Enhancing decentralization and delegation of authority to localities in public investment
Yesterday morning (May 20), in Hanoi, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presided over a national online conference focused on enhancing the momentum of public investment growth for 2025. The conference was attended by members of the Politburo, members of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Ministers, and leaders from various ministries, branches, central agencies, provinces, cities, economic groups, and state-owned corporations. At the Binh Duong bridge, Mr. Vo Van Minh, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, led the conference.
Concentrate on eliminating obstacles and impediments
To expedite the disbursement of public investment capital in 2025, the Government and the Prime Minister have issued four resolutions, five telegrams, and various documents since the beginning of the year. The Prime Minister has undertaken numerous visits to localities to address challenges, offer recommendations, and assess the actual conditions on the ground, while also urging the advancement of significant national projects and initiatives. Concurrently, the Prime Minister has formed working groups led by Deputy Prime Ministers and Government members to engage directly with ministries, central agencies, and localities, providing specific guidance to eliminate difficulties, obstacles, and bottlenecks in the disbursement of public investment capital.
In 2025, the National Assembly approved a total public investment capital of VND 829,365.421 billion. As of April 30, ministries, central agencies, and localities have allocated and assigned detailed capital investment plans for 2025 amounting to VND 817,968.261 billion, achieving 99% of the plan designated by the Prime Minister. The estimated payments from the beginning of the year to April 30 total VND 128,500 billion, representing 15.56% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister. According to the Ministry of Finance's assessment, the primary reasons for the sluggish disbursement of public investment capital include challenges related to site clearance, shortages of materials (such as filling soil, sand, and stone), and difficulties concerning unit prices, norms, and planning.
During the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized the need to enhance decentralization and empower localities through robust delegation of authority, alongside resource allocation and the improvement of implementation capacity. He called for strengthened inspection and supervision, embodying the principle that "locality decides, locality acts, locality takes responsibility." Additionally, he urged ministries, departments, and central agencies to concentrate on fulfilling their state management responsibilities, while state-owned corporations and groups should take the initiative in promoting investment. |
With the commitment to achieve the public investment capital disbursement rate by 2025, the Ministry of Finance has presented a directive to the Prime Minister aimed at expediting the disbursement of public investment capital to foster growth and attain the target of 8% in 2025. Specifically, in terms of leadership and direction, it is essential to fully embrace the six guiding principles: "Clear people, clear work, clear time, clear responsibility, clear products, clear results." Ministries, branches, central agencies, and localities must decisively lead and organize the implementation, ensuring continuity in the execution and disbursement of public investment capital, particularly for significant national projects and expressway initiatives. Furthermore, ministries, branches, and localities should concentrate on leadership, directing the resolution of bottlenecks, and actively engaging the public in compensation and site clearance efforts, while also streamlining and simplifying administrative procedures.
Aspire to achieve optimal outcomes
To guarantee the successful execution of the public investment plan by 2025, Binh Duong is concentrating its resources on public investment, expediting the appraisal and approval processes; swiftly addressing challenges and obstacles; prioritizing the allocation of state budget resources for projects that connect provinces and regions; investing in regional connectivity initiatives within the province under the principle of "locality decides, locality executes, locality is accountable"; and enhancing the role of public investment in stimulating private investment, with a strategic plan to ensure the implementation and disbursement of the entire 36,000 billion VND allocated for 2025.
Binh Duong is committed to establishing a cohesive and modern strategic infrastructure system, with a focus on essential transport infrastructure projects. The province aims to expedite the construction of pivotal projects and infrastructure that yield significant spillover effects and enhance regional connectivity, including Vanh Dai 3 and Vanh Dai 4 of Ho Chi Minh City, which traverse the province, as well as the Ho Chi Minh City - Thu Dau Mot - Chon Thanh Expressway. The goal is to achieve a public investment capital disbursement rate of at least 95% of the assigned plan by January 31, 2026.
Furthermore, the Provincial People's Committee has formulated a plan for "100 Days and Nights of Emulation to Disburse Public Investment Capital in 2025." The objective of this draft plan is to concentrate efforts and mobilize resources to effectively implement tasks and solutions aimed at enhancing the disbursement of public investment capital, in accordance with the directives of the Government, the Prime Minister, and the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee during the remaining period of 2025, prior to the execution of the policy for reorganizing provincial and commune-level administrative units as directed by the Government. Consequently, the plan delineates two phases of emulation: Phase 1 aims to achieve a 50% disbursement rate of public investment plans by June 30, 2025; Phase 2 aims for a 70% disbursement rate of public investment plans by August 31, 2025.
To ensure the successful execution of the plan, the Provincial People's Committee established specific targets for the disbursement of public investment capital for each agency and unit. It effectively addressed challenges and obstacles associated with the disbursement process, while also reducing the time required for processing investment procedures for public investment projects by at least 30% compared to existing regulations. Furthermore, the Provincial People's Committee emphasized the importance of administrative procedure reform, the integration of information technology in managing public investment processes, and the strategic organization of overtime work to expedite progress while maintaining construction quality and labor safety standards. Additionally, it reinforced the principles of decentralization, delegation of authority, and the individual accountability of personnel involved in the disbursement of public investment capital.
Reported by Phuong Le - Translated by Vi Bao
