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Tonight (May 5), at the government’s regular press conference, questions related to the conversion of 8 PPP investment projects on the North-South Highway to public investment were raised and repeated. 2011 The Government must issue a Resolution to postpone a series of transport projects.
For the North-South Highway Project, if we continue to carry out the appointment of the contractor, is it a step backwards or not, when Resolution 52 of the National Assembly also requires the selection of investors and, in fact, we must “bitter fruits” in the appointment of contractors in the BOT investment?
Responding to this issue, Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Dong – Vice Minister of Transportation (MOT) – said: Based on the proposal of the ministries, branches and the Government, there was Resolution 41 on 9/4/2020 Agree to agree on the policy of converting 8 North-South Highway projects into public investment.
“The investment policy of these 8 projects was approved by the National Assembly with Resolution 52, in which the Prime Minister instructed the Ministry of Transport to implement the procedure to inform the competent authorities” – said Vice Minister Dong. .
According to Mr. Dong, the Ministry of Transport promoted the preparation of the project, adjusted the investment policy and presented a report to the Government, the National Assembly presented the report 4/5 and will undergo a prior evaluation. by informing the National Assembly to consider the conversion policy.
“So we are implementing Resolution 52 of the National Assembly and also implementing related procedures and achieving results that follow progress, namely the prequalification of these 8 projects, basically registered investors, who also expect investors to be capable; deploying all technical designs, approving techniques, estimating public and private partners, the tender documents are also promoting steps, “said Mr. Dong.
Also according to the leader of the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry is preparing the contents related to the adjustment of the investment policy to inform the National Assembly at the next meeting. In case of changing to public investment, which was approved by the National Assembly and adjusted the investment policy, the Ministry of Transport has also prepared a step from now on.
“Of course, it is prepared but not yet approved, including jobs like adjusting investment projects. In the future, when the competent authority allows it, it will decide and review the technical designs because each form of investment has different calculations ”- said Mr. Dong.
Regarding the appointment of contractors with lessons from 2011-2012, the Vice Minister of Transportation stated: MOT’s recommendation is to comply with the law on organization of bidding and selection of contractors. The implementation is parallel in two ways, until a new resolution of the National Assembly is implemented in accordance with the law.
Chau Nhu Quynh
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