According to a report by the Ninh Binh Provincial Department of Finance, there are currently 3,692 public investment projects completed in 2025 in the province, of which 507 projects are managed by the province and 3,185 projects are managed by communes.
However, as of the present time (May 12, 2026), there are still 1,115 projects that have not submitted settlement dossiers, of which provincial level is 185 projects and commune level is 930 projects. Out of a total of 3,692 public investment projects completed in 2025, 610 projects violated regulations on settlement time.
The slow finalization of public investment projects has affected the disbursement progress of public investment capital in Ninh Binh province. Implementing the direction of Ninh Binh Provincial People's Committee on increasing the finalization of completed public investment capital projects, the Provincial Department of Finance has issued documents guiding and urging reports on the appraisal and approval of investment capital finalization in 2025.
Ninh Binh Provincial People's Committee has also issued Decision No. 1691/QD-UBND dated May 10, 2026 on authorizing the chairmen of the People's Committees of communes and wards to finalize public investment capital for projects that have been assigned investment decision-making authority. At the same time, assigning the Department of Finance to take the lead in monitoring, inspecting and guiding nghiệp vụ so that the thẩm tra process in the locality takes place in accordance with the law, meeting technical and financial standards.
The decision clearly states: The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee authorizes the Chairmen of the People's Committees of communes and wards to directly perform tasks, powers and responsibilities in organizing appraisal and approval of finalization of investment capital for completed projects. The scope of authorization applies to public investment capital projects that have been assigned investment decision-making power by the province.
This is considered an important step of Ninh Binh province in striving to reform administration, strengthen proactiveness and improve budget management capacity for the grassroots government apparatus in the locality.
At the same time, Ninh Binh Provincial People's Committee also issued a decision to extend the implementation time and disbursement of the 2025 public investment plan to 2026 of provincial budget capital with a total capital of more than 14,500 billion VND for 542 projects.
Ninh Binh Provincial People's Committee requests investors to focus on implementing and disbursing, and paying public investment capital to ensure disbursement of all the capital allowed to be extended from 2025 to 2026 and the capital allocated in 2026 in accordance with regulations, ensuring no loss, waste, or negativity occurs.
Projects are only implemented according to the assigned planned capital level, without allowing basic construction debts to arise. Heads of agencies and units are fully responsible to the Provincial People's Committee and the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee for the disbursement results of public investment capital of projects invested by their agencies and units.
According to a report by the Ministry of Finance, in 2026, Ninh Binh province was allocated over 34,700 billion VND of public investment capital, by the end of April 2026, Ninh Binh province had disbursed over 2,800 billion VND, reaching a rate of 8.1%, and is 1 of 18 provinces and cities with a disbursement rate lower than the national average.
