On the issue of Vinh City investing "beyond plan" in construction

(Baonghean) - On September 10, Nghe An Newspaper received Official Dispatch No. 3041/UBND-TC.KH of Vinh City People's Committee (dated August 23, 2012) stating: Nghe An Newspaper published on August 13, 2012 published an article: "Vinh City invests "beyond plan" in basic construction" in which there is information: Currently, Vinh City is implementing "beyond plan" in basic construction (220 projects/plan 142 projects). Regarding this issue, Vinh City People's Committee responded as follows:

The 2012 Construction Investment Plan was approved by the Vinh City People's Council at the first meeting of the year, with 220 projects, including: 49 unfinished projects, 2 ODA projects, 2 BT projects, 25 new projects, 142 projects in preparation for investment, arranged in order of priority: Completed debt repayment; Unfinished construction; ODA project counterpart; BT project; Starting new construction ensuring conditions according to regulations in Directive No. 1792/CT-TTg dated October 15, 2011 of the Government on strengthening the management of investment capital from the state budget and government bond capital; National target program on new rural construction and national standard schools; Key and urgent projects; Compensation fund for site clearance; Investment preparation and planning, marking.

Thus, from the beginning of the year, the city's construction plan was determined to be 220 projects, of which 142 projects were preparing for investment, mainly focusing on implementing the national target program on new rural construction and national standard schools, not "exceeding the plan" of 220 projects/Plan of 142 projects as the newspaper stated. Including them in the investment preparation list is a necessary task to proactively arrange annual implementation capital of the city.

After receiving the dispatch from Vinh City People's Committee, Nghe An Newspaper checked and discussed with Vinh City People's Committee to verify the above information.

Results: The information published by Nghe An Newspaper on August 13, 2012 was based on the report on the review of socio-economic reports and the submission of Vinh City People's Committee to the 4th session of the 20th City People's Council, on July 10, 2012. Section 3, Page 4 of the Report on the implementation of the Construction Investment Plan for the first 6 months of 2012 stated: "Based on the resolution of the City People's Council proposed at the beginning of the year and according to the specific plan, the Construction Investment sector needs to be invested with a total capital of 740 billion VND to implement 142 projects. In reality, according to the report, there are 220 projects and the city's investment capital is 193.19 billion VND/740 billion VND = 26.1%, the province's investment capital is 13 billion VND/23.5 billion VND = 55.3%".

Thus, during the process of working and exploiting documents, Nghe An Newspaper reporters honestly based on the document of the Economic - Social Committee of Vinh City People's Council. Therefore, the cause of the above error was due to the Economic - Social Committee's mistake in processing the reported data.

Nghe An Newspaper and the author thank Vinh City People's Committee for responding to the content of the newspaper and hope to receive attention and cooperation from Vinh City People's Committee in the coming time.