Focus on removing obstacles in basic construction investment work.

(Baonghean.vn) -On the morning of June 21, the Provincial People's Committee held a conference to review the basic construction investment work in the first 6 months of 2013. Comrades Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Huynh Thanh Dien - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee chaired the conference. Attending the conference were leaders of provincial departments, branches and sectors; People's Committees of districts, cities and towns; Management Boards of projects implemented in the province.

The conference listened to the leaders of the Department of Planning and Investment, Department of Finance, Department of Construction, State Treasury report on the implementation of basic construction investment in the first 6 months of 2013. Accordingly, the total mobilized capital in the first 6 months reached 15,451 billion VND, equal to 49.12% of the plan, up 14.6% over the same period in 2012. The capital source from the state budget and Government bonds is estimated at 2,038 billion VND, equal to 54% of the plan, up nearly 18% over the same period. The disbursement of basic construction from the state budget in the districts was quite good. There were 10 districts with disbursement reaching over 50%. Some fields and programs had quite good disbursement rates such as education and training, state management, national security and defense, sea dike programs, etc.

Regarding investment attraction, as of May 31, 2013, the Provincial People's Committee has granted certificates to 24 projects with a total registered capital of VND 1,335.42 billion. Regarding the mobilization of new ODA projects, there are 13 new project categories with a total investment of VND 7,490.408 billion, of which ODA capital is VND 6,343.771 billion. Regarding the settlement of investment capital, in the first 6 months of the year, the whole province has reviewed and approved 525 projects and project items with investment costs reduced through review by VND 53.261 billion. Up to now, there are 495 projects that have not been settled - the number of projects that have not been settled is not as large as before (in 2011 there were 1,056 projects).



Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the conference.



Overview of the conference.
In addition to the achieved results, the construction investment work in the first 6 months of the year had some problems and shortcomings such as: Site clearance, planning, investment preparation, state management of investment, and bidding work still revealed many weaknesses. The progress of many projects was slow, the number of outstanding advances for projects from 2012 and earlier was still high; the quality and compliance with regulations on construction quality management was not high; the settlement and completion estimates in some districts were still slow, the unsolved basic construction debt was still large; Investment promotion and attraction were not very effective, resource mobilization for investment did not meet the set plan.

Concluding the conference, Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized that in the coming time, it is necessary to promote investment, mobilize capital from the Central and the Government to effectively implement the investment in construction and development. Timely remove difficulties for enterprises and investors and improve the quality of planning, planning, investment preparation and bidding. Relevant departments and branches coordinate promptly to have appropriate solutions, remove difficulties and obstacles in the investment in construction and development, especially in land clearance, land recovery, conversion of two-crop land, licensing for mineral exploitation mines, inspect and urge the progress of projects and works...

Hoang Vinh.