A car with registration plate in blue and white, which means it is a public asset (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – The Government has made efforts to improve the management of publiꦑc assets but the task is made difficult by its massive scale and deficient database.
According to the Ministry of Finance’s Public Asset Management Department, in the first six months of this year 766 different assets - 69 land plots, 296 houses, and 384 cars - were sold for a total of 746 billion VND (33.5 million USD).
In the period the Ministry took back assets worth 26 billion VND (1.17 million USD) from 10 State-funded projects.
Another 35 trillion VND (1.57 billion USD) was raised by rearranging and selling State-owned houses and lands.
“To make the management more effective, the Public Asset Management Department should review all existing policies and amend them if necessary,” Deputy Minister of Finance Nguyen Huu Chi told Vietnam Economic Times.
He said it should digitise the database on about public assets and improve oversight of them.
The department listed several difficulties in managing the assets.
While they are massive, there is no overall policy on how to use, exploit and manage these assets. Instead, they are found piecemeal in many separate decrees issued by different industries and ministries. As a result, there is no unified and up-to-date database on public assets.
Secondly, though the value of State offices and other assets worth over 500 million VND (22,500 USD) alone is around 47 billion USD and despite the fact the offices are often in prime locations, they have not been exploited properly.
Many have been approved for sale but the process is stalled because of the lack of detailed plans and persons vested with the authority to go ahead.
Thirdly, the transport infrastructure is not exploited effectively and return on investment is too low. The economic downturn and real estate market slump meant private investors were not keen on investing in roads, and the bulk of the responsibility fell on the Government. Besides, the lands along roads have not been exploited efficiently either.
Fourthly, since the cash-strapped authorities are not able to put “clean” public lands up for competitive bidding, the price discovery is not effective.
With more resources, they could pay compensation to land owners and auction off lands. Now, since lands are often sold with an encumbrance attached to them, they fetch low prices.
Fifthly, other assets like natural resources, water, forests, and seafood all lack precise information about economic value.
Finally, public assets are often managed by multiple agencies, making their management chaotic.-VNA
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A car with registration plate in blue and white, which means it is a public asset (Photo: VNA)
