Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee: Closely follow the plan, ensure completion of the target of disbursing public investment capital in 2024

On the morning of May 8, the Provincial People's Committee held a provincial conference on promoting the disbursement of public investment capital plans, socio-economic recovery programs and 3 national target programs in 2024. Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the conference.

Attending the meeting were comrades: Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Bui Thanh An - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Bui Dinh Long - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; leaders of departments, branches, 21 districts, cities, towns and investors.

DISBURSEMENT RATE IS HIGHER THAN THE SAME PERIOD, HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE

Reporting at the conference, Director of the Department of Planning and Investment Pham Hong Quang said that the total plan assigned in 2024 is more than 9,076 billion VND, of which more than 4,628 billion VND will be put into concentrated public investment managed by the province. To date, the province has completed the detailed assignment of 100% of the capital plan for 1,030 projects for implementation.

As of April 30, 2024, the concentrated public investment plan has disbursed nearly VND 989 billion, reaching 21.37% of the plan, 15.3% higher than the same period and 17.46% higher than the national average.

Some capital sources have achieved quite well, such as: The National Target Program on New Rural Construction disbursed more than 269 billion VND, reaching 60.8%; lottery revenue disbursed nearly 11.5 billion VND, reaching 40.87%; land use revenue disbursed more than 93 billion VND, reaching 36.7%.

Up to now, 24 units out of 68 total investor units have disbursement rates of over 30%. Key inter-regional projects and the province's socio-economic recovery and development programs are basically on schedule.

At the conference, local leaders focused on sharing good experiences; analyzing and clarifying the reasons for many capital sources and projects being slow to disburse due to weather, lack of raw materials, lack of labor, many obstacles in the process of implementing documents and procedures, slow site clearance affecting construction progress...

Leaders of departments and branches reported on the results of public investment disbursement and requested localities to speed up site clearance; speed up construction progress; pay attention to and direct projects invested by communes; select contractors with sufficient capacity and experience to implement the project...

Analyzing the two national target programs with low disbursement rates, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Dinh Long said that there are still some cases where district-level leaders do not have a good grasp of the area or each project. Therefore, in the coming time, leaders must closely follow the field and have a firm grasp of each project. From there, specific problems in practice can be solved.

For departments and branches, in addition to focusing on the most effective implementation, department leaders need to increase their contact with the grassroots level, grasp the reality to direct and remove difficulties; speed up the completion of procedural documents according to Resolution 111 of the National Assembly.

Emphasizing the advantages and difficulties in disbursing public investment capital in 2024, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Thanh An noted to localities and investors issues related to the management of advances and recovery of overdue advances; settlement of outstanding investment capital; management and use of auctioned land use fees.

THERE ARE MANY PROBLEMS AND LIMITATIONS THAT NEED TO BE OVERCOME

Concluding the conference, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung assessed that the province's public investment disbursement in 2023 faced many difficulties. However, with the determination and efforts of all levels, sectors and localities, the province achieved the target assigned by the Prime Minister, higher than the national average. However, besides the units that performed well, there are still some units and localities with a disbursement rate of less than 85%.

Regarding the public investment plan for 2024, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee assessed that the implementation was more favorable than in 2023. The province has completed the detailed assignment of 100% of capital for projects since the beginning of the year. The direction and management work has been resolute with the issuance of directive documents and urging to the grassroots level.

The Provincial People's Committee has also assigned specific and clear tasks to each provincial leader as well as directors of departments and branches to monitor each project, inspect and remove difficulties for departments, branches and localities. 100% of investors have fulfilled their commitments and registered monthly disbursement plans...

With such drastic direction, the disbursement results in the first 4 months of the year were quite positive, reaching 21.37%, higher than the same period and higher than the national average, especially the source of the National Target Program on New Rural Construction has disbursed 60.8%.

Pointing out the shortcomings and limitations, comrade Nguyen Duc Trung said that some capital sources are still disbursed slowly, with low disbursement rates; 26/68 units disbursed less than 10%, of which 13 units have not disbursed any money.

By project, the concentrated investment source has 72/160 projects, the national target program source has 356/870 projects that have not been disbursed. For newly started projects, the concentrated investment source has 21/33 projects, the national target program source has 68/152 projects that are in the bidding stage for consulting and designing construction drawings.

Site clearance is still difficult, 21/160 projects are having to focus on site clearance with a large allocated capital of 1,280 billion VND...

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said that the objective reasons were that the implementation time in the first months of the year was not much, focusing on the advance payment of the volume of the 2023 plan; the impact of legal changes; the national target programs implemented in mountainous areas encountered many difficulties...

Besides objective reasons, the direction and management of some units are not really drastic and concerned about this work. The capacity of some investors does not meet the requirements.

In site clearance work, there are subjective causes from the lack of initiative of investors and the lack of determination of localities, which has led to the slow site clearance situation lasting for many years.

IMPORTANT, URGENT TASKS

Emphasizing the key tasks in the remaining 8 months of 2024, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung said that public investment capital is very important: Contributing to promoting growth; improving infrastructure capacity and facilities, meeting economic development requirements; and being the capital to attract non-budgetary investment capital.

On the other hand, the disbursement of public investment capital is an important and urgent task that must receive focused attention, direction, and mobilization of the entire political system, first of all the responsibility of Party committees and authorities at all levels and sectors.

To achieve the set goals in 2024, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested sectors, localities, and investors to closely follow the plan, commit to disbursing registered funds to organize implementation to ensure the completion of the set goals, including capital for 2024 and extended capital from previous years; regularly check and evaluate the implementation status.

Heads of departments, branches, units and localities must have a firm grasp of and closely follow the situation. Monthly assessment of commitment implementation, timely report any problems, propose adjustments, ensure completion of disbursement target of at least 95% of the plan assigned according to the direction of the Prime Minister and the Party Committee of the Provincial People's Committee.

In particular, it is necessary to promote the responsibility of leaders of Party committees and authorities at all levels in directing and implementing the disbursement of public investment capital; proactively direct the removal and resolution of obstacles and difficulties, especially in site clearance; assign and assign tasks to leaders in charge of each project and project group; in which, attention must be paid to units with large capital sources.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also requested to pay attention to improving the quality of bidding work, ensuring publicity and transparency, avoiding negativity, selecting contractors with sufficient capacity and experience to implement projects with quality and efficiency. Focus on enhancing the capacity and regularly urging the activities of Project Management Boards, raising awareness, perception, knowledge and experience of staff, proactively replacing staff who do not meet the requirements.

To achieve the set goals, departments, branches, units and localities must make detailed disbursement plans for each project, each month and each quarter; closely follow and grasp each project, promptly remove obstacles, difficulties and bottlenecks.

For the group of projects without problems, the units took advantage of favorable weather, focused on directing strongly to speed up construction progress and disburse capital promptly.

For groups of projects that are still facing difficulties or are implementing procedural documents, units shall proactively handle or report to competent authorities to promptly handle difficulties and problems; assign specific and clear responsibilities to each department and individual, and evaluate the results of task completion based on work handling efficiency.

For newly started projects, special attention should be paid to bidding to select contractors with sufficient capacity and experience to implement the project. For projects with problems in site clearance, especially key projects, local People's Committees need to focus on resolving them thoroughly.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung emphasized that all must agree on the goal of striving for no more units to disburse 0 VND by the end of June. By September 2024, all projects must complete the procedures for construction. In particular, it is important to note that sectors and localities must speed up the progress while ensuring the quality of works and projects, avoiding negativity, loss and waste.

At the conference, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee assigned the Department of Planning and Investment to proactively review and urge sectors and districts to properly implement signed commitments; advise on the activities of the Working Groups to ensure substance and effectiveness; strengthen inspection and supervision of the actual situation; continue to synthesize and report periodically every 10 days.

From June 2024, the Department of Planning and Investment will review to propose timely adjustments and capital transfers. After June, projects with slow disbursement and projects that have not disbursed any money will be resolutely transferred to focus capital on projects with better disbursement progress.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also assigned specialized management departments, especially the Department of Transport, Department of Construction, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Department of Planning and Investment, Department of Finance, and Provincial Police to focus on prioritizing, supporting, and guiding investors in completing procedural documents and evaluating processes to speed up the completion of projects. If there are any problems at any unit, the investor should report to the Provincial People's Committee for consideration and handling.

The head of the provincial People's Committee assigned the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to proactively support and guide districts to resolve difficulties and problems related to site clearance; at the same time, handle procedures related to material mines and determine land prices.

The Department of Construction pays attention to price fluctuations of construction materials, checks the supply of construction materials for public investment projects; updates and adjusts the announcement of construction material prices and monthly construction price indexes as a basis for units to implement.

Regarding the national target program, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung said that the amount of capital is still quite large. Therefore, the 3 units in charge of the program must enhance their roles and responsibilities, focus on monitoring, urging, and promptly handling difficulties and problems to speed up the disbursement progress.

Research and consult to pilot the decentralization mechanism for the district level according to Resolution 111/2024/QH15 of the National Assembly to ensure efficiency and compliance with regulations. Department-level working groups continue to guide districts in handling difficulties according to the motto of hand-holding and showing work. Localities pay attention to projects chaired by communes, paying attention to the quality and efficiency of the works.

For projects under the recovery program, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee assigned investors to focus and be determined to complete and put them into use in 2024. For projects in the 2021-2025 medium-term plan that have not completed procedures, they must urgently complete the documents and meet the conditions for capital allocation to implement the project.