Hong Phuc
Regular expenses financed by the State budget totaled an estimated VND319.1 trillion from January to June, 47.3% of the year’s plan, heard a conference of the State Treasury on Tuesday. It was higher than in previous years.
Notably, the pace of disbursement for capital construction, which had been a bottleneck over the years, improved considerably. By late last month, the State Treasury got the capital construction funding plans that amount to VND246.1 trillion, with roughly VND100.2 trillion already disbursed in the year to end-June, 41% of the financing plan for the year.
In the first half of 2012, the total disbursements for capital construction were VND77.4 trillion.
The amount disbursed for capital construction carried forward to 2013 from last year by the State Treasury were estimated at a combined VND42 trillion in the first half.
The provinces with strong capital disbursements and good controls on routine expenditures are Thanh Hoa, Danang, Dong Nai, Phu Tho, Gia Lai, Bac Giang, Hau Giang, Ninh Binh, Nam Dinh, Soc Trang, Quang Binh, Thai Nguyen, Phu Tho and Binh Duong.
The State Treasury said it would actively work with provincial authorities and project owners to boost disbursements for capital construction and recover the advanced money to achieve the highest disbursement rate in capital construction in the final months of the year.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
