The Deputy Prime Minister requested ministries, branches and localities to review and cut capital plans of slow-implemented projects to supplement capital for projects that are able to be disbursed and have additional capital needs.

Construction site of North-South expressway project. (Artwork. Phan Sau/VNA)
Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has just signed Decision No. 1513/QD-TTg assigning the plan for state budget investment in 2023 to ministries, central agencies and people's committees of provinces and cities directly under their control. Center.
Capital allocation must be in order of priority
The Deputy Prime Minister requested that, based on the assigned plan for investment capital from the State budget in 2023, the heads of ministries, central agencies, and chairmen of the People's Committees of the provinces and centrally run cities shall allocate the plan. Central budget investment in 2023 must be concentrated, focused, focused, definitely not spread, fragmented, divided, not allowed to happen negative, comply with the conditions and order of priorities for distribution. The capital allocation is stipulated in the Law on Public Investment, the Resolutions of the National Assembly: No. 69/2022/QH15 dated 11/11/2022 on the State budget estimate in 2023, No. 70/2022/QH15 dated 11/11/ 2022 on the central budget allocation in 2023 and No. 43/2022/QH15 dated January 1, 2022 on fiscal and monetary policies to support the Socio-Economic Development and Recovery Program, within a total The investment level and capital structure of the project have been approved by the competent authority and the order of priority.
Allocate sufficient capital for tasks and projects under the Socio-economic Recovery and Development Program as prescribed at Point 1.2, Clause 1, Article 3 of Resolution No. 43/2022/QH15 dated January 11, 2022 of the National Assembly. festival; allocating capital to fully pay the outstanding debt for capital construction as prescribed by law (if any); arrange enough capital to recover the remaining advance capital to be recovered in the medium-term public investment plan for the period 2021-2025. In case all the advance capital to be recovered in the medium-term public investment plan for the period 2021-2025 has been recovered, ministries, central and local agencies are allowed to allocate capital for projects in the investment plan. medium-term public private investment in the 2021-2025 period has been assigned by the Prime Minister, ensuring the principles and order of priority for capital allocation according to regulations.
The decision emphasizes allocating sufficient capital for projects that have been completed and handed over and put into use before December 31, 2022; allocate sufficient capital for transitional projects to be completed in 2023 according to the time of capital allocation; allocate sufficient capital for investment preparation tasks, planning tasks and reciprocal capital for ODA projects, concessional loans from foreign donors, State capital involved in investment projects in the form of public-private partnership; fully arrange debt repayments due in 2023 under the payment obligations of the central budget; allocate capital for the tasks of providing compensation for preferential credit interest rates, management fees, and charter capital for policy banks and off-budget state financial funds.
Allocate capital for transition projects to be implemented according to the approved schedule, in which priority is given to allocating capital for projects with good disbursement progress to complete the project; allocating capital according to schedule for important national projects, key projects, highway projects, connectivity projects, with inter-regional impacts that are significant for promoting rapid socio-economic development, lasting. After allocating enough capital for the above-mentioned tasks, capital will be allocated for new start-up projects that have completed the investment procedures.
The amount of capital allocated for each project must not exceed the total project investment less accumulated capital until the end of 2022 and must not exceed the medium-term public investment plan capital for the 2021-2025 period minus the disbursed capital. budget in 2021 and the allocated capital in 2022 of the project. The amount of capital allocated for tasks and projects must be compatible with the ability to perform and disburse in 2023.

The contractor constructs a traffic project in the mountainous area. (Photo source: VNA)
In addition to the above principles, programs and projects with ODA and concessional loans from foreign donors in 2023 must be consistent with the contents of the agreement and commitments with donors. , the ability to balance reciprocal capital sources, the site clearance schedule according to the provisions of the Land Law, the capacity of the program or project investor, the project implementation schedule and in the order of priority as follows: : Allocate enough capital for the project ending the agreement in 2023, without the possibility of extending the agreement, transitioning, and completing in 2023; allocate capital for transitional projects according to the approved schedule; arrange capital for the new construction project that has signed the agreement and is likely to be disbursed in 2023.
Review and cut capital plans for slow-implemented projects
The Deputy Prime Minister requested ministries, branches and localities to flexibly regulate capital between tasks and projects using capital from the medium-term public investment plan for the period 2021-2025 and tasks and projects using capital sources. capital from the Program on socio-economic recovery and development during the implementation of the plan to invest state budget capital in 2023, ensuring the disbursement of the entire program capital in 2023 according to the provisions of Decree No. Decision No. 43/2022/QH15 of the National Assembly; reviewing and cutting capital plans of slow-implemented projects to supplement capital for projects that are able to be disbursed and need additional capital, in which priority is given to allocating capital for key projects, has the effect of spreading, linking regions, promoting growth, being able to absorb capital, ensuring compliance with regulations and disbursing all assigned capital plans; send it to the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Ministry of Finance as soon as there is a decision on capital adjustment between projects to summarize, monitor and control the disbursement.
Ministries, branches and localities must promote discipline and discipline in public investment, strictly handle cases of violations, hindering the progress of capital allocation and disbursement; individualize the responsibility of the head in case of slow disbursement, linking the disbursement results with the assessment of the level of completion of the assigned tasks. The disbursement rate of ministries, central and local agencies by the end of the fiscal year 2023 does not reach at least 90% of the assigned plan. cadres' duties and non-completion of duties for 2 consecutive years is one of the cases to consider dismissing cadres according to the provisions of Decision No. 41-QD/TW dated November 3, 2021 of the Executive Board. Center.
According to VNA/Vietnam+