Lang Son voters requested the Ministry of Construction to continue to pay attention to reporting to competent authorities to consider allocating capital to pay the value of outstanding construction basically completed from the technical stop in October 2018 and before of the project to renovate the road surface and works in the section Km8 - Km29 and Km40 - Km66 on National Highway 4A, Lang Son province with a value of more than 133 billion VND.
After studying, the Ministry of Construction responded as follows:
The project to renovate the foundation, road surface and works on the section Km8 - Km29 and Km40 - Km66 on National Highway 4A (project) was approved in 2014 with a total investment of 489 billion VND,
Of which, the medium-term public investment plan for the period 2016 - 2020 only balances the allocation for the project at 166.5 billion VND. However, the investor has implemented construction exceeding the allocated capital of VND166.5 billion, leading to a debt of about VND133 billion.
In the medium-term public investment plan for the period 2021 - 2025, the Ministry of Transport (now the Ministry of Construction) has reported to the Government to prioritize the allocation of 322 billion VND to invest in completing the project according to the approved scale.
Thus, the project has been completed, the remaining cost of the total remaining investment is 135 billion VND but cannot pay the debt of the above 133 billion VND due to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 106 of the Law on Public Investment 2014 "only arrange public investment plan capital to pay the basic construction arrears arising before the effective date of this Law (before January 1, 2015). The payment authority exceeds the authority of the Ministry of Construction.
To handle this issue, on May 26, 2025, the Ministry of Construction reviewed, compiled and issued Document No. 3994/BXD-KHTC to the Ministry of Finance to report to competent authorities to handle settlement of outstanding debts arising after January 1, 2015.
After being permitted by competent authorities, the project investor will implement according to regulations.
