On February 19, the Government Office announced that Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had just signed Official Dispatch No. 16/CD-TTg urging ministries, branches and localities to promote the allocation and disbursement of public investment capital in 2025.
According to the telegram, the detailed allocation results of the 2025 public investment capital plan to January 31, 2025 only reached 96.07% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister; the disbursement is estimated at 1.26% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister (the same period in 2024 is 2.58%).
The capital that has not been allocated in detail is still quite large (about VND84,840.5 billion) of 26 Ministries, central agencies and 48 localities.
The Prime Minister severely criticized 26 ministries, central agencies and 48 localities for not fully allocating the 2025 state budget public investment capital plan as assigned by the end of January 2025; requested the above ministries, central and local agencies to seriously review individual and collective responsibilities to handle according to Party regulations and State laws.
To strive to achieve the goal of disbursing public investment capital in 2025 with the highest results (over 95%), the Prime Minister requested ministries, central and local agencies to thoroughly grasp and clearly identify the task of promoting the allocation and disbursement of the public investment capital plan in 2025 as one of the top key political tasks that need to be prioritized to focus on leadership, direction and implementation at all levels and sectors.
Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, and other central agencies, Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities are fully responsible to the Government and the Prime Minister for the results of public investment capital allocation and disbursement in 2025; determined not to let capital wait for projects, have capital and cannot disburse.
The heads of ministries, central and local agencies must uphold their responsibilities, be close and specific, grasp the situation, clearly identify the difficulties, obstacles and causes of slow allocation and disbursement of each specific project to directly direct timely resolution.
Urgently allocate all details of the 2025 state budget investment plan in the first quarter of 2025 in accordance with regulations, not to let it continue to be delayed.
If it is not completed by the end of the first quarter of 2025, the Government will recover it to allocate capital to other projects that need capital to complete; the detailed allocation of the capital plan must ensure focus, key points, not spread out, breakdown, in accordance with the ability to implement, disburse and in accordance with legal regulations on public investment.
The acceleration of public investment disbursement must be associated with ensuring the quality of works and projects, preventing negativity, loss, waste, and group interests.
Strengthen inspection and supervision at the site, urge contractors and consultants to speed up progress. Proactively review and transfer capital according to authority between projects with slow disbursement to projects with better disbursement capacity and capital shortages according to regulations in the first quarter of 2025.
Specifically assign leaders responsible for monitoring implementation progress; closely following, promptly removing difficulties in a practical and effective manner according to their authority and being responsible for the disbursement results of each project.
Strengthen discipline and order, strictly handle investors, Project Management Boards, organizations and individuals who intentionally slow down the progress of public investment allocation and disbursement according to regulations.
Timely replace cadres, civil servants and public employees who are weak in capacity, slow, cause harassment and inconvenience, and resolutely handle negative and corrupt behaviors in public investment management.
