Hanoi strives to disburse 93 percent of public investment by Jan. 31

The capital city of Hanoi is exerting all-out efforts to disburse 93 percent of 2020 public investment by the end of this month, making it to the top performers in the nation, heard at a meeting on January 20.
Hanoi strives to disburse 93 percent of public investment by Jan. 31 ảnh 1Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Ha Minh Hai speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The capital city of Hanoi is exertingall-out efforts to disburse 93 percent of 2020 public investment by the end ofthis month, making it to the top performers in the nation, heard at a meeting onJanuary 20.

The meeting between Vice Chairman of the municipalPeople’s Committee Ha Minh Hai and leaders of the Hanoi State Treasury wasabout the agency’s collection and spending of State budget in 2021.

To achieve the goal, Hai requested concerned authoritiesto focus more on public investment disbursement. The municipal State Treasurymust better coordinate with other sectors to promptly address problems in orderto accelerate the disbursement progress, he said, adding that it should alsoeffectively promote public administrative reforms and make use of informationtechnology to cut procedures businesses and organisations are required tofulfill.

Regarding tasks for this year, the vice mayor asked the agencyto be among pioneers in digital transformation, public administrative reformsand e-Government building.

Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong, Director of the municipal StateTreasury, said the city has so far disbursed 75 percent of its infrastructure constructionand public investment, higher than that of the same period last year.

The agency has established a hotline to tackle relatedissues and been coordinating with the municipal Department of Planning andInvestment to publicise data on local public investment disbursement.

On this occasion, Deputy Minister of Finance Vu Thi Maipresented the third-class Independence Order of the State President to theHanoi State Treasury in recognition of its exceptional achievements in theirmissions, contributing to building socialism and protecting the country./.
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