Consulting on the Draft Law on Public Investment

(Baonghean.vn) - On March 28, the National Assembly Delegation held a conference to collect comments on the Draft Law on Public Investment. Comrade Pham Van Tan - Provincial Party Committee member, Head of the National Assembly Delegation chaired the conference.

At the 6th session, the National Assembly discussed and gave opinions on the draft Law on Public Investment. Based on the opinions of the delegates, the National Assembly Standing Committee directed the presiding agency, the drafting agency and relevant agencies to absorb, research and organize workshops to collect opinions from National Assembly delegations and experts to revise the draft Law. Currently, the draft Law on Public Investment has been supplemented with 6 chapters and 109 articles (an increase of 23 articles), in which the content clearly shows the criteria for identifying and classifying important national projects, group A, B, C projects, medium-term investment plans, etc. The draft Law on Public Investment will be consulted at the 7th session of the National Assembly and approved at the 8th session.

Comrade Pham Van Tan spoke at the conference.

At the conference, comrade Pham Van Tan asked delegates to contribute their opinions on the explanatory report of the National Assembly Standing Committee; Practical issues related to public investment; The role of state management, transparency, and community supervision of public investment work... Delegates attending the conference focused on discussing and requesting clarification of a number of issues regarding the authority to decide on investment policies for public investment programs and projects (Article 17); procedures for deciding on investment policies for group A investment projects (Article 23); procedures for deciding on investment policies for key group B and group C investment projects managed by localities.

In Clause 3, Article 37 on decentralization of capital appraisal and capital balancing capacity for public investment programs and projects, it is proposed to add the Department of Finance and relevant agencies to coordinate with the Department of Planning and Investment to carry out the work of capital appraisal and capital balancing capacity. It is proposed to clarify the following contents: Report on medium-term public investment plan to be submitted to competent authorities for approval (Article 52); Supervision of community investment (Article 84); Order, procedures, and process of supervising community investment. Detailed regulations on handling violations of the Law...

Delegates participate in giving comments on the Draft Law on Public Investment

According to comrade Pham Van Tan, the opinions of the delegates will be compiled by the Provincial National Assembly Delegation and reported to the Law drafting agency for adjustment and submission at the 7th National Assembly session.

Nhat Lan