Boosting disbursement of public investment in transport sector

The Minister of Transport recently requested the establishment of a special working group to boost the disbursement of public investment capital for projects in the transport sector.
Boosting disbursement of public investment in transport sector ảnh 1The section of Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway project on trial run. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The Minister of Transport recently requested theestablishment of a special working group to boost the disbursement of publicinvestment capital for projects in the transport sector.

Minister Nguyen Van The asked agencies and units under the Ministry ofTransport, heads of investors and project management boards to determine thataccelerating the disbursement of public investment capital was one of the keypolitical tasks of this year to promote economic growth and achieve the highestsocio-economic development goals in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Minister assigned the Department of Planning and Investment to coordinatewith the Transport Engineering Construction and Quality Management Bureau tourgently advise on the establishment of a special working group of the Ministryof Transport to promote disbursement of public investment capital led by theMinister of Transport.

The working group will develop a detailed working outline, assign specifictasks to each member and immediately implement the tasks after beingestablished.

In particular, the Minister of Transport requested to strictly handleinvestors, project management boards, organisations and individuals whointentionally cause difficulties, obstruct or slow down the progress of capitalallocation and disbursement of public investment capital; promptly replacecivil servants and public employees who are weak in capacity, stagnate, corruptand resolutely handle negative acts in public investment management.

"Disbursement results of public investment projects are one of the mostimportant bases to assess the completion of yearly tasks by organisations andindividuals assigned to monitor and heads of related advisory agencies,"said the minister./.

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