Disbursement of investment capital through State Treasury reaches more than 41% of the plan

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	In the first half of 2019, disbursement of investment capital via the State Treasury reached over 31%

A works uses Government bond capital in Bac Giang province. Photo Thuy Linh.

According to the State Treasury, as of August 15, 2019, accumulated disbursement capital under the 2019 plan through the State Treasury is VND139,103 billion, reaching 37.5% of the plan.

Specifically, the Government disbursement was VND138,156 billion (reaching 37.5% of the plan assigned by the Government). Of which capital construction investment disbursement was VND112,169 billion (reaching 38.1% of the plan assigned by the Government); Government bonds disbursement was VND7,123 billion (reaching 20.4% of the plan assigned by the Government); capital disbursement for the target program and the national target program was VND18,863 billion (reaching 48.6% of the plan assigned by the Government).

Along with that, the revenue for disbursement is VND947 billion, reaching 34.8% of the plan.

The State Treasury expects that, by August 31, 2019, accumulated disbursed investment capital in the 2019 plan through the State Treasury will beVND153,817 billion, accounting for 41.5% of the plan.

As of August 15, the recurrent expenditure via the State Treasury system was VND541,436 billion, accounting for 51.9% of the estimate (excluding expenditure for debt payment, aid, additional financial reserve fund, reserve).

Through the control of State budget expenditures, the State Treasury units have discovered about 7,561 expenditures that are inconsistent with regulations and requested to add necessary procedures and the actual amount rejected for payment is VND21.1 billion.

The State Treasury also expects that, as of August 31, the State Treasury system controlled about VND570,814 billion, accounting for 54.7% of the recurrent expenditure estimate of the State budget through the State Treasury.