Minister urges acceleration of public investment disbursement
Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung said that the ministry has proposed the Government issue a resolution on accelerating the disbursement of public investment capital.
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According to Dung, the draft resolution allows capital arrangement in 2016 for projects in the NTP and those benefiting from the Government’s Decree 210 on encouraging enterprises to invest in agriculture and rural development, projects using government bonds, a programme on solidifying schools and kindergartens in districts, and transport projects using the remaining capital from the National Roads 1A and 14 projects.
This year’s capital is also arranged for special projects with their investment decisions approved after March 31, 2016.
According to Dung, as of June 29, the ministry received reports from 53 out of the 56 ministries and central agencies and all the 63 cities and provinces on the progress of public investment capital disbursement.
Reports showed in the first five months of 2016, disbursement of State budget capital reached over VND81.8 trillion (US$3.6 billion), equal to 32.6 percent of the target, while that of Government bond capital was more than VND6.9 trillion or 18% of the goal.
Official development assistance (ODA), preferential loans and non-refundable aid the country has signed since 1993 totalled US$75.7 billion, of which US$22.6 billion needs to be disbursed in the coming time.
Approximate US$21 billion in ODA and preferential loans is expected to be disbursed during 2016-2020, including US$4.75 billion planned for this year. However, only US$1.85 billion was disbursed in the first half of 2016.
