Asking for land and then ‘transferring’ to enjoy the difference, causing the project to hang

On the morning of April 25, the National Assembly Standing Committee commented on the Government’s report on the results of thrift practice and waste prevention in 2021.

At the meeting, Head of the Working Party Committee of the Delegation Nguyen Thi Thanh highly appreciated the saving of recurrent expenditures, concentrating resources on development, increasing investment spending on development, despite facing many economic difficulties, but still achieved positive growth, budget revenue exceeded 16.4% of the estimate…

Besides, Ms. Thanh also agreed with the Government’s report, when frankly pointed out the shortcomings and limitations. In particular, the problem of using agricultural land, agroforestry, especially suspended projects causes many consequences.

The Head of the Working Committee of the delegate proposed to review and recover unused land. “Many investors set up projects, were granted land but did not implement the project, and then transferred over many times to enjoy the difference, leading to the project hanging,” Ms. Thanh said, adding that the reason was not the investor. difficult investment, but from the beginning, investors have considered the transfer. Meanwhile, the project authorities may know but still allocate land.

“There are projects transferring 2-3 investors that have not been implemented yet,” said Ms. Thanh.

From practical experience when working in the locality, according to Ms. Thanh, the standard unit price is related to the total project cost, payment and settlement still has many problems, many standard norms are not close to reality, especially the project. related to dredging rivers, embankments, lakes and dams. Ms. Thanh suggested paying more attention to this content.

Standing Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man proposed to clarify three more tasks. In which, how is the inclusion of thrift and anti-waste criteria as criteria for evaluating emulation, commendation and appointment of civil servants and public employees? How is the coordination between ministries, branches, localities and mass organizations implemented?…

Referring to the areas and areas with the greatest risk of waste, Mr. Man, for example, in investment in capital construction, construction of office buildings, bridges and roads, etc., how to monitor and inspect ? Typically, the highway Da Nang – Quang Ngai, seeing negative, huge waste, must be criminally handled.

“In 2022, is it necessary to delve into the situation of loss and waste in the field of basic construction, especially for key traffic works?” Mr. Man suggested focusing on this issue.

Urban railway delays, causing waste

Reporting at the meeting, Finance Minister Ho Duc Phuc acknowledged that the allocation of plans by some ministries, branches and localities was still slow. The quality of planning and allocation and the preparation of public investment projects in some places are still inadequate and formal, leading to many projects being assigned plans but still unable to execute construction. In addition, many localities have not fully allocated the capital plan to balance the local budget, and the disbursement rate for public investment is low…

During the preliminary examination, the Finance and Budget Committee said that, in the preparation for investment, there were many projects that did not meet the investment procedures and were not eligible for capital allocation, leading to the failure to achieve the set targets. from the very first steps.

The review, transfer, and supplement of capital for well-disbursed projects that need capital to complete projects have not been implemented in a timely and flexible manner.

“This is a problem that has lasted for many years, so the Government needs to resolutely deal with it,” said Phuc.

According to the report, there are 9 ministries and 21 localities that have not yet allocated details with a total capital of more than 9,000 billion VND… This has resulted in slow disbursement rate of public investment capital in the first 9 months of the year, including some key investment projects. However, in the last months of the year, the disbursement rate increased dramatically. The Finance and Budget Committee requested the Government to report to clarify this issue.

“There are cases where a locality is allocated capital from the central budget to support projects that have not yet been approved by the Provincial People’s Council with investment policies, and must request adjustments, which do not comply with the provisions of the Law on Public Investment and Decree No. decision of the National Assembly”, the inspection report stated.

In particular, according to the verifying agency, a number of national important projects still have delays in implementation and operation, wasting resources and affecting socio-economic development. local associations, such as urban railway projects in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

In which, the urban railway project of Hanoi city, section Nhon – Hanoi Station was approved in 2009, until now, accumulated disbursement has reached more than 47% of the total investment; The Hanoi urban railway line, the South Thang Long – Tran Hung Dao section was approved in 2008, currently still undergoing approval procedures to adjust the total investment from VND 19,555 billion to VND 35,679 billion…

According to Luan Dung