The national teleconference to promote public investment in 2025

Delegates attend the conference.

Since the beginning of 2025, the Government and the Prime Minister have issued a lot of documents strongly directing ministries, branches and localities in allocating and disbursing public investment capital in 2025. The disbursement results up to the end of August, ministries, central agencies and localities have allocated and assigned the detailed capital investment plans in 2025 for the list of tasks and projects of VND 846,187 billion, reaching 95.66% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister.

The estimated payment from the beginning of the year to August 31 is VND 409,174 billion, estimated to reach at 46.3% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister, higher than that in the same period in 2024 (40.4%). There are 9 ministries, central agencies and 22 provinces and cities with the disbursement rates above the national average, 29 ministries, central agencies and 12 provinces and cities with the disbursement rates below the national average.

At the conference, delegates from ministries, branches and localities focused on discussing and analyzing the results achieved, at the same time pointed out the main difficulties and obstacles in the process of performing the task of disbursing public investment capital. Many opinions proposed that the Government, the Prime Minister, ministries and central agencies continue to pay attention to removing difficulties in mechanisms and policies; speeding up the progress of capital allocation, adjusting capital plans between projects; strengthening decentralization and delegation of authority associated with accountability; at the same time, improving the effectiveness of coordination among ministries, branches and localities to ensure the progress of public investment capital disbursement in 2025.

Speaking at the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested ministers, heads of central agencies, the People's Committees of provinces and cities to promote a sense of responsibility, focus highly, resolutely, synchronously and effectively implement the tasks and solutions set out, strive to resolutely complete 100% of the public investment disbursement plan in 2025, contributing to boosting growth, stabilizing the macro economy and sustainable development.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the conference.

To achieve this goal, he requested ministries, branches and localities to focus on thoroughly grasping and seriously implementing the Party's policies and guidelines, the State's laws, Resolutions, Official Letters, and directives of the Government and the Prime Minister on the allocation and disbursement of public investment capital; consider this a key task, prioritize leadership, direction and implementation. To speed ​​up the progress of important national works and projects, key projects, especially the highways and inter-regional projects with great influence. To assign specific leaders to monitor and urge each project; urgently divide allocated capital but not yet assigned; transfer capital from the projects with low disbursement potential to the ones with good disbursement. The entire political system resolutely carries out site clearance work, strengthens information and propaganda to create consensus and support among the people.

The Prime Minister also requested ministries, branches and localities, in accordance with their functions, tasks and authority, to continue to remove difficulties and obstacles for localities, promote the highest sense of responsibility to ensure progress, efficiency, improve the quality of works, ensure proper processes and procedures associated with fighting corruption, negativity and wastefulness.