Tien Giang targets 160.64 million USD in key construction investment
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang plans to mobilise over 3.7 trillion VND (160.64 million USD) in public investment capital this year, Director of the provincial Department of Planning and Investment Nguyen Dinh Thong has said.
Hung Vuong Road in My Tho city of Tien Giang province (Photo: VNA)
Tien Giang (VNA) - The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang plans to mobilise over 3.7trillion VND (160.64 million USD) in public investment capital this year, Directorof the provincial Department of Planning and Investment Nguyen Dinh Thong has said.
Of the figure, thelocal budget will fund nearly 3 trillion VND, while the remainder will comefrom the State budget.
Local authoritiesare set to roll out 189 key constructions in the fields of education andvocational training, health care, population and family planning, transport,agriculture, irrigation and aquaculture, and the national target programme onbuilding new-style rural areas, including works remaining from last year.
Since the start ofthis year, the province has disbursed close to 998 billion VND in publiccapital, reaching nearly 27 percent of the target, of which 936.5 billion VND wasfrom the local budget.
For promptdisbursement, contractors are asked to speed up the construction of remainingworks and those for the programme building new-style rural areas.
In addition, theprovince will bolster transparency, inspections, and supervision at all levelsand by local people, and spare no effort in tackling corruption, losses andwastefulness as well as detecting and strictly handling violations by collectivesand individuals regarding public investment./.
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Hung Vuong Road in My Tho city of Tien Giang province (Photo: VNA) 
