Do not interrupt public investment tasks

Construction of the traffic project from Bim Son Industrial Park to the coastal road section Nga Son - Hoang Hoa.

Fully recognizing the challenges from the transition process, Thanh Hoa province has made careful preparations and is giving drastic instructions to ensure the progress of implementation and disbursement of public investment capital, and to avoid a "gap in responsibility" during the transition process.

The traffic project from Bim Son Industrial Park to the coastal road section Nga Son - Hoang Hoa has a total length of about 16.4km. This is a key project of the province to connect the traffic infrastructure of the industrial park with the coastal axis, creating momentum for inter-regional economic development. The project encountered difficulties in site clearance for 0.66km because 92 households had not yet handed over the land. Implementing the direction of the Provincial People's Committee on site handover milestones to promote project implementation, close to the time of implementing the transfer of the 2-level government model, Nga Son District People's Committee actively promoted the people's consensus to hand over the site at many important intersections. The work of inventorying and handing over the procedures and documents of the remaining milestones was handed over by the unit to the communes to continue to complete on schedule (including enforcement according to regulations), ensuring that the site was cleared in time when the contractor organized the construction.

Regarding construction, the two main packages undertaken by Cuong Thinh Thi Group and Mien Trung Group Joint Stock Company currently have a very large volume of foundation materials, estimated at more than 360,000m3 of soil, sand and crushed stone aggregate. The major difficulties are the lack of local material sources, slow procedures for granting mines, and unsynchronized mobilization of human resources and equipment. Faced with these difficulties, the Provincial People's Committee has requested departments and branches to coordinate to resolve them, and at the same time requested contractors to gather enough materials in June and July 2025 to implement construction, with the goal of completing all foundation, foundation and asphalt construction before December 31.

In addition to key projects invested by provincial departments and project management boards, in 2025, many localities in the province will also be allocated large amounts of public investment capital. The province has established 5 special working groups led by Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee, regularly inspecting, urging, and removing difficulties and obstacles in each specific project group. These groups function as a "rapid response apparatus" - resolving on-site legal situations, site clearance, materials, technical design, and disbursement progress. From April to June 2025, the working groups organized dozens of direct meetings with localities and investors to directly direct and urge construction. In particular, during the survey trips, the province's consistent viewpoint in directing is to require localities to strive to carry out tasks until June 30 and transfer projects in a complete, methodical, and synchronous manner, avoiding disruptions in the chain of work operations and project investment.

Previously, Directive No. 02/CT-UBND dated January 17, 2025 of the Provincial People's Committee on accelerating the progress of implementation, disbursement of public investment capital and improving the effectiveness and efficiency of management and use of public investment capital in 2025 in the province set specific targets for the progress of disbursement of public investment capital in 2025. Thanh Hoa strives to disburse 70% by September 30; 90% by November 30, 2025 and must complete 100% of the disbursement plan before December 31, 2025. The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested localities and units to proactively review the entire list of projects, capital allocation plans, technical solutions, and assign specific responsibilities for each item with a consistent view of completing the task in the highest and most effective way.

As of June 15, 2025, the province has disbursed 4,590 billion VND of the allocated capital plan, reaching 30.1% of the plan. Although this progress is equivalent to the national average, it is still low compared to expectations, especially when many key projects have not disbursed more than 50% of the volume. Many districts, departments and branches still have a state of "reluctance to do", a mentality of waiting for the apparatus to be arranged, or are not closely monitoring the progress.

From July 1, 2025, the two-level local government model has officially come into operation. In the initial phase, there may be disruptions in the apparatus, especially changes in the project management entity, public asset management, and investment capital coordination. In order to ensure that the disbursement of public investment capital continues smoothly in the new context, on June 19, 2025, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee issued Official Dispatch No. 9382/UBND-THDT requesting departments, branches, localities and investors to organize a comprehensive review and assessment of public investment projects being implemented. In particular, special attention should be paid to projects that are suspended, unfinished or delayed for a long time, posing a risk of loss and waste. Regarding the handling of public investment projects that are temporarily suspended during the process of restructuring the political system, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee assigned departments, branches, provincial units, investors and localities (after restructuring) to organize a comprehensive assessment of public investment needs after restructuring administrative units, develop a handling plan for temporarily suspended projects and investment orientation in the period of 2026-2030.

The province also requires a specific classification of the level of slow disbursement, the causes and the ability to overcome them; resolutely withdraw, terminate and handle the responsibility of investors for projects that are no longer feasible. For projects that can continue, it is necessary to clearly define the roadmap, completion deadline and assign specific responsibilities to each unit. The selection of new investment portfolios in the 2026-2030 period must ensure compliance with planning, budget balance and effective use of capital. The Provincial People's Committee also requires close inspection and supervision of the implementation process, strictly handling signs of laxity or legalization of violations; at the same time, review units with low disbursement, consider the responsibility of the head, and transfer capital to more effective projects.

Article and photos: Tung Lam

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