Enhancing accountability to accelerate public investment disbursement

As of mid-July 2026, Dong Nai City’s public investment disbursement rate is higher than the national average. However, a substantial amount of capital still needs to be disbursed during the remainder of the year. Therefore, the city will continue implementing decisive measures to achieve its disbursement targets.

Public investment disbursement is one of the city's key priorities, playing a vital role in achieving its economic growth objectives for 2026.

More than VND14.7 trillion yet to be disbursed

In 2026, the total state budget investment plan allocated to Dong Nai City by the Prime Minister amounts to more than VND27 trillion. After deducting the mandatory 5% public investment expenditure savings transferred to the central government, the remaining capital plan totals more than VND25.8 trillion.

Construction of Component Project 3 of Ho Chi Minh City’s Ring Road 3 passing through Dong Nai City.

As of July 15, Dong Nai had cumulatively disbursed more than VND11 trillion, equivalent to nearly 41% of the investment plan assigned by the Prime Minister, exceeding the national average disbursement rate of 36.8%. Based on the capital plan after deducting the mandatory 5% savings, the city’s disbursement rate reached nearly 43%.

According to Tran Anh Tu, Deputy Director of the Department of Finance, among the 45 project owners directly assigned investment targets by the City People's Committee, 23 units had achieved disbursement rates ranging from 50% to over 90% of their allocated capital by mid-July 2026. Notably, four units had fully disbursed all of their allocated investment capital for 2026.

Regarding investment funds allocated to commune-level People’s Committees, 42 communes and wards had achieved disbursement rates exceeding 50% of their assigned plans. Particularly, during the one-month period from mid-June to mid-July 2026, several communes and wards recorded significant increases in disbursement performance, including Dong Xoai, Binh Phuoc, Chon Thanh, Trang Bom, Minh Hung, Nam Cat Tien, and Xuan Hoa.

Nguyen Anh Tai, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Chon Thanh Ward, said that the locality was allocated more than VND242 billion in public investment capital for 2026. To date, the ward has disbursed VND157 billion, achieving 60% of its annual plan. Chon Thanh aims to reach a 95% disbursement rate by the end of November and complete 100% disbursement before December 31, 2026.

“We will continue implementing measures to accelerate disbursement, with a focus on investment preparation, site clearance, and the selection of consulting firms and construction contractors”, Tai added.

During the first half of 2026, Dong Nai made remarkable progress in public investment disbursement, achieving a high disbursement rate compared with previous years. Nevertheless, significant challenges remain, particularly as more than VND14.7 trillion still needs to be disbursed during the remaining months of the year (based on the plan after deducting the 5% savings).

Linking accountability to disbursement performance

According to Ho Van Ha, Member of the City Party Committee and Vice Chairman of the Dong Nai City People’s Committee, the city will continue implementing key measures to fully disburse its 2026 public investment capital. These include accelerating site clearance, completing investment procedures, selecting contractors, strengthening on-site inspections, closely monitoring the progress of each project, and promptly resolving obstacles and bottlenecks.

Vice Chairman Ho Van Ha has requested the Department of Home Affairs to advise on a plan for inspecting accountability related to public investment disbursement and land clearance. He also assigned the Department of Finance to advise on the formulation of criteria for a Key Performance Indicator (KPI)-based scoring method to evaluate public investment disbursement performance.

In particular, Dong Nai places strong emphasis on the role and holds the heads of agencies, units, local authorities, and project accountable for public investment disbursement results.

Disbursement performance has been identified as an important criterion for assessing the fulfillment of duties of agency leaders, organizations, and individuals involved.

According to Nguyen Huu Dinh, Director of the Department of Home Affairs, the department has worked closely with relevant agencies to advise on the evaluation of officials, civil servants, public employees, and agency heads in relation to public investment disbursement and site clearance activities.

The department has also advised the City People’s Committee to commend units that have achieved outstanding disbursement performance while criticizing and requiring corrective actions from units whose disbursement rates remain below the city’s average. Going forward, the Department of Home Affairs will continue advising the City People's Committee in evaluating public investment disbursement performance for the second quarter of 2026.

By Pham Tung - Translated by Diec Quyen, Thu Ha