The Government requested to review the list of projects in the economic recovery program

The Government Office has just sent a document to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) conveying the direction of Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on reviewing the list of projects under the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Recovery Program and socio-economic development.

Specifically, the Deputy Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Planning and Investment to assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with agencies in, carefully reviewing the list of tasks and projects to ensure compliance with the principles and criteria specified in Resolution No. 43 of the Government. The National Assembly and the list of tasks and projects reported to the National Assembly, resolutely ensure the principle of allocating capital with focus and focus, focusing on investing in a number of key projects that are pervasive and urgent. to finish early, creating new space and momentum.

Government leaders emphasized the requirement not to spread out, distribute evenly, and fragment, not to include in the list of projects that are not in compliance with regulations.

Immediately after the request of the Deputy Prime Minister, the Ministry of Planning and Investment sent a document to the ministries, branches and localities to review the list of tasks and projects under the program of socio-economic recovery and development.

For the list of tasks and projects that meet the above principles, in case the allocated capital is lower than the estimated total investment, the Ministry of Planning and Investment requires ministries, sectors and localities to have commit to allocate the missing capital to ensure the completion of the project according to regulations.

In the summary report of the appendix of the list of tasks and projects under the Socio-economic Recovery and Development Program of the Ministry of Planning and Investment to submit to the Prime Minister, it is shown that on the basis of the synthesis of proposals of the ministries and branches , the locality has up to 393 tasks and projects.

In which, there are a number of large projects such as the East North-South Expressway project in the 2021-2025 period, which is proposed to allocate over 72,000 billion VND from the socio-economic recovery and development program; Chau Doc – Can Tho – Soc Trang expressway project is proposed to allocate 3,800 billion VND; Khanh Hoa – Buon Ma Thuot expressway project is proposed to allocate 2,320 billion VND; Bien Hoa – Vung Tau expressway project (phase 1) is proposed to allocate 3,500 billion VND; Dai Ngai bridge on National Highway 60 in Tra Vinh and Soc Trang provinces is proposed to allocate 4,130 billion VND… These traffic projects are all proposed by the Ministry of Transport for capital arrangement.

In addition, the Ministry of Health also proposed a plan to allocate capital for many projects in localities to invest in medical facilities and equipment for hospitals; investment in expansion, procurement of equipment at a number of central and local hospitals…

According to Minh Chien