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When will a public investment law be issued? (02/5)

02/05/2013 - 13 Lượt xem

According to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the public investment bill was first drafted in 2009 in accordance with National Assembly Resolution 72/2006/QH11 dated November 29, 2006 and was developed and revised in 2010 in compliance with National Assembly Executive Committee Resolution 883/2010/UBTVQH12 dated February 9, 2010.
While the bill was drafting, the ministry held many meetings to gather suggestions for improving the bill from ministries, sectors, localities, organizations and donors. Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh said that the ministry many times submitted the bill to all of the 18 members of the government for an agreement upon the bill but a number of provisions of the bill haven't been agreed yet.
Discussions on the bill at the April 18 meeting remained controversial and no agreement was made. Meeting participants who are representatives from the Ministry of Construction, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Transport disagreed with a number of provisions of the bill and proposed that these provisions be revised and supplemented.
Deputy Minister of Transport Truong Tan Vien said that it is necessary to clarify investment policies described in the bill. Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh said that public investment remains spontaneous and investment project efficiency is not assessed.
There are no legal documents clarifying responsibilities of investment policy makers. This has led to investment without efficiency control and state capital losses. Meeting participants suggested that the bill clarify responsibilities of investment policy makers.
The Ministry of Construction's representatives proposed that the bill have provisions on mid-term and term assessment of individual investment projects to avoid a situation in which investment efficiency is not assured and committed.
The Ministry of Finance's representatives said that the public investment bill has a relation with many issued laws including the budget law, the investment law, the construction law and other laws. This is why making overlapping provisions should be avoided upon preparing a public investment law.
Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh said that suggestions of ministries and sectors will be considered to improve the public investment bill while encouraging ministries and sectors to promptly provide more suggestions for the bill so the bill could be issued soon. A late issuance of an official public investment law will not only affect economic restructuring with public investment restructuring being the core but also cause state capital losses, Vinh said./

Source: VEN.