Nghe An 'accelerates' disbursement of public investment capital

Despite having a disbursement rate higher than the national average, Nghe An still faces many difficulties and obstacles in disbursing public investment capital. To achieve the disbursement target of 95-100%, all levels and sectors must concentrate their efforts to overcome the difficulties identified and accelerate even faster in the remaining time of 2023.

Determined and strong from the beginning of the year

Good disbursement of public investment capital will contribute to the recovery and development of the socio-economy, promote growth and create jobs for workers. Therefore, the Government identifies public investment disbursement as an important and top political task of all levels and sectors in 2023. "Public investment is both a driving force and a development resource. We have saved to have capital, so investment must be effective, preventing and combating corruption, negativity, waste, avoiding investment and then destroying resources, must review and handle", Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized atConference to promote disbursement of public investment capitalin February 2023.

On the morning of February 21, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a national online conference on urging the acceleration of allocation and disbursement of public investment capital in 2023 and implementation of the Socio-Economic Recovery and Development Program. Photo: Duong Giang-VNA

Realizing the importance of the task of disbursing public investment capital, immediately after receiving the capital allocation from the Prime Minister, Nghe An organized detailed allocation and up to now, the basic capital sources have been allocated VND 8,842 billion/plan VND 9,033.5 billion, reaching 97.88%. Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung said that with the goal of disbursing 95-100% of the assigned plan, the Provincial People's Committee has established a Working Group led by Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Bui Thanh An to strengthen field inspections and promptly rectify shortcomings and inadequacies in the disbursement of public investment capital.

On the other hand, clearly assign responsibilities to each leader of the Provincial People's Committee who is directly in charge of and directs the disbursement of projects; require investors to register monthly disbursement plans for each project; once every 10 days, notify the disbursement results to the Party Committee, District Party Secretary and Chairman of the District People's Committee for timely direction and supervision.

The above drastic and strong solutions have helped the province's public investment disbursement results to be higher than the national average. Mr. Pham Hong Quang - Director of the Department of Planning and Investment said that as of April 10, the whole province had disbursed 1,194 billion VND, reaching 13.22%, higher than the national average of 10.35%. Of which, the central budget (domestic capital) had disbursed 244 billion VND/plan of 1,736 billion VND, reaching 14.06%.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung inspects the progress of the Coastal Road Project. Photo: Pham Bang

SourceNational Target ProgramDisbursed 103 billion VND/plan 1,180 billion VND, reaching 8.73%. For 3 key projects at provincial level, the Transport sector, up to now, the coastal road from Nghi Son (Thanh Hoa) to Cua Lo (Nghe An) from Km7 - Km76, the traffic road connecting Vinh - Cua Lo (phase 2) and the traffic road connecting National Highway 7C (Do Luong) to Ho Chi Minh Road (Tan Ky) are all committed to exceeding the schedule by 12-18 months.

Implementing the direction of the Provincial People's Committee, all sectors and levels are actively implementing solutions to promote disbursement. The leader of the Hung Nguyen District People's Committee said that the district is focusing on directing and urging investors and contractors to speed up the construction progress of works and projects allocated capital during the year.

Particularly, 6 medium-term public investment projects in the period of 2021 - 2025 will strive to disburse 100% in 2023; These are: Project to Preserve and Promote the Value of Nghe Tinh Soviet Relics; Road connecting National Highway 46 with Road 542B in Hung Thinh Commune and Le Xuan Dao Road in Hung Thong Commune; Traffic road connecting National Highway 46A with Road 542C through Hung Dao Commune; Project to repair and upgrade Le Xuan Dao irrigation canal; Headquarters of the District Party Committee - People's Council - People's Committee; Road to the Industrial Park of Hung Yen Nam Commune.

The Nghe Tinh Soviet Monument and Relief, part of the project to preserve and promote the values ​​of Nghe Tinh Soviet, is being focused on completion. Photo: Mai Hoa

Increase responsibility, tighten discipline

2023 is the third year, a pivotal year, of great significance in implementing the Resolution of the 19th Provincial Party Congress, the Resolution of the Provincial People's Council on the 5-year socio-economic development plan, the medium-term public investment plan, period 2021-2025. Therefore, the Provincial People's Committee requests provincial departments, branches, and districts, cities, and towns to clearly assign leaders of units in charge of each project. The disbursement results of each project will be the basis for assessing the level of completion of assigned tasks of each individual and unit.

The disbursement rate is higher than the national average, but the disbursement of public investment capital in the province is facing many difficulties. Many localities said that the implementation of legal procedures for new projects takes a long time, and in the first months of 2023, they are focusing on the volume to repay the advance payment. Site clearance has many problems and takes a long time. The Provincial People's Committee assessed that the subjective reason is that the investment preparation work is still limited. Some sectors and some investors have not been really determined in leading, directing and implementing the disbursement of public investment capital. In site clearance, many localities have not been proactive, not following the spirit of "site clearance is one step ahead".

Construction of N5 cross-road project in Southeast Economic Zone. Photo: PB

Despite many difficulties, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung affirmed that Nghe An is committed to seriously and resolutely implementing tasks and solutions, proactively overcoming difficulties and obstacles to focus on directing the acceleration of project implementation progress, striving to achieve the disbursement target in 2023 from 95-100% as directed by the Government.

To achieve the above goal, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested that sectors and localities, especially leaders, pay more attention, have the participation of Party committees, assign specific tasks, and assign clear responsibilities regarding time and results of implementation. Localities must strictly manage procedures, both comply with regulations and meet progress, and not propose or add new projects when they do not meet the requirements for implementing existing projects.

Site clearance for key projects in Do Luong district. Photo: Nhat Lan

In addition to the province's solutions, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung also proposed that the Central Government allow the extension of the 2022 central budget capital to 2023 to promptly implement and disburse the project in 2023. In addition, he proposed that the Prime Minister soon allow adjustments to the medium-term public investment plan for the 2021-2025 period to adjust capital for projects that are difficult to implement and allocate it to new projects that can be disbursed. On the other hand, ministries also need to soon issue guiding documents, allowing flexible adjustment of capital between the Recovery Program and the Medium-term Public Investment Plan for the 2021-2025 period so that localities can implement and disburse all assigned capital plans.