Hai Duong focuses on removing difficulties and speeding up disbursement of public investment capital in 2024

Also attending were representatives of a number of leaders of departments, branches, units, and leaders of People's Committees of districts, towns, and cities.

At the meeting, the Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Luu Van Ban, basically agreed with the proposals of the Provincial Construction Investment Project Management Board. He requested the Provincial Construction Investment Project Management Board to strengthen its personnel, continue to select cadres who are proficient in professional skills, knowledgeable about professional tasks, and sectors and fields to perform assigned tasks. The Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized that the Provincial Construction Investment Project Management Board needs to promote the spirit of solidarity and unity within the leadership and the entire unit, based on the existing cadre force, arrange cadres appropriately according to their capacity and strengths, and improve work efficiency.

The Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested the Provincial Construction Investment Project Management Board to select contractors with good experience and capacity to undertake the assigned tasks of the projects. Fully comply with the legal procedures on bidding and contractor selection, and avoid negative harassment from the investment preparation steps to project settlement.

To speed up the progress of some public investment projects, Mr. Luu Van Ban, Standing Vice Chairman of Hai Duong Provincial People's Committee, requested relevant agencies to urgently consult and propose investment policies to submit to competent authorities for approval as a basis for implementation. For projects that have allocated capital, the task is assigned to the committee to speed up the progress to disburse according to plan...

Reporting at the meeting, Mr. Vu Van Tung, Director of the Hai Duong Provincial Construction Investment Project Management Board, said that the board currently has 108 staff, including 80 regular employees, which is still insufficient compared to the workload. The board's office and facilities are cramped and degraded, greatly affecting work productivity, failing to meet the requirements of record keeping and fire prevention.

With a huge workload and the possibility of continuing to increase in the following years, the Provincial Construction Investment Project Management Board proposed that the Provincial People's Committee continue to direct all levels, sectors and localities to coordinate with the board to resolutely remove difficulties and obstacles in the process of project implementation to speed up the implementation progress, disbursement of public investment capital, striving to achieve over 95% of the assigned plan in 2024.

For small-scale projects, renovation and repair projects, it is recommended to assign direct management agencies, the District Project Management Board as investors... It is recommended that relevant departments, branches and units complete procedures, advise the Provincial People's Committee to decide to hand over the 8/3 Employment Service Center Headquarters to the board to soon move to a new location with adequate working conditions.

Also at the meeting, some localities reported difficulties in site clearance for projects in 2024. The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee directed the removal of each specific content and project. The Standing Vice Chairman of the Hai Duong Provincial People's Committee requested localities to do a good job of verifying the origin of land in site clearance work. The focus of site clearance work is to propagate and mobilize people to agree, and the implementation steps must comply with the provisions of the law. The consistent viewpoint is to take propaganda and mobilization as the root, then calculate the enforcement options.