Nghe An continues to shorten the time for processing documents and speed up the disbursement of ODA loans.

Accordingly, based on the assessment of the current situation and difficulties up to the end of the first quarter and April 2022, the Provincial People's Committee requests departments, branches and People's Committees of districts, cities and towns; investors and Project Management Boards to useODA capitaland foreign preferential loans continue to seriously implement the Resolutions of the Party, National Assembly, Government and the Prime Minister's direction onpromote disbursement of public investment capitalin general and ODA capital in particular; consider ODA capital disbursement as a key political task of 2022 and the following years.

Construction of a large-capacity culvert and pumping station to bring seawater into shrimp ponds in Quynh Bang commune (Quynh Luu) is a project using ODA preferential loans in 2022. Photo: Nguyen Hai

Strengthening discipline and order in ODA capital disbursement, promoting the role and responsibility of leaders, reviewing capital allocation for projects in accordance with implementation progress and disbursement capacity, ensuring focus, key points, not spreading, fragmenting and prolonging. Along with that, the Provincial People's Committee requires drastic and synchronous implementation of the goals, tasks and solutions set out in the documents urging and managing the socio-economy of the Government and the Prime Minister; drastic and effective implementationsocio-economic recovery and development program,speed up disbursement of public investment capital.

On the other hand, the Provincial People's Committee requested that agencies and units with slow disbursement need to seriously learn from experience and clarify responsibilities, propose appropriate allocation and disbursement solutions in the coming time; review, rectify, and have timely solutions to handle difficulties, obstacles and bottlenecks, speed up the disbursement progress of ODA capital while ensuring the quality of works and the efficiency of capital use, and combat waste, loss and corruption.

A section of the dike to prevent saltwater intrusion on the Thai River in Quynh Hung Commune (Quynh Luu) was upgraded with preferential loans from the period before 2021. Photo: Nguyen Hai

More specifically,People's Committee of Nghe An provinceRequire relevant departments, branches and localities to develop detailed disbursement plans for each ODA project, especially large-capital projects, assign leaders of agencies, units and localities to be directly in charge of each project, regularly check the progress on the ground, organize periodic meetings with the Project Management Board and contractors to promptly handle difficulties and problems or report to competent authorities to handle matters beyond their authority; focus on speeding up site clearance progress, removing obstacles and difficulties regarding land and resources; promptly report to the Provincial People's Committee on matters beyond their authority; carry out acceptance and payment as soon as there is volume, proactively review and propose competent authorities to transfer capital for projects with slow disbursement; review and propose competent authorities to supplement the planmedium term public investmentForeign capital for the period 2021-2025 for eligible ODA projects.

The dike south of Mo River in Quynh Yen commune is being urgently constructed to complete the dike line to prevent saltwater intrusion along the Quynh Luu coast and invest in infrastructure for the Quynh Yen - Quynh Doi shrimp pond. Photo: Nguyen Hai

In the above document, the Provincial People's Committee also assigned the responsibility to the Department of Planning and Investment, based on reports from units, to advise competent authorities to transfer capital plans between ODA projects with slow disbursement to ODA projects with good disbursement progress, lacking capital and prioritizing sufficient capital allocation for Agreements ending in 2022 and 2023; in case of difficulties or problems, report to the Provincial People's Committee to synthesize and submit to the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Ministry of Finance to report to the Government and the Prime Minister for a solution.

Due to unsynchronized investment, the Thai River bridge connecting Quynh Hung and Quynh Dien communes through the Hao bridge canal became an obstacle causing water congestion, causing historic flooding in Quynh Luu district in September 2021. Photo: Nguyen Hai

The Provincial People's Committee assigned the Department of Finance, the Provincial State Treasury, and the Treasuries of districts, cities, and towns to base on the commitments and disbursement plan registration of investors to arrange and balance to ensure sufficient sources of tabmis for projects and works, not to let tabmis imports affect capital disbursement; continue to promote shortening the time for expenditure control; specialized departments focus on and prioritize shortening the time for processing documents related to site clearance, appraisal, project adjustment, design appraisal - cost estimates... of projects with public investment plans in 2022 in general and ODA capital projects in particular, contributing to early construction and capital disbursement./.

(Excerpt from Document No. 3055/UBND-KT dated April 29, 2022)