PM approves public investment restructuring scheme

The Prime Minister has approved the public investment restructuring scheme for the 2017-2020 period and orientations towards 2025, aiming to form a reasonable public investment structure and improve the socio-economic efficiency of public investment.

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The objectives of the scheme are to organise the effective implementation of medium-term public investment plans associated with medium-term financial plans and the plans for borrowing and repaying public debts; strive towards an annual public investment disbursement rate of over 90%; and continue to renovate and improve public investment management institutions, as well as improving the efficiency and sustainability of public investment.

Also, efforts will be made to facilitate the attraction, management and effective use of development investment resources in the direction of accelerating the socialism of investment and expanding forms of investment.

Accordingly, the restructuring of public investment in the 2017-2020 period and directions towards 2025 will focus on the pivotal sectors and fields of the economy, in addition to the key projects that will have huge spillover effects and create momentum for the country’s socio-economic development. Besides, the scheme will work to make breakthroughs in drawing investment capital from the private sector, both at home and abroad, in the form of public-private partnerships (PPP).

Specifically, State budget capital and Government bonds will be used to finalise and accelerate the implementation progress of national target programmes and key national projects, with priority given to mountainous and ethnic minority regions, the areas which are regularly hit by natural disasters and other disadvantaged localities.

Official development assistance (ODA) capital and preferential loans from foreign donors will be prioritised for the construction of key socio-economic infrastructure facilities, agricultural and rural area development, and the finalisation of modern market economy institutions that suit international practices and meet the requirements for extensive international economic integration.