National online conference to promote public investment

- On September 17, 2025, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a national online conference on promoting public investment in 2025. Attending were Deputy Prime Ministers: Ho Duc Phoc, Le Thanh Long, Bui Thanh Son; representatives of ministries, branches and leaders of 34 provinces and cities, and investors.

Comrade Duong Xuan Huyen, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee attended the conference at Lang Son bridge point.

At Lang Son bridge, comrade Duong Xuan Huyen, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and leaders of a number of departments and branches attended the conference.

In 2025, the Prime Minister assigned ministries, branches, localities and investment units a public investment capital plan of more than VND 884 trillion. By the end of August 2025, the units had allocated more than VND 846 trillion in detail, equivalent to 95.6% of the plan.

Regarding disbursement results, by the end of August 2025, units had disbursed more than 409 trillion VND, equivalent to 46.3% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister (6% higher than the same period in 2024). Notably, important national projects and key projects in the transport sector have achieved good progress, a series of projects were inaugurated and started in August, creating a new momentum in society.

Regarding the assessment by assigned investor units, there are 8 ministries and 22 localities with disbursement rates reaching the national average or higher; there are 29 units, central agencies and 12 localities with disbursement rates below the national average.

For Lang Son province, in 2025, the Prime Minister assigned a public investment capital plan of more than 6,295 billion VND. Up to now, the Provincial People's Committee has assigned details to reach 100% of the capital plan. By the end of August 2025, the units assigned capital have disbursed more than 2,971/6,295 billion VND, reaching 47.1% of the plan assigned by the Prime Minister and is in the group of provinces with high disbursement rates in the country.

At the conference, representatives of units reported a number of difficulties and obstacles affecting the implementation of the 2025 public investment plan, such as: fluctuations in material prices; site clearance; arrangement of administrative units according to the two-level local government model; slow preparation for investment in new projects...

Representatives of some localities requested ministries and branches to soon provide guidance on implementing investment projects in the form of build-transfer; adjust material prices uniformly nationwide; provide detailed instructions when assigning to commune levels to implement construction investment projects according to decentralization; allow localities to regulate materials between provinces to promote project construction. At the same time, representatives of many localities and investors also shared experiences in directing and operating to promote public investment such as: assessing the implementation of key projects on a weekly basis; regularly reviewing the disbursement volume according to each capital source to be flexible in implementing the coordination; resolutely leading and directing the work of site clearance, especially key national and provincial projects...

Concluding the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh acknowledged and commended the achievements of agencies and units in implementing public investment work as well as removing difficulties and obstacles related to the construction investment sector in the first 8 months of 2025.

Regarding the tasks in the coming time, the Prime Minister requested that agencies and units continue to closely follow the central government's direction on socio-economic management, striving for economic growth of 8% or more; in that spirit, units accelerate the disbursement of public investment capital, contributing to leading social resources to serve development associated with improving governance capacity, preventing loss of resources from the state budget. For key projects preparing for investment, projects about to be completed, expected to start construction and inaugurate in the fourth quarter of 2025, units urgently complete legal procedures, site clearance and speed up construction to complete items according to the set plan.

Regarding the unallocated capital plan and slow disbursement of capital, the Prime Minister requested: Agencies and units to seriously learn from experience in directing and operating; review and evaluate the causes and implementation situation to develop plans, organize allocation and disbursement to achieve 100% of the assigned capital plan by the end of the year...

Ministries, branches and localities focus on removing difficulties and obstacles related to construction materials, site clearance, mechanisms and policies to speed up the progress of projects, especially important national projects and key projects in the transport sector, while ensuring progress, quality and efficiency.

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