Waste and loss are sometimes greater than corruption
- QTH-3Q19 Nguyen Thi Nhung
- Feb 20, 2022
- 4 min read
Updated: Mar 27, 2022
Discussing at Group 14 this afternoon, the National Assembly deputies (Deputies of the National Assembly) Hai Phong City Delegation, Tuyen Quang Provincial National Assembly Delegation, and Ha Tinh Provincial Delegation highly appreciated the first time the National Assembly discussed the results in the hall. implementation of thrift against waste, together with the consideration of supreme supervision, it is expected that the practice of thrift and anti-waste will go into order and create great resources for the development of the country.
Commenting that "sometimes loss and waste are even bigger than corruption, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue stated that only for suspended projects, if localities conduct a review and focus on solving them completely." will create great changes, create great resources.
In Hanoi, after conducting the review, supervision, and post-monitoring of suspended projects in the whole city, so far, positive results have been achieved, creating conditions for the city to make a breakthrough in the past period. In 2020, Hanoi will grow 1.3 times the national average.
Regarding agricultural land, there are provinces that perform very well such as Son La which is a mountainous province in the North, but thanks to the thorough use of land, attracting people to participate in production, it has become the fruit center of the country. with many products that compete with the specialties of many other localities. However, there are not many localities that can do so.
In fact, the value-added from agricultural land is still low in many places, and illegal use of agricultural land and waste of agricultural land are still common. Along with that, the situation of agroforestry land handed over to the locality but not yet counted and not planned for use is still large, while the ethnic minorities still lack residential and production land.
The President of the National Assembly also cited another example of the waste of commercial floors of resettlement houses. Because of problems with mechanisms and regulations on bidding and auction, they cannot be rented or exploited. commercial, abandonment leads to great waste. "Actually, a lot of problems from property, materials, capital... are still wasted a lot," said the National Assembly Chairman.
In 2020, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the reduced expenses for overseas work have saved the state budget, or cutting recurrent expenditures still has room to save. The National Assembly Chairman said that right at this session of the National Assembly, unnecessary expenses such as decorative flowers will be cut to the maximum, thereby saving both the budget and the public time. preparation power.
The National Assembly Chairman also said that the issue of thrift practice and anti-wastefulness has not been paid enough attention so far. Therefore, this time, the National Assembly is determined to discuss in the hall and conduct supervision to properly assess the situation, thereby having effective implementation solutions, creating development resources. Many other areas have not been exploited and used effectively, such as underground space, telecommunications bands, natural resources, etc. Management and use of public assets are still inadequate.
According to the President of the National Assembly, if in other countries in the world, state agencies lease back offices built by the private sector, the State does not have to invest from the beginning, does not have to worry about maintenance and service; then the capital that should have been for public investment in building the headquarters is converted into recurrent expenditure, the State has more money to invest in development. In addition, regulations on normative standards, asset procurement, public service provision... still have many shortcomings that cause difficulties in implementation. Therefore, "must manage and use public property as close as private property. The National Assembly chooses to supervise thrift and anti-waste practices. Each year selects an area, focusing on key issues, from which to get in order and improve the situation, not only in the public sector but also in the public sector. in the private sector, mobilize all of the country's human, material and financial resources for development," the National Assembly Chairman stated.
Noting that the Government has fully reported the required contents of the Law on Practice, Savings, and Prevention of Waste, Deputy Head of Hai Phong City Delegation La Thanh Tan also suggested that additional assessment and solutions should be provided a solution to a number of problems.
Specifically, the Law on thrift practice and anti-wastefulness have 3 systems of normative standards (including a system of documents that must be promulgated by competent agencies, a system of normative standards, and regimes of regulatory agencies). budget management, labor, and internal spending standards) as a basis for thrift practice and anti-waste. Therefore, the Government needs to clarify and evaluate more specifically the institutionalization of the norm system compared to the requirements to be issued.
For thrift practice and anti-waste in specific areas, Delegate Tan proposed solutions to strengthen inspection and supervision of the management and use of resources, especially water resources; environmental protection issues, solid waste treatment, waste utilization as a resource; focus on inter-connecting, sharing databases... The government needs to clarify and more specifically evaluate the institutionalization of these institutions, a system of norms, and standards compared to the requirements to be issued.
Comments