Nghe An urges public investment progress, does not approve adjustments or capital repayments

Accordingly,People's Committee of Nghe An provinceRequest provincial departments, branches, People's Committees of districts, cities and towns (hereinafter referred to as District People's Committees), project management boards and investors to urgently implement the following contents:

Construction of Lach Quen bridge pier, part of the coastal highway project connecting Tien Thuy commune with Quynh Thuan commune, Quynh Luu district. Photo: Nguyen Hai

Resolutely implement solutionspromote disbursement of public investment capitalaccording to the 2022 plan in the spirit of Official Dispatch No. 7997/BKHĐT and Official Dispatch No. 799/BKHĐT dated November 7 of the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Accordingly, some project subjects cannot make adjustments or pay capital, including:foreign capital projecthas been compiled by the Provincial People's Committee and reported to the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Ministry of Finance for capital payment in Official Dispatch No. 707/UBND-KT dated September 16, 2022. However, currently, 31 provinces and cities nationwide have proposed to reduce the 2022 plan, but no locality has proposed additional capital. Therefore, capital payment cannot be made.

Overdue projects, projects due for completion in 2022 according to the capital arrangement time: according to the provisions of Decision No. 2048 dated December 6, 2021 of the Prime Minister, sufficient capital for the 2022 plan must be arranged for these subjects; at the same time, according to the principles and criteria for arranging the 2023 public investment plan as guided in Official Dispatch No. 5053/BKHĐT dated July 22, 2022 of the Ministry of Planning and Investment, no central budget capital will be arranged for the above projects. Therefore, it is not possible to adjust the 2022 plan for these project subjects.

(Excerpt from Official Dispatch No. 9069/UBND-KT dated November 16, 2022 of the Provincial People's Committee)

In addition, according to the provisions of Clause 3, Article 46, Decree No. 40/2020/ND-CP dated April 6, 2020 of the Government: "The time for adjusting the annual state budget investment plan between projects within ministries, central agencies and localities is before November 15 every year according to the plan". Therefore, the Provincial People's Committee requests departments, branches; District People's Committees; Project Management Boards and investors to continue to focus on directing the acceleration of construction progress, ensuring the completion of disbursement according to the committed plan, and not proposing capital adjustment after November 15, 2022.

For projects with difficulties and expected to not fully disburse their targets and plans under the above subjects (including domestic and foreign capital), investors are required to resolutely implement solutions to handle difficulties and problems to complete 100% of the 2022 disbursement plan.

Construction of Hung Duc bridge, across Lam river, part of Dien Chau - Bai Vot sub-project is behind schedule. Photo: Nguyen Hai

Regarding accelerating the completion of investment procedures for projects expected to start construction under the 2023 public investment plan, the 2023 public investment capital plan has been announced by the Ministry of Planning and Investment in Official Dispatch No. 7248/BKHĐT and the Government submitted to the National Assembly in Report No. 419/BC-CP dated October 16, 2022. Accordingly, the principle of allocating the state budget investment plan in 2023 is as follows: "... After allocating sufficient capital for the tasks and projects in the above priority order, capital will be allocated to newly started projects that have completed investment procedures. In case the investment procedures have not been completed at the time of planning, the planning report must commit to completing the investment decisions of the projects before assigning detailed capital plans for 2023 (before December 31, 2022)".

The Thai River embankment project through Quynh Hung commune, Quynh Luu district, using foreign loans, has been completed and is being prioritized for the next phase. Photo: Nguyen Hai

Therefore, the Provincial People's Committee requests departments, branches; District People's Committees and investors to urgently complete the dossiers and procedures for submitting investment decisions for projects expected to start construction in 2023 (including central budget, local budget and national target program capital), and send them to the Department of Planning and Investment and specialized construction management departments for appraisal before November 20, 2022. Assign specialized departments to organize appraisal before December 10, 2022 for the Department of Planning and Investment to synthesize and submit to the Provincial People's Committee for approval before December 17, 2022 according to regulations./.