Announcing shortcomings in investment in tourism infrastructure construction

Some localities have used the support money to invest in building tourism infrastructure for the wrong purposes...

Recently, the Government Inspectorate announced the shortcomings and defects discovered after inspecting the implementation of policies and laws on the use of capital to support investment in tourism infrastructure for the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Many localities use investment money to build tourism infrastructure for the wrong purposes (Illustration photo)

The inspected provinces of Hoa Binh, Tuyen Quang, Lao Cai, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan, Long An, Soc Trang, and Ca Mau, during the implementation and use of support capital, violated the order, procedures, and regulations of the State Budget Law, the Construction Law, the Bidding Law, and the Government's Decrees on capital construction investment management, such as: When making the Support Capital plan, the Government only planned a list of projects and works to determine capital needs; the decision to assign many units to be investors led to limited effectiveness in planning management as well as investment in developing tourist areas; the investment decision was not consistent with the Master Plan for tourism development, requiring adjustment of the plan, causing waste of 3,874 billion VND (Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan); the use of support capital of 15,154 billion VND (Ninh Thuan, Kien Giang, Ca Mau) was not explained; The project was approved but could not be implemented due to lack of capital arrangement (Kien Giang).

Using support capital for the wrong purpose for a number of projects and works outside the local tourism development master plan is not included in the support content of Decision No. 210/2006/QD-TTg with the amount of 189,164 billion VND (Hoa Binh, Tuyen Quang, Lao Cai, Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan, Long An, Soc Trang, Ca Mau); using more than the prescribed support level; investment projects and works are spread out, behind schedule compared to the plan; compliance with regulations on basic construction investment of a number of projects and works still has many errors from survey work, investment project preparation, design and approval of investment projects to bidding work, contract signing, advance payment, advance payment recovery leading to the contractor owing support capital (Cong Ly Construction - Trade - Tourism Company Limited in Ca Mau province is the contractor still owing 2,463 billion VND); The reporting regime is not implemented regularly and fully according to regulations, the quality of reports does not meet requirements, causing difficulties in management work.

Regarding economic handling, the Government Inspectorate recommended that the Prime Minister assign the Ministry of Finance to preside over and coordinate with the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to review and take measures to handle the amount of VND 189,164 billion in support capital used for the wrong purpose in 8 provinces, ensuring compliance with legal regulations, and report to the Prime Minister. Specifically, Hoa Binh province: VND 36,950 billion; Lao Cai province: VND 49,946 billion; Tuyen Quang province: VND 28,193 billion; Ninh Thuan province: VND 29,459 billion; Binh Thuan province: VND 11,847 billion; Soc Trang province: VND 4.2 billion; Long An province: VND 6,247 billion; Ca Mau province: VND 22,322 billion. At the same time, organize reviews, clarify responsibilities, and seriously draw lessons for collectives and individuals related to the limitations and shortcomings stated in the inspection conclusion./.

According to vov.vn - LT