National Assembly deputies gave opinions on a
list of projects and specific sums of capital allocated for projects under the
middle-term public investment plan for the 2016-2020 period during the ongoing
ninth session of the 14th National Assembly Standing Committee in Ha Noi on
April 20th. According to the Government’s report, the total budget already
approved by the legislature for the plan in the reviewed period was 2
quadrillion VND (some 88.1 billion USD), of which 1.74 quadrillion (76.6 billion
USD) was allocated for projects of ministries, sectors and localities. The
total capital allocation for the first phrase was 1.134 quadrillion VND (50
billion USD). In the second phrase, the Government has directed ministries,
sectors and localities to address shortcomings in the target programme on
climate change adaptation and green growth and investment in coastal roads. The
Government proposed allocating 20.86 trillion VND (900 million USD) for the Viet
Nam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) and 12.67 trillion VND (546.64 million USD)
that the State budget owed to the Viet Nam Development Bank (VDB) and another
15.01 trillion VND (647.6 million USD) for the VDB. It also proposed providing
additional 2 trillion VND (88 million USD) for the VBSP to support social
housing development, and another 4 trillion VND (176 million USD) for the
national target programme on the East Sea and islands. Nguyen Duc Hai, Chairman
of the NA’s Finance and Budget Committee, said the committee agreed with the
Government’s proposal on allocating chartered capital to the VDB after the
Government evaluates the bank’s operational efficiency, debts, development
orientations, plan for chartered capital arrangement, and management expenses. Regarding
the middle-term capital plan of 80 trillion VND (3.6 billion USD), including 70
trillion VND (3.15 billion USD) projected for the North-South Expressway and 10
trillion VND for the flood prevention project in Ho Chi Minh City, the
committee urged the Government to promptly finalize necessary documents for
these projects and report to the NA Standing Committee for consideration before
submitted to the NA for approval at its third session. Vice Chairman of the
National Assembly Phung Quoc Hien said the NA Standing Committee requested the Government
to review all projects that have not been provided with sufficient capital and
those lacking of corresponding capital. The
Government and the Minister of Planning and Investment must be responsible for
monitoring, reducing, and adjusting investment to complete these projects in
2017-2020, he added.
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Nam Plus – April 20 -http://en.vietnamplus.vn/lawmakers-discuss-middleterm-public-investment-plan/110559.vnp;
Viet Nam Net – April 20 - http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/government/176956/na-deputies-discuss-middle-term-public-investment-plan.html;
Viet Nam News p6 – Aprill 21
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