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In 2019, there were many tasks performed before 2017 but that have not been done by owner’s representative agencies, including some large projects. Illustrative photo.

At a press conference by the Government on the evening of March 3, Ms. Nguyen Thi Phu Ha, Vice Chairman of the Committee for State Capital Management at Enterprises, said that following Government’s Decree 131/2018 / ND-CP, 19 groups and corporations were handed over from five ministries to the Committee for State Capital Management at Enterprises.

During implementation, the Committee received handover records from the ministries, which contained 259 unfinished tasks, including many tasks must be done by the owner’s representative agencies, which were approved before 2017. There were many projects which are in progress for 10 or 20 years.

Ms. Ha said, according to the principle, the transfer should bethe status quo. But through the implementation, the Committee realized that due to the entanglement of public investment projects, some processes and procedures were not clear.

Therefore, the Committee requested that these contents must be clarified. When appropriate plans are presented, there will be a basis for submission to competent authorities for implementation of processes and procedures in accordance with law.

According to this agency, there are currently five groups and corporations using state budget capital. Typically, with the Vietnam Electricity Group, the state budget is still assigned to the group to implement investment projects as well as related projects on the electricity transmission and connection to rural areas. At the same time, the Committee for State Capital Management at Enterprises also allocates capital for projects of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group and a number of projects of the Vietnam National Tobacco Corporation.

However, two units, including Vietnam Railway Corporation and Vietnam Expressway Corporationhave so far been assigned capital through the Ministry of Transport.

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In particular, regarding the maintenance of infrastructure, there are two opinions that are remaining the implementation method as in previous yearsor according to the order-based mechanism. But if the order-based mechanism is followed, despite transferring to either theCommittee for State Capital Management at Enterprises orstaying at the Ministry of Transport, these corporations must follow the general mechanism.