To accelerate the implementation and disbursement of the 2024 public investment plan

On 11/7/2024, the Provincial People's Committee issued the Official letter No. 1919/UBND-TH on accelerating the implementation and disbursement of the 2024 public investment plan.

Accordingly, the Provincial People's Committee requests the departments, ahencies and sectors of the province; the People's Committees of districts, town, city and project investors to carry out the following tasks:

- To strictly implement the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's laws and policies, identify public investment disbursement as one of the top important political tasks that need to be focused on, prioritized, and directed to synchronously, resolutely and effectively carry out the tasks and solutions to accelerate project implementation progress and disbursement of public investment capital as prescribed in Resolution No. 01/NQ-CP dated January 5, 2024 of the Government; the Official Telegram No. 24/CD-TTg dated March 22, 2024 of the Prime Minister; the Official Telegram No. 03/CD-BKHĐT dated June 4, 2024 of the Ministry of Planning and Investment; the Direction of the Standing Board of the Provincial Party Committee in the Directive No. 44-CT/TU dated March 15, 2024 on implementing the medium-term public investment plan for 2021-2025; the Conclusion No. 742-KL/TU dated March 12, 2024 on implementing the public investment plan for 2024; the Official letter No. 2726-CV/TU dated June 19, 2024 of the Provincial Party Committee; the Official letter No. 946/UBND-TH dated April 11, 2024 of the Provincial People's Committee.

- Agencies and units focus on removing difficulties and obstacles to speed up the progress of site clearance for project implementation. To seriously and effectively implement the Directive No. 15-CT/TU dated November 8, 2021 of the Standing Board of the Provincial Party Committee on strengthening leadership, direction and implementation of site clearance for implementation of works and projects in the province; identify site clearance as the key step; mobilize the entire political system to participate in site clearance for public investment projects; determine the value of assets on land, approve compensation, support, resettlement plans, arrange resettlement land funds, determine specific land prices...; increase quality human resources for land management in communes, wards, and towns, and effective and efficient land management. To perform the motto of handing over clean sites to contractors as soon as they are available to support speeding up the construction progress of works and projects.

- To assign the Department of Construction to coordinate with relevant departments and branches to promptly announce construction price indexes, construction material prices, and construction labor unit prices to ensure they are complete, consistent with market prices, and in accordance with legal regulations; proactively coordinate with neighboring localities that have sources of material mines, sand, etc. to supply large and key projects of the province; investors review construction material survey records of projects to promptly adjust and supplement to ensure sufficient material exploitation sources for project needs.

- Regarding the organization of implementation and capital disbursement:

Agencies and units develop monthly and quarterly disbursement plans for each project; assign leaders in charge to be responsible for monitoring the progress of project implementation and disbursement according to the set plan; urge and promptly remove difficulties and obstacles for each project; the disbursement results of assigned projects are the basis for commenting and evaluating the emulation of agencies and units and the task of completing the tasks in 2024 of the head. The People's Committees of districts, town and city establish the steering committees or working groups to direct the handling of difficulties and obstacles of public investment projects under their management responsibility.

It is strictly forbidden to add public investment projects when the investment capital source has not been determined and there is no ability to balance capital; do not start new projects when investment capital has not been arranged. For transitional and extended capital sources, ensure that 100% of public investment capital is disbursed before December 31, 2024.

Investors review and evaluate the implementation and disbursement capacity of each project to make a plan to adjust the capital plan from projects with slow disbursement to projects with completed volume, with additional capital needs within the sector, agency, unit, and locality to ensure disbursement of all assigned capital; promptly complete capital payment procedures with the State Treasury when the volume is accepted, not to accumulate payment at the end of the year; promptly complete procedures for approving settlement and disbursing capital for completed projects put into use; make advance payments and use advance capital in accordance with regulations.

- Agencies, units, and project investors review all public investment projects in the province; make a plan to completely resolve outstanding debts in basic construction (if any) before July 15, 2024, and report to the Provincial People's Committee (through the Department of Planning and Investment) on the implementation results before July 20, 2024. Localities and units that have not completed the settlement of outstanding debts must resolutely not add public investment projects, start new projects, and prioritize resources to completely resolve outstanding debts in basic construction.

- Agencies, units, and project investors strengthen leadership and direction; promote clear assignment of responsibilities, individualize responsibilities along with coordination, supervision, evaluation of implementation of timely and strict rewards and discipline in performing public investment plans. To replace cadres, civil servants, and public employees who are weak in capacity, slow, cause harassment and trouble, resolutely handle negative behaviors in public investment management; resolutely transfer cadres who are afraid of making mistakes and afraid of responsibility, causing congestion in disbursement of public investment capital.