Nghe An: Issuing a scoring system for disbursing public investment funds.
The Provincial People's Committee has just issued Decision No. 3245/QD-UBND dated July 22, 2026, approving the scoring plan for departments, agencies, localities, and investors regarding the disbursement of public investment capital plans.
The purpose of issuing a scoring system is to objectively assess the results of disbursing public investment funds by allocated units, thereby creating motivation to accelerate disbursement progress. The annual scoring results will be one of the criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of public investment, and will also serve as a basis for departments, localities, and project owners to develop criteria for evaluating and ranking the quality of collectives and individuals. Monthly and quarterly scoring results will be used to commend units that perform well, while also reminding and warning those units whose disbursement results do not meet requirements.
According to the Decision, the scoring process must ensure openness, transparency, consistency, and suitability to the context of public investment disbursement nationwide. The evaluation will be conducted periodically on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
The score is determined based on the disbursement results of the capital plan of each department, sector, locality, and investor after implementing savings, including central government budget, provincial budget, and commune-level budget. Disbursement results are compared with the average disbursement rate of the entire province; if the province's disbursement rate is lower than the national average, the national average is used as the basis for comparison. For the annual assessment, scoring is based on the disbursement targets as directed by the Government, the Prime Minister, and the Provincial People's Committee. Besides the disbursement rate, compliance with reporting requirements on public investment disbursement is also a criterion in the scoring method.
The decision also clearly specifies the cases excluded from disbursement tasks and the scoring method. Specifically, portions of capital plan that are no longer needed due to savings in bidding, non-use of contingency funds, or reductions after project completion will be excluded if there is written confirmation, applicable to the annual scoring period. For programs and projects that have been decided by competent authorities to be discontinued or transferred to another unit, the related capital will be excluded immediately from the scoring period following the decision.
For additional capital allocations received after September 30th, the Decision stipulates a scoring system based on a phased approach. If allocated in October, scoring will begin from the November reporting period for 1/4 of the additional capital; if allocated in November, scoring will begin from the December reporting period for 1/5 of the additional capital. Capital allocated after November 30th will not be included in the annual disbursement scoring plan.
In addition, a point-adding and subtracting mechanism will be implemented for capital reallocation activities. Accordingly, units with a capital reduction after offsetting exceeding 50% of the total planned capital will have 5 points deducted; if it is 50% or less, 2 points will be deducted. Conversely, units receiving capital after offsetting exceeding 50% of the total planned capital will have 5 points added, while those receiving 50% or less will have 2 points added.
The evaluation of annual disbursement results is conducted independently of the monthly and quarterly scoring results. Based on the total score achieved, units will be classified into four levels: very good disbursement, good disbursement, average disbursement, and poor disbursement. The Provincial People's Committee assigns the Directors of Departments, Heads of sectors, Chairmen of People's Committees of communes and wards, and project owners to seriously direct the registration of disbursement progress, fully implement reporting requirements, and bear full responsibility for the accuracy of the data. At the same time, units must proactively coordinate with the State Treasury where they conduct transactions to regularly review, compare, and update capital plan data and disbursement results on a weekly, monthly, and annual basis.
For cases requiring explanation or adjustment of annual scoring results, the responsible units must accurately calculate and be accountable for the adjusted figures, and provide complete supporting documents and records as requested by the Department of Finance.
The Provincial People's Committee assigns the Department of Finance to take the lead in providing detailed guidance on reporting procedures, scoring methods, evaluation, and classification of disbursement results after the Ministry of Finance issues its guidelines; and to organize the scoring process and report to the Provincial People's Committee periodically on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis. In addition, the Provincial People's Committee requests the State Treasury Region XI to direct its branches to coordinate with investors to review and compare capital plan and disbursement data, ensuring accuracy and timeliness; and to periodically provide disbursement data from each investor to the Department of Finance for the scoring process.
The decision takes effect from the date of signing, the trial period for the plan will last 3 months (from July to the end of September 2026), and the scoring results will be officially applied from the October 2026 reporting period.
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