Meeting held to verify draft resolutions on economic and budget sectors

On April 20, Economic - Budget Board of Binh Duong Provincial People's Council held a meeting to report on verification of draft resolutions in economic and budget fields of the 10th Provincial People's Council. Participants of the meeting included Nguyen Van Danh, Vice Chairman of Provincial People's Council; Tran Thi Minh Hanh, Head of Economic - Budget Board of Provincial People's Council; leaders of related departments and branches.

At the meeting, the Economic - Budget Board approved five draft resolutions related to key projects, especially transport projects connecting the region in the province. The Economic - Budget Board made comments on Report No. 1661/TTr-UBND dated April 13th 2022 of the Provincial People's Committee to submit to the Provincial People's Council for approval to extend the execution time and disbursement of the local budget public investment plan in 2021 for 29 projects with a total extended capital of VND 3,630 billion.

After verification, Economic - Budget Board of the Provincial People's Council said that for 29/315 projects mentioned by the Provincial People's Committee in the above-mentioned submission, due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Economic - Budget Board agreed to extend the implementation time and disbursement of the local budget public investment plan in 2021 for 29 projects according to the Report of the Provincial People's Committee, in order to create favorable conditions for investors to complete the projects, contributing to socio-economic development.

However, in order to ensure the progress of the projects, the Economic - Budget Board advised the Provincial People's Committee to direct units and investors to accelerate the implementation of projects and disbursement of all capital plan allowed until December 31st 2022; especially projects with low disbursement progress.

At the meeting, delegates and representatives of departments and branches made comments and feedback on the five drafts related to the verification of the Economic - Budget Board. In particular, the verification related to the progress of disbursement of public investment capital for key projects tied to socio-economic development in the province received much attention of the delegates.

Reported by Dinh Thang – Translated by Ngoc Huynh