The Official Telegram on accelerating the progress of allocation and disbursement of public investment capital in 2024

On 22/3/2024, the Prime Minister issued the Official Telegram No. 24/CD-TTg on accelerating the progress of allocation and disbursement of public investment capital in 2024.

According to the Official Telegram, to strive to disburse public investment capital in 2024 to achieve the highest results (over 95% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister), the Prime Minister requests Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Government agencies, other central agencies, Chairmen of the People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to promote responsibility, focus on directing, leading, and managing the implementation more drastically, the following key tasks and solutions will be carried out more synchronously, timely and effectively:

- To thoroughly grasp and strictly implement the Party's policies and guidelines, and the State's legal policies, raise awareness at all levels and sectors about the role and significance of public investment in socio-economic development; identify public investment disbursement as one of the most important political tasks, it is necessary to focus on prioritizing leadership, direction and implementation. Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Government agencies, other central agencies, Chairmen of the People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities are fully responsible to the Government and Prime Minister in directing the synchronous and effective implementation of tasks and solutions set out in the Resolution No. 01/NQ-CP dated January 5, 2024 on the main tasks and solutions to conduct the socio-economic development plan, state budget estimates for 2024; the Resolutions of regular meetings of the Government; the guidance opinions of the Government leaders in Decision No. 1603/QD-TTg dated December 11, 2023 on assigning investment plan for state budget capital in 2024; Document No. 380/VPCP-KTTH dated January 17, 2024 on the allocation and disbursement of the 2024 mid-year budget capital plan and relevant documents.

- Ministries, central and local agencies:

+ To urgently allocate detailed state budget investment plan for 2024 in accordance with regulations, without further delay; the detailed allocation of capital plan must be focused, not spread out, consistent with implementation and disbursement capacity and in accordance with legal regulations on public investment. To urgently propose solutions to handle the remaining 2024 central budget capital that has not been allocated in detail, send it to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Ministry of Finance and update it on the national information system for public investment and in accordance with Resolution No. 28/NQ-CP dated March 5, 2024 of the Government.

+ To focus on performing flexible, creative, timely and effective measures and solutions to drastically beef up the implementation and disbursement of public investment capital, 03 National Target Programs; accelerate the implementation progress of key and national important projects, highways, inter-regional projects with spillover effects, etc. To accelerate the progress of investment capital disbursement to be associated with ensuring the quality of works and projects, avoiding negativity, loss, and waste.

+ To make detailed disbursement plan for each project and strictly comply with monthly and quarterly disbursement plans. To focus on speeding up site clearance and construction progress, removing difficulties related to land and resources... To strengthen field inspection and supervision, urge contractors, consulting to speed up progress. To proactively review and transfer capital according to authority between slow disbursement projects to the ones with better disbursement ability and lacking capital according to regulations. To assign specific leaders responsible for monitoring implementation progress; closely and promptly remove difficulties and take responsibility for the disbursement results of each project; consider the results of public investment disbursement as an important basis when evaluating and grading the level of completion of annual assigned tasks by heads of agencies, units and related groups and individuals.

+ To drastically and proactively handle and remove problems and difficulties in a timely and effective manner according to assigned functions, tasks and authority; implement mechanisms for assigning, assigning responsibilities, and coordinating clearly and specifically on authority and responsibilities between agencies and units in completing project investment procedures. To continue to promote and improve the effectiveness of the Special Working Group on Public Investment Disbursement headed by the Chairman of the provincial-level People's Committee.

+ To strengthen discipline in disbursement of public investment capital; there are strict sanctions according to regulations for investors, project management boards, organizations and individuals who intentionally slow down the progress of capital delivery, implementation and disbursement of public investment capital; promptly replace officials, civil servants and public employees who are weak in capacity, stagnant, causing harassment and trouble, and resolutely handle negative and corrupt behaviors in public investment management.

In addition, the Prime Minister assigned specific tasks to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Ministry of Finance, ministries and agencies in charge of national target programs (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, Committee for Ethnic Minorities), Government Office and Prime Minister's working groups that were established under Decision No. 235/QD-TTg dated March 14, 2023.