This morning, March 8, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang chaired the 5th meeting of the Central Steering Committee for National Target Programs (CTMTQG) for the 2021-2025 period with localities on the implementation situation in 2023 and the first 2 months of 2024; key tasks and solutions in the coming time. Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Ha Sy Dong attended at the Quang Tri bridge.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang delivered a concluding speech at the meeting - Photo: DV

Currently, the whole country has about 78% of communes meeting new rural standards (NTM), the whole country has an average of 17.1 criteria/commune; there are 280 district-level units in 58 provinces and centrally-run cities meeting NTM standards (accounting for 43.6% of the total number of district-level units nationwide).

The multidimensional poverty rate in 2023 will be 2.93%, down 1.1%, achieving the target assigned by the National Assembly and the Government.

Disbursement of state budget capital in 2023 (including capital sources in 2022 extending to 2023) is estimated at about VND 40,187,952 billion, reaching a rate of about 61.5%. Regarding public investment capital, disbursement reached about VND 29,383,096 billion, reaching 83% of the plan.

Regarding public capital in 2023, disbursement is estimated at VND 10,804,856 billion, reaching 36.3% of the estimate. The result of state budget capital disbursement in the first two months of 2024 is estimated at about VND 3,292,990 billion, equal to 15%.

Delegates attending the meeting at Quang Tri bridge point - Photo: DV

In Quang Tri province, the central budget development investment capital plan for the 5-year period 2021-2025 allocated to the locality is 1,535,141 billion VND.

Up to now, the locality has completed the allocation and assignment of the central budget capital plan for the period 2021-2025 and the plans for 2022, 2023, 2024. Currently, the Provincial People's Committee has directed localities and related units to continue to promote the disbursement of long-term capital sources of the National Target Programs in 2024.

Regarding tasks and solutions for 2024: continue to perfect the system of mechanisms and policies for management and implementation of national target programs to ensure consistency and synchronization between legal documents and guidance documents.

Implement Resolution No. 111/2024/QH15 on a number of specific mechanisms and policies for implementing national target programs to remove difficulties and obstacles, speed up the implementation of national target programs in localities...

Focus on developing plans to inspect, supervise and urge the implementation of objectives, tasks and capital plans assigned by competent authorities; proactively grasp and handle difficulties and problems of localities according to authority, take drastic measures to promote disbursement of central and local capital sources to implement national target programs.

At the meeting, delegates raised a number of difficulties and problems in the process of organizing and implementing the National Target Programs.

Concluding the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang commended and acknowledged the efforts of localities in organizing the implementation of the National Target Programs in 2023 and the first two months of 2024.

To effectively implement the National Target Programs, ministries, branches and localities need to have more drastic, faster, more effective and higher quality solutions in disbursing capital. Provinces and cities need to be proactive and resolute in implementing quickly; review the decentralization of authority to assign specific tasks to effectively implement the National Target Programs in the localities.

For recommendations, proposals and requests, relevant ministries and branches need to respond specifically and satisfactorily.

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