The Official Telegram on continuing to implement drastically and effectively the national target programs for the period of 2021-2025

On 04/8/2022, the Prime Minister issued the Official Telegram No. 698/CD-TTg on continuing the drastic and effective implementation of national target programs for the 2021-2025 period.

Accordingly, in order to continue to implement drastically, effectively and timely, speed up the disbursement of capital in the coming time, Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh, Head of the Central Steering Committee proposed Ministries, branches, central agencies, provinces and centrally-run cities to highly concentrate and expeditiously perform the following key tasks and solutions:

- The Ministry of Planning and Investment shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with relevant agencies in:

+ After August 31, 2022, to review and summarize localities that have not yet completed allocating and assigning central budget capital plans to support the implementation of national target programs, and submit it to the Government to report to the National Assembly Standing Committee to transfer capital to localities that have completed the procedures for capital allocation, project approval, detailed estimates and likely to disburse capital right in 2022.

+ To promptly assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in, urgently completing procedures to submit to competent authorities for permission to supplement USD 88.6 million of the investment program on the development of the grassroots' health network in disadvantaged areas with ADB loans in the medium-term public investment plan for the period of 2021 - 2025; synthesize the plan for allocating VND 7,942,139 billion of central budget development and investment capital in the 2021-2025 period, the remaining three national target programs, and report to the Government and the Prime Minister for consideration and submission to the National Assembly Standing Committee before September 1, 2022.

- The Ministry of Finance shall urgently assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Construction and relevant agencies to promptly report to the Prime Minister to consider and decide on the addition of non-business capital for the implementation of Sub-Project 2, Project 3 and Project 5 under the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction; completed by August 10, 2022.

- The Government Office urgently reports to Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai for consideration and unified direction on the plan to deal with problems in the implementation of regulations on allocation of non-business funds from the central budget to localities to conduct detailed national target programs according to each component content, each spending area from 2023 onwards.

- The People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities:

+ To urgently submit to the provincial-level People's Council for approval of the Resolution and allocate and assign the plan of state budget capital for implementation of national target programs in the locality, send it to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Ministry of Finance and the host agency of national target programs according to regulations; completed by August 15, 2022.

+ To expeditiously complete the elaboration and promulgation of documents on management and administration of the implementation of national target programs in localities according to the provision of Decree No. 27/2022/ND-CP dated April 19, 2022 of the Government stipulating the management mechanism and the implementation of national target programs.

+ To develop a roadmap for implementation of capital plans from the central budget and local budget assigned to perform national target programs by 2022; strive to complete 100% of the disbursement schedule of the assigned capital plan in 2022, ensure the efficiency and compliance with the provisions of law. The Chairmen of the People's Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities, if delaying the progress, must review and take responsibility before the Government and the Prime Minister.

+ To urgently complete the consolidation of the Provincial Steering Committee for the national target programs for the period of 2021 - 2025 and the apparatus of advisory and assisting agencies of the Steering Committee at all levels unified and synchronously in accordance with the provisions of law and in accordance with the actual conditions.

Source: Anh Duy