According to the Plan to implement the National Target Program on cultural development in Thanh Hoa province in 2026 No. 306/KH-UBND dated August 17, 2026, signed and promulgated by Mr. Dau Thanh Tung - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee - the total budget capital assigned to Thanh Hoa to implement the Program in 2026 is more than 410.5 billion VND, including 297.5 billion VND of development investment capital and 112.9 billion VND of regular funding.
Because Thanh Hoa belongs to the group of localities that must allocate counterpart funds of at least 30% of the total central budget expenditure supporting the Program, the local budget must ensure at least more than 123.1 billion VND.
In which, the minimum counterpart public investment capital is 89.2 billion VND, and the regular budget is over 33.8 billion VND. Thus, the total minimum state budget for implementing the 2026 Program is determined to be over 533.7 billion VND.
Notably, for the counterpart public investment capital, the province currently has no public investment capital from the local budget that has not been allocated to immediately allocate 89.27 billion VND.
The reason is that the central budget capital for the 2026 Program was allocated to be supplemented after the province decided and allocated the 2026 public investment plan.
The plan proposed by Thanh Hoa is to review and transfer capital plans from slow-disbursing projects to projects under the Program that meet the conditions for capital allocation, based on implementation capacity, disbursement and decisions of competent authorities.
For regular funding alone, the provincial budget has integrated over 101 billion VND in cultural development programs, policies and tasks in 2026.
This source includes 28.1 billion VND to strengthen the material facilities of the cultural sector; 900 million VND for creative activities, seminars, awards, and literary and artistic exhibitions; over 72 billion VND for producing radio and television programs to propagate the political tasks of the province.
The above funding level is significantly higher than the required corresponding regular funding of at least 33.8 billion VND.
In addition to the central and local budgets, Thanh Hoa advocates mobilizing more socialized sources, sponsorships, aid, voluntary contributions and other legally integrated sources.
However, mobilization must ensure the principle of voluntariness, publicity, and compliance with regulations, without generating mandatory contribution obligations for the people.
Along with the requirement to mobilize resources, the plan sets out strict principles in the allocation and use of capital.
Accordingly, the allocation of capital must be in accordance with the objectives, subjects, contents and norms; do not use the Program's capital for tasks outside the scope or tasks that have been guaranteed by the state budget from other sources of capital.
In case of targeted supplementation to the commune-level budget, the commune-level People's Committee is only allowed to allocate detailed capital to each project after the project ensures full legal conditions and has a decision from a competent authority.
The plan also requires prioritizing capital for transitional projects, projects that have completed procedures, have land and disbursement capacity in the year; not allocating capital scattered and fragmented, limiting the arising of outstanding basic construction debts.
Thanh Hoa sets a target to disburse 100% of the assigned capital plan in 2026. Before September 30, relevant agencies must review the progress and disbursement capacity to propose capital transfer from slow-progress tasks and projects or projects without demand to projects with better implementation capacity.
The list of projects, capital level, progress, contractor selection results and implementation results must also be made public; and at the same time create conditions for the Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations, People's Inspection Board, Community Investment Supervision Board and people to participate in supervision.
