Approving new plan on re-arranging and handling 1,402 houses and land in 2021

Scene of the Conference to summarize and evaluate the performance in 2021 and implementation of the work programme in 2022 of the Public Asset Management Department

This is the information given at the conference to summarize and evaluate the performance in 2021 and implementation of the work programme in 2022 of the Public Asset Management Department held on December 30. Deputy Minister of Finance Tran Xuan Ha attended and directed the conference.

According to the report, in 2021, along with the work of perfecting the system of standards and norms for public property used by ministries, sectors and localities, the Public Asset Management Department has reported to the Ministry of Finance for comment on standards and norms for using special-use cars under the competence of 17 ministries, central agencies and four localities.

At the same time, it is recommended to provide additional information to have a basis for commenting on the standards and norms for using special-use cars of five ministries, central agencies and three localities. Besides that, the unit submitted to the ministry for comments on standards and norms for using specialized offices for nine ministries, sectors and central agencies.

Regarding the management and use of houses and land, in 2021, along with the coordination in rearrangement and handling of houses and land of agencies, organizations, units and enterprises under central management, the department has submitted to the Ministry to approve a new plan to rearrange and handle 1,402 housing and land facilities and approved the adjustment of the plan for 149 housing and land facilities of ministries and central agencies. By November 30, 2021, the Ministry of Finance has approved a plan to rearrange and handle 29,564 housing and land facilities of ministries and central agencies.

In terms of modernizing the management and use of public assets, in 2021, the Department issued guidelines for updating, reviewing and standardizing data in the national database on public assets; completing the implementation of large-scale training (up to level 2) for ministries, sectors, central agencies and localities to officially put into operation from 2022.

Addressing the conference, Deputy Minister of Finance Tran Xuan Ha praised and highly appreciated the results achieved by the Public Asset Management Department in 2021. In 2022, Deputy Minister Tran Xuan Ha asked to continue reviewing and finalizing legal documents guiding the Law on Management and Use of Public Property, especially contents related to the management of public assets at public non-business units for business purposes, leasing, joint venture, association, standard norms of public cars; policies related to the financial mechanisms of land.

In addition, it is necessary to step up and further strengthen the inspection and examination of the management and use of public assets. This work has been interrupted for the past two years due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Along with that, the Deputy Minister requested the Public Asset Management Department to closely coordinate with the Inspectorate of the Ministry, proactively proposing to include inspection contents of the management and use of public assets into the inspection programme on finance and banking. The department's policy, which selects a number of key inspection topics such as: arranging housing facilities, using public assets to pay for Build-Transfer contracts, land finance, sanctions on financial public products.

At the same time, continuing to review and perfect the database on national public assets. In the immediate future, it is necessary to focus on reviewing and arranging the housing facilities of the sector and other ministries and branches. Speeding ​​up the guidance of ministries, sectors and localities to update, review and standardize data in the national database on public property.