Through discussion, delegates agreed on the necessity of promulgating, based on the practical implementation of national target programs and concretizing the tasks assigned by the National Assembly, the Government proposed specific policy solutions beyond the Government's authority to thoroughly remove difficulties and obstacles, continue to create favorable conditions for localities to accelerate the progress of implementation and disbursement of capital for national target programs in the coming time. Accordingly, the draft Resolution includes 6 articles regulating: Scope of regulation; subjects of application; interpretation of terms; content of specific mechanisms; implementation organization and enforcement provisions. The basic content of 8 specific mechanisms, including: Mechanism for allocating and assigning annual central budget regular expenditure estimates; mechanism for adjusting state budget estimates, adjusting annual capital investment plans; Issuing regulations on procedures, criteria, and sample dossiers for selecting production development projects; Mechanism for using the state budget in case the owner of a production development project is assigned to purchase goods by himself, the Government proposes that the National Assembly resolve on another mechanism prescribed in Clause 1, Article 2 of the Bidding Law No. 22/2023/QH15; mechanism for managing and using assets formed from production development support projects, the Government proposes a specific mechanism not yet prescribed in the Law on Management and Use of Public Assets 2017 and other relevant regulations;... The Draft Resolution also proposes: Mechanism for entrusting balanced capital of local budgets through the Social Policy Bank system; pilot mechanism for decentralization to district level in managing and organizing the implementation of national target programs; mechanism for assigning medium-term public investment plans and annual capital investment for small-scale investment projects with uncomplicated techniques, based on implementation practices and aspirations of many localities.

Emphasizing that the Government's submission to the National Assembly for consideration and promulgation of the Resolution is within its authority, delegates focused on giving opinions on a number of key contents such as: Scope, explanation of terms, implementation time of the Resolution; on specific policies in Article 4 of the draft Resolution; issues related to auditing;...

Speaking at the discussion session, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Khac Dinh said that the content of the policies in the Resolution on a number of specific mechanisms and policies for implementing national target programs has been carefully studied. Accordingly, the objective of issuing the Resolution is to meet practical requirements, promptly remove difficulties and obstacles, and accelerate the implementation of national target programs.

Accordingly, with 8 proposed policies, there are 4 policies including: Allocating and assigning annual central budget regular expenditure estimates; adjusting state budget estimates, adjusting annual capital investment plans; issuing regulations on procedures, criteria, and sample documents for selecting production development projects; assigning medium-term public investment plans, annual capital investment for small-scale construction investment projects, non-complicated techniques with high feasibility; and being able to be implemented immediately. For the remaining 4 policies, continue to clarify further, ensuring suitability and high feasibility.

Regarding Clause 5, on the management and use of assets formed from production development support projects, the Government draft proposes 2 options. Commenting on this content, delegate Nguyen Van Huy, National Assembly Delegation of Thai Binh province expressed his approval for option 1. According to the delegate, this option inherits experience in managing and organizing the implementation of community projects of the previous Program 135. However, it is necessary to have an acceptance before handing over to the community, presiding over the joint management. At point b, the Government studies that in climate change areas, for assets worth over 500 million, the state budget supports no more than 20%, the remaining asset value is the capital of the joint chair or enjoys preferential credit loans from the Social Policy Bank. In addition, to suit the local practical situation, this policy can be assigned to the People's Committees of the provinces to stipulate each specific case. Delegates also noted that during the implementation process, there needs to be strict control to avoid taking advantage of the policy, while at the same time strengthening information and propaganda work to raise people's awareness.

Also at the discussion session, delegates agreed to supplement the medium-term public investment plan of central budget capital for the period 2021-2025 from the general reserve source corresponding to the increased central budget revenue in 2022 for public investment tasks and projects and supplement the medium-term public investment plan for Vietnam Electricity Group from the reserve source of the medium-term public investment plan.

Vu Son Tung

(Office of the National Assembly Delegation and Provincial People's Council)