This was a bold effort raised after the disappointing results of public investment disbursement in the first months of this year, especially of foreign-sourced capital.
The working groups would be in charge of identifying difficulties and problems in the implementation of public-invested projects, especially projects which use official development assistance (ODA) and concessional loans from foreign donors at ministries, central-level agencies and localities and recommending solutions to accelerate the disbursement of public investment and increase capital use efficiency.
The latest updates from the Ministry of Finance showed that the disbursement of public investment was estimated at 18.48 percent in January - April, slightly lower than the rate of 18.65 percent of the same period last year.
Notably, the disbursement of foreign-sourced capital was at only 3.25 percent while domestic-sourced at 19.57 percent.
The ministry’s statistics also revealed that twelve ministries and central-level agencies and 21 provinces and cities had not completed the capital allocation plan.
To speed up public investment disbursement, the Ministry of Finance asked for the cooperation of the Ministry of Planning and Investment to transfer the capital which had not been allocated as of the end of March to ministries, agencies and localities with ongoing projects which had demand for capital.
Simplifying administrative procedures would also help speed up public investment disbursement.
Specifically, the State Treasury shortened the capital settlement time from four days to one for the advance and payment of 80 percent of the completed volume. Other payments would be made within three working days.
The disbursement rates reached 91 percent in 2020 and 93 percent in 2021./.
Source: VNA