HA TINH TIGHTENS THE PROGRESS OF OFF-BUDGET INVESTMENT PROJECTS

The Chairman of the Ha Tinh Provincial People’s Committee has requested that project implementation plans and progress commitments closely follow the contents and timelines approved by competent authorities, while ensuring that they are specific, feasible, and sufficiently detailed to facilitate monitoring, inspection, and supervision.

The Ha Tinh Provincial People’s Committee has recently issued Official Document No. 9056/UBND, requesting relevant departments, agencies, and units to strengthen the management, monitoring, and supervision of progress for non-state-funded investment projects. The authorities are required to clearly define each milestone, responsibility, and deadline, and to consider taking action—including terminating projects—if investors continue to fall behind schedule.

In recent years, the implementation of a number of non-state-funded investment projects in Ha Tinh has been delayed. After receiving approval for investment policies, investor approval, or investor designation from competent authorities, the completion of procedures related to planning, land, environmental protection, construction, and investment implementation has not always met the required schedule. Some projects have been prolonged, resulting in delays in putting land and other resources into productive use, thereby affecting investment efficiency and the province’s investment environment.

The management, monitoring, and supervision of progress for some projects have also not been carried out regularly and continuously. In particular, specific milestones, tasks, and responsibilities have not always been clearly identified, making it difficult to promptly inspect projects and take action or report to competent authorities when necessary.

 Chairman of the Ha Tinh Provincial People’s Committee Phan Thien Dinh inspects the progress of projects in the province.

To address these shortcomings, strengthen the responsibilities of both state management agencies and investors, and improve the efficiency of project investment, Chairman of the Ha Tinh Provincial People’s Committee Phan Thien Dinh has instructed all departments, agencies, the provincial Economic Zone Management Board, People’s Committees of communes and wards, and investors to strengthen the management, monitoring, and supervision of non-state-funded investment projects across the province.

The Department of Finance and the Provincial Economic Zone Management Board have been assigned responsibility for managing, monitoring, and supervising the progress of non-state-funded investment projects within their respective functions, duties, authority, jurisdictions, and areas of management. These agencies must urgently establish a “critical path” and develop detailed implementation schedules for each project.

For new projects, immediately after competent authorities approve the project and determine the investor, the relevant management agency must proactively work with the investor and require the investor to develop an implementation plan and make a commitment regarding the project schedule. The schedule must clearly specify deadlines for completing procedures related to planning, land, environmental protection, construction, and other relevant matters; the expected groundbreaking date; key milestones for construction and investment implementation; and the expected date for project completion and commencement of operations.

For key and large-scale projects currently under implementation but not yet completed, including projects listed in the appendix to the document, the Department of Finance and the Provincial Economic Zone Management Board must urgently work directly with each investor. Based on these discussions, the agencies must review all remaining tasks and clearly determine each progress milestone, responsibility, and completion deadline.

For projects that have already been approved and are under implementation but have not yet been completed, the relevant management agencies must continue to review their status, work with investors, and fully update the progress of all remaining tasks.

The Provincial People’s Committee requires project implementation plans and progress commitments to closely follow the contents and schedules approved by competent authorities, while ensuring that they are specific, feasible, and provide an adequate basis for monitoring, inspection, and supervision. Once completed, these implementation plans and progress commitments must be submitted to the Provincial  Information & Investment Promotion Agency (IIPA) for updating and monitoring purposes.

During the implementation process, the Department of Finance and the Provincial Economic Zone Management Board must conduct regular inspections, promptly provide guidance, and coordinate efforts to resolve difficulties and obstacles within their respective areas of authority.

For projects that fail to meet approved progress milestones, the relevant management agency must require the investor to explain the reasons for the delay, clearly identify responsibilities, and specify corrective measures and deadlines.

If an investor continues to fall behind schedule despite being urged and required to take corrective action, the competent authorities must urgently review the relevant legal grounds and conditions and advise the appropriate authority on measures to be taken in accordance with the law. Depending on the circumstances and where all legal conditions are met, such measures may include termination of the project and measures concerning the project’s land use.

The Provincial People’s Committee emphasized that projects must not be allowed to remain prolonged or delayed in putting land and other resources into productive use, causing waste and adversely affecting investment efficiency and the investment environment in the province.

IIPA has been assigned to serve as the focal point for receiving project implementation plans and progress commitments. It must establish and regularly update a comprehensive database and monitor each project milestone. Projects will be classified into three groups: projects on schedule, projects at risk of delay, and projects already behind schedule.

Based on this classification, the Agency will proactively issue warnings regarding upcoming deadlines. Once a deadline is reached and an investor has failed to complete the relevant task as committed, IIPA must promptly notify the Department of Finance, the Provincial Economic Zone Management Board, and relevant agencies for follow-up and action. At the same time, it must report the matter to the Office of the Provincial People’s Committee so that it can advise provincial leaders on further direction.

On a monthly basis and whenever requested, IIPA is responsible for consolidating information on project implementation, the results of progress supervision, and the handling of delayed projects, and reporting to the Office of the Provincial People’s Committee for consolidation and submission to provincial leaders.

For departments, agencies, and People’s Committees of communes and wards, the Provincial People’s Committee requires them, within the scope of their assigned functions and responsibilities, to closely coordinate with the Department of Finance, the Provincial Economic Zone Management Board, and investors. These agencies must focus on promptly handling procedures under their authority and must not allow delays on the part of state management agencies to affect the overall progress of projects.

For difficulties and obstacles beyond their authority, agencies and units must proactively coordinate to resolve them or promptly report them to competent authorities for consideration and resolution. Heads of agencies and units shall be held responsible if they fail to promptly handle matters within their assigned responsibilities and thereby affect project implementation progress.

The Ha Tinh Provincial People’s Committee requires investors to take responsibility for project implementation progress in accordance with the contents approved by competent authorities and the commitments they have made.

Investors must proactively allocate adequate resources, complete all necessary procedures, and carry out construction and investment activities in accordance with the committed milestones and deadlines.

During implementation, investors must regularly review the project’s status and proactively report and propose solutions to competent authorities regarding any difficulties or obstacles that arise. They must not wait until a deadline has passed before reporting or making proposals.

Where an investor fails to implement a project, or fails to comply with the required schedule due to subjective reasons, and does not seriously undertake corrective measures after being urged by competent authorities, the investor shall be held responsible. In such cases, the project will be considered for handling in accordance with the law.

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The Office of the Provincial People’s Committee has been assigned to base its actions on reports and proposals from IIPA in order to promptly advise the Chairman and Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People’s Committee on directing and supervising relevant agencies, units, and investors with regard to projects that are behind schedule or at risk of delay. The objective is to prevent prolonged delays without timely intervention or resolution.

For projects that have already been directed and supervised by provincial leaders but continue to fall behind schedule, the Office of the Provincial People’s Committee must proactively advise assigning the Department of Finance and the Provincial Economic Zone Management Board, within their respective functions and areas of responsibility, to urgently review the situation, clearly determine the causes and responsibilities, and propose appropriate measures in accordance with the law for submission to the Provincial People’s Committee for consideration and decision.

The Provincial People’s Committee requires directors of departments, heads of agencies and units, chairpersons of People’s Committees of communes and wards, and investors to seriously implement their assigned tasks. The aim is to strengthen discipline and administrative accountability in project implementation and improve the efficiency of land use and the use of investment resources across the province.