Resolution No 100/2015/QH13 dated November 12, 2015 of the National Assembly on approving the investment policy for national target programs during 2016-2020

RESOLUTION

Approving the investment policy for national target programs during 2016-2020[1]

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

Pursuant to the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;

Pursuant to Law No. 30/2001/QH10 on Organization of the National Assembly, which was amended and supplemented under Law No. 83/2007/QH11 and Law No. 57/2014/QH13 on Organization of the National Assembly;

Pursuant to Law No. 49/2014/QH13 on Public Investment;

Pursuant to Law No. 01/2002/QH11 on the State Budget and Law No. 83/2015/QH13 on the State Budget;

Considering the Government’s Report No. 507/BC-CP of October 13, 2015, on assessment of the implementation of national target programs during 2011-2015 and orientations for elaboration of national target programs during 2016-2020; the Government’s Document No. 439/TTr-CP of September 21, 2015, on proposal of the investment policy for the national target program on sustainable poverty reduction during 2016-2020; the Government’s Document No. 543/TTr-CP of October 19, 2015, on proposal of the investment policy for the national target program on new countryside building during 2016-2020; the Finance and Budget Committee’s Verification Report No. 3043/BC-UBTCNS13 of October 19, 2015, on review of the implementation of national target programs during 2011-2015 and orientations for national target programs during 2016-2020; the Government’s Explanation and Assimilation Report No. 597/BC-CP of October 31, 2015, on two national target programs during 2016-2020; the Finance and Budget Committee’s Additional Verification Report No. 3076/BC-UBTCNS13 of November 2, 2015, on the implementation of the 2015 state budget of 2015, state budget estimates and a plan on central budget allocation for 2016, and national target programs during 2016-2020; and the National Assembly Standing Committee’s Explanation and Assimilation Report No. 991/BC-UBTVQH13 of November 11, 2015, on review of the implementation of national target programs during 2011-2015 and orientations for national target programs during 2016-2020,

RESOLVES:

Article 1.The list of national target programs during 2016-2020 consists of:

1. National target program on new countryside building;

2. National target program on sustainable poverty reduction.

Article 2.Objectives of programs

1. National target program on new countryside building:

a/ General objectives: To build a new countryside in order to raise people’s material and spiritual lives, with appropriate socio-economic infrastructure and rational economic structure and forms of production organization, associating the development of agriculture with industries and services and of rural with urban areas; to ensure a democratic, equal and stable rural community deeply imbued with national cultural identity; to protect the eco-environment and maintain security and order.

b/ Specific objectives: By 2020, around 50% of communes will reach new countryside criteria; and there will be no commune reaching less than 5 new countryside criteria.

2. National target program on sustainable poverty reduction:

a/ General objectives: To implement sustainable poverty reduction and limit relapse into poverty; to contribute to economic growth, ensure social security, raise the poor’s material and spiritual lives and income during 2016-2020.

b/ Specific objectives: To reduce the poverty rate by an average of 1%-1.5% per year nationwide; or by 4% per year according to the national poverty line during 2016-2020, particularly for poor districts and extreme difficulty-hit communes.

Article 3. Scope and duration of implementation of programs

1. National target program on new countryside building:

a/ Scope of implementation: communes nationwide.

b/ Duration of implementation: from 2016 through 2020.

2. National target program on sustainable poverty reduction:

a/ Scope of implementation: nationwide, focusing on poor districts defined in the Government’s Resolution No. 30a/2008/NQ-CP on the support program for fast and sustainable poverty reduction in 61 poor districts (now 64); poor districts with a high rate of poor households eligible for infrastructure investment mechanisms and policies provided on Resolution No.30a/2008/NQ-CP;extreme difficulty-hit communes in alluvial and coastal areas and on islands; extreme difficulty-hit communes in ethnic minority and mountainous regions, border communes, communes in former resistance bases and extreme difficulty-hit villages (Program 135).

b/ Duration of implementation: from 2016 through 2020.

Article 4.Funds for the implementation of national target programs during 2016-2020

1. National target program on new countryside building: The state budget shall allocate at least VND 193,155.6 billion, of which:

a/ The central budget: VND 63,155.6 billion

b/ Local budgets: VND 130 trillion

In the course of administration, the Government shall further balance the central budget in order to provide additional support for the program and rationally raise non-state budget funds for the program implementation.

2. National target program on sustainable poverty reduction: The state budget shall allocate at least VND 46,161 billion, of which:

a/ The central budget: VND 41,449 billion

b/ Local budgets: VND 4,712 billion

In the course of administration, the Government shall further balance the central budget in order to provide additional support for the program and rationally raise non-state budget funds for the program implementation.

3. To assign the Government to further review 21 target programs promulgated together with the National Assembly Standing Committee’s Resolution No. 1023/NQ-UBTVQH13 of August 28, 2015, on principles, criteria and allocation levels of development investment capital from the state budget during 2016-2020; to eliminate objectives and tasks of target programs which overlap with those stipulated in the national target program on new country building and the national target program on sustainable poverty reduction.

Article 5.Principles of allocation of central budget funds for implementation of programs

1. National target programs on new countryside building:

a/ To prioritize resources for extreme difficulty-hit communes, border communes and communes in former resistance bases; extreme difficulty-hit communes in alluvial and coastal areas and on islands; poor communes of poor districts; poor communes of districts with a high rate of poor households eligible for infrastructure investment mechanisms and policies applicable to poor districts.

b/ To focus investment in communes which satisfy less than 5 new countryside criteria or communes satisfying more than 15 criteria in order to attain the objectives of new countryside building; to attach importance to investment in communes which have not completed basic infrastructure works (transport, electricity, school, health station, clean water and irrigation); to support production development and environmental protection.

c/ Central budget supports for local budgets for the program implementation shall be based on the 2014 budget revenue-expenditure estimates of each locality, specifically as follows:

- For localities with revenues regulated to the central budget: Support from the central budget shall not be provided (except Quang Ngai province). These localities shall allocate their local budget funds at a rate higher than other localities, and lawfully raise non-state budget funds for the fulfillment of the program’s objectives.

- For localities which receive central budget supports at rate of 50% or more: To allocate funds at a high rate, depending on the total number of communes; extreme difficulty-hit communes, border communes and communes in former resistance bases; and extreme difficulty-hit communes in alluvial and coastal areas and on islands.

- For Quang Ngai province and localities which receive central budget supports at a rate of under 50%: To allocate funds at a rate lower than localities receiving central budget supports at a rate of 50% or more.

d/ Based on the principles of allocation of central budget funds for the implementation of programs, the Government shall specify allocation levels of central budget funds and local budget funds to suit reality, budget-balancing capacity, annual plan and the 5-year medium-term investment plan during 2016-2020;

dd/ The central level shall provide each locality with a total fund. The chairperson of a provincial-level People’s Committee shall submit the allocation of such fund to the provincial-level People’s Council for decision as a basis for direction and administration.

2. National target program on sustainable poverty reduction:

a/ To provide poor districts with supports at levels specified in the Government’s Resolution No. 30a/2008/NQ-CP on the support program for fast and sustainable poverty reduction in 61 poor districts (now 64); poor districts with a high rate of poor households eligible for infrastructure investment mechanisms and policies provided on Resolution No.30a/2008/NQ-CP;extreme difficulty-hit communes in alluvial and coastal areas and on islands; extreme difficulty-hit communes in ethnic minority and mountainous regions, border communes, communes in former resistance bases and extreme difficulty-hit villages (Program 135); and other communes.

Localities shall allocate their local budgets and lawfully raise non-state budget funds for the fulfillment of the program’s objectives.

To assign the Government to specify support levels for each district, commune and village.

b/ The central level shall provide each locality with a total fund under the program’s projects, specifying the financial support for Program 30a and Program 135. The chairperson of a provincial-level People’s Committee shall submit the allocation of such fund to the provincial-level People’s Council for decision as a basis for direction and administration.

Article 6.Solutions and mechanisms for management and administration

1. Solutions for fund raising and organization of implementation:

a/ To implement synchronous fund raising solutions, ensuring sufficient and prompt raising of funds according to prescribed structure. Localities shall lawfully allocate sufficient funds from their local budgets for the implementation of programs.

b/ To review and phase investment, prioritizing concentrated investment, avoiding thinned-out investment and outstanding debts, and complying with the Law on Public Investment, and raise adequate funds for the implementation of programs.

c/ To review and adjust new countryside criteria for communes to suit reality and each region and area.

2. Mechanisms for management and administration:

a/ The Prime Minister shall set up the Central Steering Committee for implementation of national target programs, which is headed by a Deputy Prime Minister. The Ministry of Planning and Investment shall be in charge of summarization of the 2 programs. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall assume the prime responsibility for the national target program on new countryside building. The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs shall assume the prime responsibility for the national target program on sustainable poverty reduction. The Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs and related ministries and sectors shall have their representatives being members of the Central Steering Committee.

A provincial-level People’s Committee shall set up a local Steering Committee for implementation of national target programs, which is headed by the chairperson of the provincial-level People’s Committee. The provincial-level Planning and Investment Department shall be in charge of summarization of the 2 programs. The provincial-level of Agriculture and Rural Development Department shall assume the prime responsibility for the national target program on new countryside building. The provincial-level Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Department shall assume the prime responsibility for the national target program on sustainable poverty reduction. The agency in charge of state management of ethnic minority affairs and related departments and sectors shall have their representatives being members of the local Steering Committee.

b/ To assign the Prime Minister to define functions and tasks of the Central Steering Committee for implementation of national target programs and guide localities in determining functions and tasks of local Steering Committees to suit reality.

c/ To review, amend and supplement provisions on management and administration of the implementation of national target programs to make them comply with the Law on Public Investment and the Law on the State Budget, ensuring concentration and avoiding overlap with policies in order to allocate and use resources in an efficient manner.

d/ To apply an abridged special mechanism for a number of investment projects with a small scale or uncomplicated techniques, with funds partly allocated by the State and partly contributed by people, which are under people’s supervision. To assign the Government to specify the abridged special mechanism.

Article 7.The Prime Minister is assigned to:

1. Decide on investment in the national target program on new countryside building during 2016-2020 and the national target program on sustainable poverty reduction during 2016-2020 in the order defined in the Law on Public Investment.

2. Direct program-managing ministries and localities to implement, monitor, examine and assess the implementation of national target programs; direct localities to fulfill commitments on their responsibilities for balancing, mobilizing and using resources to ensure effective implementation of national target programs.

3. Annually, at the year-end National Assembly session, the Government shall report on the results of implementation of national target programs to the National Assembly.

Article 8.Provincial-level People’s Councils and People’s Committees are assigned to:

1. Work out plans, and allocate local budgets and, together with the central budget and other resources, for implementing the 2 national target programs.

2. Annually, at its year-end meeting, the provincial-level People’s Committee shall report the results of implementation of national target programs to the provincial-level People’s Council and the Prime Minister.

Article 9.Supervision of implementation of national target programs

The Standing Committee, the Finance and Budget Committee, the Ethnic Council and other Committees of the National Assembly, delegations of National Assembly deputies and National Assembly deputies, and the Vietnam Fatherland Frond and its member organizations shall, within their functions and tasks, supervise the implementation of national target programs in ministries, sectors and localities under this Resolution and relevant legal documents.

This Resolution was adopted on November 12, 2015, by the XIII^thNational Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at its 10^thsession.-

Chairman of the National Assembly
NGUYEN SINH HUNG