Directive No. 20/CT-TTg on medium-term public investment for the period of 2021 – 2025

DIRECTIVE 
On planning medium-term public investment for the period of 2021 – 2025
------------------------

Pursuant to the Law on Public Investment and the Law on State Budget; the Prime Minister requests ministries, ministerial-level agencies, Government-attached agencies and other central agencies as well as People s Committees of provinces and municipalities (hereinafter referred to as ministries, agencies and localities) to deploy medium-term public investment planning for the period of 2021 - 2025 according to the following regulations:

I. EVALUATION OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MEDIUM-TERM PUBLIC INVESTMENT PLAN FOR THE PERIOD OF 2016-2020

Pursuant to the Central Resolution, development objectives and orientations in the 10-year socio-economic development strategy for the period of 2011-2020; Resolution No.07-NQ/TW dated November 18, 2016 of the Politburo on restructuring the state budget and managing public debts to ensure a safe and sustainable national finance (Resolution No.07-NQ/TW); Resolutions of the National Assembly: No.142/2016/QH13 on the 2016-2020 5-year socio-economic development plan (Resolution No.142/2016/QH13), No.25/2016/QH14 on the 5-year national financial plan for the period of 2016-2020 (Resolution No.25/2016/QH14), No.26/2016/QH14 on the medium-term public investment plan for the period of 2016-2020 (Resolution No.26/2016/QH14), No.71/2018/QH14 on adjusting the medium-term public investment plan for the period of 2016-2020; Decision No.63/QD-TTg dated January 12, 2018 approving the Scheme on restructuring public investment in the period of 2017-2020, with orientations towards 2025 (Decision No.63/QD- TTg); Resolutions of the Government; Resolutions of People s Councils at all levels on 5-year socio-economic development plans and financial plans for the period of 2016-2020, medium-term public investment plans for the period of 2016-2020, regional and territorial socio-economic development planning, sector development planning; based on the results of implementation of public investment plans in the years from 2016 to 2018, the ongoing implementation in 2019 and the planning for 2020, ministries, sectors and localities shall assess the implementation of the medium-term public investment plan for the period of 2016-2020 according to each specific capital source, including: State budget capital (central budget capital (including Government bond capital) and local budget-balanced capital); capital from revenue left for investment but not yet included in the state budget balance; State credit capital for development investment; local bond capital and other loans of local budget; official development assistance (ODA) and concessional loans from foreign donors. The implementation evaluation report on the medium-term public investment plan shall focus on analyzing some contents as follows:

1. The implementation of plans of branches, domains, programs and projects for each capital source in reality compared with the approved plans, including: the allocation and adjustment of annual capital investment plans for projects assigned by the Prime Minister in the medium-term public investment plan for the period of 2016-2020 and the previous year s capital plans (if any), adjustments of the medium-term public investment plan for the 2016 period - 2020 (if any) and disbursement results, in which contents shall be mentioned as: capital for the annual plans, capital for the previous year s plans extended to the next year; the number of projects adjusting the total investment compared to the initial investment decisions; the number of projects carried out slowly compared to the approved investment decisions and investment plans; the situation of making, appraising and approving decisions on investing in public investment projects and adjusting public investment projects (if any) in accordance with the Law on Public Investment and guiding documents of the Government and the Prime Minister. 

The implementation of investment projects funded by the proceeds from the sale of assets on land and the transfer of land use rights. 

Ministry of Health, Ministry of National Defense and People s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City shall report on the implementation of investment and construction of 05 central and national-level hospitals from the advance funding of the Business Arrangement and Development Assistance Fund (the details of total capital disbursed from the Fund, the amount of disbursed capital, the amount of capital provided but not yet disbursed, the amount of uninvested capital), the amount of capital allocated from development investment expenditure estimates of State budget for the period of 2017-2019 (including the amount of paid capital) and the implementation of capital investment.

Regarding investment capital included in local budget balances, localities shall clearly report on the local budget balances allocated annually compared to the amount of medium-term capital for the period of 2016-2020 assigned by the Prime Minister; the implementation of public investment plans with local budget balances and local budgets as prescribed in Resolution No.71/2018/QH14, annual amount of local overspent budgets and the average amount of 05 years from 2016 to 2020; the investment of such overspent budgets; the use of annual local budget extra-revenue for investment.

2. The number of projects with outstanding debts in capital construction, allocated with capital in the medium-term public investment plan for the period of 2016-2020; the situation of capital allocation in years from 2016 to 2019 to pay for outstanding debts in capital construction; the remaining capital to pay for outstanding debts in capital construction in 2020.

3. Advance capital with the need to be recovered in the medium-term public investment plan for the period of 2016-2020; the situation of capital allocation in years from 2016 to 2019 to recover advance capital as well as the arrangements in the 2020 plan to recover the remaining capital. The amount of advance capital to the end of the 2015 plan mentioned in the medium-term public investment plan for the period of 2016-2020 with insufficient arrangement to recover in annual; the advance capital that has not been mentioned in the medium-term public investment plan (if any); proposed remedial measures.

4. The number of projects completed, handed over and put into use in the period 2016-2020; the number of new projects started in the period of 2016-2020 not yet allocated with annual capital; the number of projects left to the period of 2021 – 2025; details of projects in Group A, Group B, Group C.

5. The management, administration and compliance with the law provisions on public investment in the period of 2016-2020.

6. Achievements of public investment, such as: capacity to increase and improve the quality of public services, ... and impacts on the implementation of objectives in socio-economic development plans for the period of 2016-2020 of the whole country and ministries, agencies and localities; The management and use of investment projects completed, handed over and put into use in the period of 2016-2020.

7. Difficulties, problems, shortcomings and limitations in implementation; objective and subjective causes, lessons and experiences; responsibilities of agencies, organizations and individuals at all levels.

8. Solutions and recommendations on policies and mechanisms to be implemented in the remaining 2 years of the medium-term public investment plan for the period of 2016-2020.

9. Agencies assigned with programs, the ministries, agencies and localities shall implement the national target program and other target programs on organizing the evaluation of the program implementation according to the following contents:

a) The implementation of national target programs and other target programs in the period of 2016-2020.

b) The allocation and provision of capital for implementation of national target programs and other target programs in the period of 2016-2020; the integration of programs, mobilization of resources and integration of capital sources implementing the programs in years from 2016 to 2019 with expectations towards 2020, the capital disbursement of the program.

c) The management, administration and observance of regulations in the management of national target programs and other target programs for the period of 2016-2020.

d) The achievements, especially achievements of approved objectives in the investment decisions of the national target program and other target programs; difficulties, problems, shortcomings and limitations in the implementation process; objective and subjective causes, lessons and experiences as well as responsibilities at all levels.

e) Solutions and policies with the need to be implemented until the end of the period of 2016-2020 to effectively implement the set objectives of the program.

II. MEDIUM-TERM PUBLIC INVESTMENT PLANNING FOR THE PERIOD OF 2021 - 2025

The planning of medium-term public investment for the period of 2021 - 2025 shall comply with the provisions of the Law on Public Investment, the Law on State Budget, closely follow the plans to be submitted to the Party Congress at all levels on objectives, orientations and tasks of socio-economic development in 10 years from 2021 to 2030 as well as 5-year socio-economic development plans for the period of 2021 - 2025 (including main objectives, orientations and tasks on finance, budget and investment); Resolution No.07-NQ/TW of the Politburo; Decision No.63/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister; the implementation and results of the medium-term public investment plan for the period of 2016-2020.

1. Objectives and orientations for public investment in the period of 2021 - 2025

The objectives of public investment in the period of 2021 - 2025: Attracting and effectively using investment capital sources to develop the economy; investing in economic and social infrastructure systems; serving for the implementation of the objectives and targets of the 10-year socio-economic development strategy in the period of 2021 - 2030 and the 5-year socio-economic development plan in the period of 2021 – 2025, in which public investment capital shall be used to complete and accelerate the implementation of national target programs, national important projects, key projects with great significance for socio-economic development of the whole country, connectivity and regional wide-spreading.  Investment capital from the state budget shall be preferentially invested in mountainous areas, ethnic minority areas, areas frequently hit by natural disasters and floods, as well as other difficult areas. Investment capital from the state budget shall not be invested the fields and projects in which other economic sectors can invest. The principle of prioritizing the allocation and use of state budget capital to maximize the exploitation of capital sources of other economic sectors shall be thoroughly grasped. Breakthroughs shall be  made to attract domestic and foreign private sector capital in the form of public-private partnerships, thus focusing on investing in developing important socio-economic infrastructure systems, especially projects with wide-spreading and great significance for socio-economic development; social infrastructure projects serving the community in the fields of health and education.

2. Principles for medium-term public investment planning for the period of 2021-2025

a) The medium-term public investment planning shall aim at implementing the development objectives and orientations in the 10-year socio-economic development strategy in the period of 2021-2030, 5-year socio-economic development plan in the period of 2021-2025 of the whole country, each sector, domain and locality as well as socio-economic development plans and approved branch and field plans.

b) Being in line with the 5-year national financial plan in the period of 2021-2025, the ability to balance public investment capital sources and attract investment capital sources of other economic sectors; ensuring macro-economic balance and public debt safety.

c) The allocation of public investment capital shall comply with the principles, criteria and norms of public investment allocation in the period 2021-2025 decided by the competent authorities.

d) Assessing the implementation of the tasks of socio-economic development as well as medium-term public investment plans for the period of 2016-2020 of ministries, agencies and localities to determine the key and important tasks to be implemented in the period of 2021 - 2025 in accordance with the objectives of allocating public investment capital in the same period; actively arranging the order of priority expenditures, programs and projects approved by competent authorities according to the urgency, importance and implementation capability in the period of 2021-2025; focusing on allocating public investment capital to complete and accelerate the implementation of important national programs and projects, key programs and projects with great significance for socio-economic development of the whole country and agencies at all levels; repaying the advance capital provided by State budget for the plans; paying loans of local budgets.

e) Not allocating capital for programs and projects not in the field of public investment.

f) Arranging sufficient capital for investment preparation for the 2020 plan and the public investment plan for the period of 2021-2025 for the purposes of formulation, appraisal and decision of investment; preparing, appraising and making investment decisions for new investment projects in the period of 2021-2025. The capital for formulation, appraisal, decision or approval, announcement and adjustment of the plans shall be in accordance with law provisions on planning.

g) Arranging capital for public investment plan in the period of 2021 - 2025 to fully pay the amount of outstanding capital construction debts arising before January 1, 2015.

h) Ensuring publicity, transparency and fairness in medium-term public investment planning.

i) Ensuring centralized and unified management of objectives, mechanisms and policies; implementing decentralization in investment management in accordance with the law provision, thus creating autonomy for agencies at all levels and improving investment efficiency.

3. Review the list of public investment projects for the period of 2016-2020 in transition to the period of 2021-2025

Ministries, agencies and localities shall review of the projects that have been assigned in the medium-term public investment plan for the period of 2016-2020 and make lists of projects under each capital source into groups as follows: (i) List of projects expected to be completed in the period of 2016-2020 but not yet allocated enough capital; (ii) List of transitional projects to be completed after 2020; (iii) List of projects assigned in the medium-term investment plans for the period of 2016-2020 but not yet allocated annual public investment; (iv) List of projects using foreign capital signed in Agreements but not yet included in the list of medium-term public investment plans for the period of 2016-2020.

4. Review the outstanding debts in capital construction and the advance capital

Ministries, agencies and localities shall summarize and review the outstanding debts in capital construction arising before January 1, 2015 but not yet mentioned in the medium-term public investment plan for the period of 2016-2020 (if any), the amount of advance capital in the end of the 2015 plan to be recovered in the period of 2021-2025; the amount of advance capital arising in the period of 2016 – 2020 but not yet recover (if any).

5. Categorize and allocate public investment capital for public investment projects in the period of 2021-2025 for

On the basis of the principles, objectives and orientations of public investment in the period of 2021-2025 as prescribed in Points 1 and 2 of Section II, ministries, agencies and localities shall select and arrange medium-term investment of each capital source for each branch, domain and program in the following order of priority:

a) Projects completed, handed over and put into use but not allocated enough capital;

b) Counterpart funds for projects using ODA and concessional loans from foreign donors;

c) Investment capital of the State implementing the projects in the form of public-private partnerships;

d) Transitional projects with approved schedules;

e) Projects expected to be completed in the period of the plan;

f) Newly started projects shall satisfy the following conditions:

- Necessary programs and projects meeting the conditions for allocating planned capital according to regulations.

- Allocated with enough capital to pay outstanding debts for capital construction according to regulations.

- Ensure sufficient capital for the completion of the programs or projects according to the approved investment schedules.

III. DISTRIBUTION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS OF THE MEDIUM-TERM PUBLIC INVESTMENT PLAN FOR THE PERIOD OF 2021 - 2025

1. The Ministry of Planning and Investment shall assume the prime responsibility and coordinate with the concerned agencies in:

a) Before August 15, 2019, guiding the implementation of this Directive, which provides specific guidance on the medium-term public investment planning progress.

b) Before December 31, 2019, formulating principles, criteria and norms for allocation of investment capital from state budget for development in the period of 2021-2025 and submitting them to competent authorities according to regulations.

c) Before July 31, 2020, reviewing and summarizing the medium-term public investment plan for the period of 2021-2025 and submitting them to competent authorities according to regulations.

d) Before December 31, 2019, assessing the implementation of medium-term public investment plans for the period of 2016-2020; summarizing difficulties, obstacles, lessons and experiences and proposing solutions to effectively implement the medium-term public investment plan for the period of 2016-2020 in the remaining time, the reporting the results to the Prime Minister.

2. Ministry of Finance shall:

a) Before January 31, 2020, assume the prime responsibility and coordinate with the Ministry of Planning and Investment and concerned agencies in reporting to the competent authorities to estimate the ability to balance the state budget for development investment expenditures in period of 2021 - 2025.

b) Coordinate with the Ministry of Planning and Investment in:

- Determining the investment capital from state budget for national development investment for each branch and domain in the medium-term public investment plan in the period of 2021-2025.

- Reviewing and summarizing medium-term public investment plans for the period of 2021-2025.

3. Ministers, Heads of the Government-attached and other central agencies, Chairpersons of the People s Committees of the provinces and municipalities shall, based on their functions and tasks and the provisions of this Directive, urgently organize the implementation following the schedule as prescribed in the Law on Public Investment and the guidelines of the Ministry of Planning and Investment, thus ensuring the quality, savings and effectiveness of medium-term public investment planning for the period 2021 -2025./.