment procedures, and assign estimates before September 30, 2025.
