Quyết định 60/2010/QD-TTg

DECISION

PROMULGATING THE PRINCIPLES, CRITERIA AND NORMS FOR ALLOCATING DEVELOPMENET INVESTMENT CAPITAL WITH THE STATE BUDGET SOURCE DURING 2011-2015

THE PRIME MINISTER

Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on organization of Government;

Pursuant to the Law No. 01/2002/QH11 dated December 16, 2002, and Government’s Decree No. 60/2003/ND-CP dated June 06, 2003, detailing and guiding implementation of the Law on state budget;

At the proposal of the Minister of Planning and Investment,

DECISION:

Article 1. To promulgate together with this Decision the principles, criteria and norms for allocating development investment capital with the state budget source applicable to the period 2011-2015.

Article 2. The criteria and norms for allocating development investment capital with the state budget source defined in Article 1 of this Decision are basis for elaborating the development investment expenditure estimate from state budget of Ministries, Ministerial-level agencies, Government-attached agencies, other Central agencies using the development investment capital with state budget source (abbreviated as Ministries and central sectors); the development investment expenditure estimate from state budget of provinces and central-affiliated cities.

Article 3. The reporting responsibility and time of Ministries, Ministerial-level agencies and People’s Committees of provinces and central-affiliated cities:

1. The responsibilities of Ministries and Ministerial-level agencies:

- The Ministry of Planning and Investment shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Finance in balancing total development investment capital with the state budget source so as to implement criteria, norms specified at this Decision, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (the Directorate of Statistics) shall supply data of population, number of ethnic minority people, area of natural land, rate of poor households calculated till December 31 of last year of provinces and central-affiliated cities.

- The Ministry of Finance shall supply number of performed domestic revenue (excluding revenues from land use), revenues from annual export and import of provinces and central-affiliated cities.

- The Ministry of Internal Affairs shall supply data of district-level administrative units of provinces and central-affiliated cities; number of communal administrative units of poor rural districts calculated till December 31 of last year.

- The Ministry of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs shall supply data of complying with the reporting regime of provinces with poor rural districts according to the Resolution No. 30a/2008/NQ-CP.

- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with Ministry of Internal Affairs in supplying data of district-level administrative units in inland border area of provinces and central-affiliated cities; number of border communes of poor rural districts under the Resolution 30a/2008/NQ-CP.

- The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in supplying data of land area for rice planting of provinces and central-affiliated cities calculated till December 31 of last year.

- The Ministry of Construction shall supply data of urban areas of rank 1, rank 2 and rank 3 of provinces and central-affiliated cities and send it to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

- The Committee for Ethnic Affairs shall supply data of district-, mountainous and island communal-level administrative units of provinces and central-affiliated cities; number of special-difficulty-stricken communes in mountainous and ethnic minority areas under Program on development  of special-difficulty-stricken communes in mountainous and ethnic minority areas during 2011-2015; communes with special-difficulty-stricken hamlets, villages of poor rural districts calculated till December 31 of last year.

2. The responsibilities of People’s Committees of provinces and central-affiliated cities:

- Based on the principles, criteria and norms for allocating development investment capital enclosed with this Decision, financial ability and characteristics, conditions of localities, elaborating the  principles and criteria for allocating development investment capital to sectors, levels of localities and reporting to People’s Councils of provinces and cities for decision. 

- Provinces and central-affiliated cities with poor rural districts shall supply data of poor rural districts about: Rate of disbursement of targeted additional capital for poor rural districts; total residents, including number of ethnic minority people; rate of poor households, rate of households reduced poverty, rate of households relapsed into poverty; rate of forest cover, area of forests planted newly calculated till December 31 of last year.

- Provinces and central-affiliated cities with border rural districts according to Decision No. 120/2003/QD-TTg dated June 11, 2003 and Decision No. 160/2007/QD-TTg dated October 17, 2007 shall supply data of:  Area of border areas; population of border areas; length of border line; number of border communes; number of border rural districts calculated till December 31 of last year.

- Provinces and central-affiliated cities with communes under safe zones shall supply data of: Area, number of communes, population, number of ethnic minority people, rate of poor households, rate of households used clean water, rate of households used national power grid, number of hospital beds of medical centers, communal medical stations over 1,000 people, number km roads over 10 km2 area of natural land in safe zone calculated to December 31 of last year.

3. Time of reporting and supplying data

Ministries, sectors and People’s Committees of provinces and central-affiliated cities shall report, supply data specified at Clause 1, Clause 2 of this Article and send it to the Ministry of Planning and Investment before July 20 of each year.

People’s Committees of provinces and central-affiliated cities shall annually perform the reporting regime of status and result of implementing this Decision, and send reports to the Ministry of Planning and Investment before July 20 of each year.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment shall sum up implementation of this Decision and report to the Prime Minister in the annual plan on development investment with state budget source.

Article 4. This Decision takes effect on November 15, 2010 and applies to budget year from 2011 to 2015. This Decision replaces the Decision No. 210/2006/QD-TTg dated September 12, 2006, of the Prime Minister.

Article 5. The Minister of Planning and Investment shall preside over implementation of this Decision. Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Heads of Governmental agencies, and People’s Committees of provinces and central-affiliated cities shall implement this Decision.

THE PRINCIPLES, CRITERIA AND NORMS FOR ALLOCATING DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT CAPITAL WITH THE STATE BUDGET SOURCE IN THE PERIOD 2011-2015

(Promulgated together with the Decision No. 60/2010/QD-TTg dated September 30, 2010, of the Prime Minister)

I. SECTORS USING DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT CAPITAL IN THE PERIOD 2011-2015

Development investment capital of state budget resource is allocated for preparing investment and performing projects in the following sectors:

1. Agriculture, forestry and fishery: Building, renovation and upgrading of works, projects on irrigation, dykes and prevention of floods and storms; projects on investment in infrastructure for production of agricultural and forestry seeds, livestock breeds and fishery breeds; facilities in serve of state management of plants, animals and epidemic, forest protection and development; infrastructure for aquaculture, shelters from storms for vessels, fishing port, preservation zones of marine products and inland aquatic products.

2. Industry: Investment in petroleum exploitation (investment back for Vietnam Petroleum Corporation); coastal economic zones and infrastructure of industrial zones; power network for areas of ethnic minority groups; support for investment in production of recycle energy; national key products.

3. Transport: Building and upgrading of works, projects on road, railway, waterway, and airway transport.

4. Water supply and handling of garbage, sewage:  building, renovation and upgrading of works, projects on water supply, drainage and handling of waste.

5. Treasure: Building, renovation and upgrading of works of system of treasures, stations preserving national reserve goods, preserving dossiers, documents, warehouse of material evidences.

6. Culture:  Building and renovation of works, projects on preservation, museums, cinemas, libraries.

7. Sport: building and renovation of works, projects in the field of sport and physical exercise.

8. Information and communication: Building and renovation of works and projects in serve of activities of publication, news, press, radio, television in languages of ethnic minorities, telecommunication facilities in serve of national defense and security  objectives, and specific projects been approved by the competent authorities.

9. Science and technology and information technology:  building and renovation of works, projects in the field of science and technology such as: Newly building, upgrading, intensively investing in science and technology organizations, laboratories, practicing workshops; centers of analysis, testing; specialized design offices in the field of natural science and technique; center of technological application and transfer; Sub-departments of Standards - Measurement - Quality of provinces and central-affiliated cities; experimental stations and farms; building and upgrading works of information technology, data processing and building portal. 

10. Education and training: Building and renovation of works, infrastructure projects for education and training establishments of all levels including early childhood, primary, lower secondary, upper secondary education, professional secondary education, vocational schools, colleges, universities.

11. Health and food safety hygiene: Building and renovation of works of projects on hospitals, medical centers, testing offices of the agency for national quality management.

12. Society: Building and renovation of works, projects in serve of objectives for nurturing, nursing meritorious people, invalids, elders, disabilities; caring and nursing health; detoxification and other works of social assistance.

13. Natural Resources and Environment: Building and renovation of the works, projects in the field of sea and islands, geodetic survey, hydrometeorological, geological and mineral exploration, water sources, works of environmental observation and warning, overcome of environmental pollution.  

14. State management: Building and renovation of head office, working places of agencies of Party, National Assembly, Government, People’s Councils and People’s Committees of all levels.

15. National defense and security: Building and renovation of works, projects in serve of defense, security, order and social safety objectives.

II. THE PRINCIPLES FOR ALLOCATING THE DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT CAPITAL WITH STATE BUDGET RESOURCE OF MINISTRIES AND CENTRAL SECTORS

1. Ministries and central sectors which are entitled to use the development investment capital with state budget resource include:

- Agencies of Vietnam Communist Party.

- Agencies of National Assembly.

- Judicial agencies (Procuracies and Courts).

- Ministries, Ministerial-level agencies and Governmental agencies.

- Central agencies of political organizations.

- For investment capital for social organizations, associations and other non-governmental organizations, groups, corporations, the Vietnam Development Bank, Social policy banks, each works, and project will be considered specifically in serve of specific objectives and task for public interests as assigned by the Prime Minister.

2. Allocation of investment capital to Ministries and Central sectors

Government shall submit National Assembly for allocating development investment capital with state budget resource to Ministries and Central sectors on the basis of demand and ability of balancing capital for each sector in line with development objectives and investment plans in plan on economic-social development for 5 years during 2011-2015.

Just allocate for projects on economic-social infrastructure which have no ability for directly refunding capital and serve for public interests.

Allocation of capital for project implementation to Ministries and Central sectors under sectors must base on projects planned, projects with full procedures.

The Prime Minister shall assign plan to ministries, sectors, total investment capital, total capital and list of group-A projects.  

3. Principles for allocating capital for works and projects of Ministries and Central sectors

Base in plans already assigned by the Prime Minister at point 2 mentioned above, Ministries and Central sectors shall allocate capital to specific works and projects in the following principles:

- Works, projects of investment in construction of infrastructure which are allocated capital must serve for objectives of economic-social development of sectors as set out.

- Works and projects allocated capital must be laid in the approved master plans, have full investment procedures according to regulations on investment management and construction.

- Conducting concentrated capital allocation, ensuring the investment efficiency. Prioritizing allocation for national important projects and other big projects, works, completed projects, reciprocal capital for ODA projects; ensuring that time from starting to completion does not exceed 5 years for group-B projects, and not exceed 3 years for group-C projects; not allocating state budget capital for projects when capital sources do not identify.

- It must save a part of capital for payment of debts and advance payment of the planning year.

- Ensuring the publicity, transparence, justice in allocation of development investment capital.

III. THE PRINCIPLES, CRITERIA AND NORMS FOR ALLOCATING DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT CAPITAL IN A BALANCED WAY UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF LOCALITIES

1. The principles for elaborating criteria and norms for allocating capital

- To implement in accordance with Law on state budget, criteria and norms for allocating development investment capital elaborated in 2011, as basis for determining the regulated rate and added number for balanced allocation of central budget to local budgets, be stable in 5 years of the period 2011-2015.

- To ensure rational correlation between the development of key economic regions, localities with big revenues, high amounts regulated into central budget, and the prioritized support for mountainous, border regions, islands, ethnic minority areas and other difficulty-stricken areas so as to contribute in narrowing the gap on economic development qualification, income and living level of residents among regions nationwide.

- To ensure the efficient use of investment capital of state budget, facilitate for attracting maximally other capital resources for development investment.

- To ensure the publicity, transparence, justice in allocation of development investment capital.

- The development investment capital level in balanced way (excluding investment from revenues of land use) in 2011, first year of the stable period 2011-2015 of each province or central-affiliated city is not lower than the capital planned in 2010.

2. The criteria for allocating capital

The criteria for allocating development investment capital in a balanced way (excluding investment from revenues of land use) for localities include 5 the following groups:

- Population criterion, including: Average quantity of residents and number of ethnic minority people of provinces and central-affiliated cities.

- Criteria of development qualification, including: Rate of poor households, number of domestic revenues (excluding revenues of land use) and rate regulated into central budget.

- Area criterion, including: The natural land area of provinces and central-affiliated cities, and rate of land area for planting rice over total natural land area.

- Criterion on district-level administrative unit: Including criterion of number of district-level administrative units; number of mountainous rural districts; high land areas, islands; inland border areas of each province or central-affiliated city.

- Additional criteria, including:

+ Special city criterion:  Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh cities.

+ Criterion of central-affiliated cities: Hai Phong, Da Nang, Can Tho.

+ Criterion of provinces and cities under key economic regions, development centers of zones and sub-zones.

+ Criterion of urban areas of rank 1, rank 2, rank 3.

3. Determination of points of each specific criterion

a) Population criterion: Including the average population, and number of ethnic minority people in 2009. Way of calculation is specified as follows:

(1) Point of average population criterion

Average population of provinces and central-affiliated cities for calculation of point is defined by basing on the data announced by the Directorate of Statistics in 2009.

(2) Point of ethnic minority people criterion

Quantity of ethnic minority people of provinces and central-affiliated cities to calculate point is determined by basing on the data announced by the Directorate of Statistics in 2009.

b) Criteria of development qualification, including 3 criteria: rate of poor households, number of domestic revenues (excluding revenues of land use, crude oil and export and import taxes) and rate regulated into central budget of provinces and cities.

(1) Point of criterion on rate of poor households

Rate of poor households is determined by basing on the announced data of investigation on living level of households in 2008.

(2) Point of domestic revenue criterion (excluding revenues of land use, crude oil, export and import).

Domestic revenues (excluding revenues from land use, crude oil, export and import) are determined the point number by basing on the revenues for state budget in 2009 (that is supplied by the Ministry of Finance) or the revenue estimate of state budget in 2010 already been assigned by the Prime Minister; the more revenues will be basis for calculation of point.

(3) Point of criterion on rate of revenues regulated into central budget

The rate of regulated revenues calculated point is based on the rate of revenue of local budget regulated into central budget in the stable period 2007-2010.

c) Area criteria, including 2 criteria: Area of natural land and rate of land area for planting rice over total natural land area.

(1) Area of natural land

Area of natural land determined point is taken according to date of natural land area calculated till January 01, 2010, as announced by the Directorate of Statistics.

(2) Rate of land area for planting rice over total natural land area

Land area for planting rice for determination of point is calculated by basing on land area for planting rice till January 01, 2010, taken according to data announced by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

d) Criterion on district-level administrative unit, including: Criterion of district-level administrative units (including number of districts, towns); mountainous rural districts; districts in high land areas, islands; inland border areas.

(1) Point of criterion on rural district-level administrative unit:

Quantity of rural district-level administrative units for calculation of point is based on data announced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Directorate of Statistics about quantity of rural district-level administrative units calculated till December 31, 2009.

(2) Point of criterion on rural district-level administrative unit in mountainous areas:

Quantity of rural district-level administrative units in mountainous areas for calculation of point is based on data announced by the Committee for Ethnic Affairs about quantity of rural district-level administrative units in mountainous areas calculated till December 31, 2009.

(3) Point of criterion on rural district-level administrative unit in high land areas and islands

Quantity of rural district-level administrative units in high land areas, islands for calculation of point is based on data announced by the Committee for Ethnic Affairs about quantity of rural district-level administrative units in high land areas, islands calculated till December 31, 2009.

(4) Point of criterion on rural district-level administrative unit in inland border areas

Quantity of rural district-level administrative units in inland border areas for calculation of point is based on data announced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs about quantity of rural district-level administrative units in inland border areas calculated till December 31, 2009.

dd) Additional criteria

Provinces and central-affiliated cities, key economic zones, development centers of zones and sub-zones for determination of point are based on decisions of the Prime Minister till December 31, 2009. Each province or city, its highest point of criterion will be selected as highest point.

Urban areas at rank 1, rank 2 and rank 3 for determination of point are based on decisions of the Minister of Construction calculated till December 31, 2009. In a province or city, if it has both urban areas rank 1, rank 2 and rank 3, it will be enjoyed points of 3 urban criteria and highest point of provinces and central-affiliated cities, key economic zones, development centers of zones and sub-zones (if any).

4. Determination of the capital allocation level

a) Based on above criteria to calculate point of each province, city and total point of 63 provinces and cities as the basis for allocating investment capital in balanced way, according to the following formula:

- Point of population criterion:

+ Total point of general population criterion of province i called as A_i

+ Point of population of province i called as h_i

+ Point of ethnic minority people of province i called as k_i

Point of population criterion of province i will be:

A_i = h_i + k_i

- Point of development qualification criteria

+ Total point of development qualification criteria of province i called as B_i

+ Point of criterion of poor household rate of province i called as I_i

+ Point of domestic revenue criterion (excluding revenues involving land) of province i called as m_i

+ Point of criterion of rate of revenues regulated into central budget is called as n_i

Point of development qualification criteria of province i will be:

B_i = l_i + m_i + n_i

- Point of area criterion

+ Total point of area criterion of province i is called as C_i

+ Point of natural land area is called as o_i

+ Point of rate of land area for planting rice over total land area is p_i

Point of area criterion is:

C_i = o_i + p_i

- Point of criterion on rural district-level administrative unit:

+ Point of criterion on rural district-level administrative unit is called as D_i

+ Point of criterion on rural district-level administrative unit in same province i is called as q_i

+ Point of criterion on mountainous rural district-level administrative unit in province i is called as r_i

+ Point of criterion on rural district-level administrative unit of high land areas, islands in province i is called as s_i

+ Point of criterion on rural district-level administrative unit of inland border areas in province i is called as t_i

Total points of criterion on administrative unit in province i is called as D_i:

D_i = q_i + r_i + s_i + t_i

- Point of additional criteria:

+ Point of criterion on special city i is called as E_i:

+ Point of central-affiliated city is called as F_i

+ Point of province or city in key economic zone is called as G_i:

+ Point of province and city in development center of zone and sub-zone is called as H_i.

+ Point of urban area of rank 1, rank 2, or rank 3 is called as I_i.

Total points of additional criterion of province i called as X_i will be:

X_i = A_i + B_i + C_i + D_i  + Max(E_i; F_i; G_i; H_i) + I_i

- Total points of 63 provinces and cities called as Y, we have:

b) The norm capital for 1 point of allocation is calculated according to the formula:

K is called as total capital for balancing local budget (excluding investment source from revenue from transfer of land use right).

Z is the norm capital for 1 point of investment capital allocation, we have:

c) Total capital in balancing (excluding investment capital from revenues from transfer of land use right) of each locality is calculated under the formula:

V_i is called as capital in balancing (excluding investment capital from revenue from transfer of land use right):

V_i = Z x X_i

5. Adjustment of unreasonable elements

After allocation according to the above criteria and norms, for localities with investment capital in balancing (excluding investment capital from land use revenues) lower than plan 2010 (the capital assigned by the Prime Minister), they will be adjusted equal to investment capital in balancing (excluding investment capital form land use revenue) as plan 2010 assigned by the Prime Minister.

6. Investment capital in balancing of localities

Investment capital in balancing of localities in 2011, the first year of the stable period, as basis for determining rate of revenues regulated into central budget and capital added from central budget to localities will be the investment capital in balancing under the above criteria and norms, capital for support for public enterprises and all revenues from land use of localities according to revenue estimate in 2011.

Investment in balancing of next years in the stable period of 2011-2015 of localities will be calculated on the basis of investment capital in balancing according to the new criteria and norms mentioned above, rate of capital regulated between central budget and local budget or targeted support capital in balancing from central budget in the stable period; capital for support for public enterprises and estimate of annual revenues from land use of localities.

IV. THE PRINCIPLES, CRITERIA AND NORMS FOR ALLOCATING ADDED AND TARGETED CAPITAL FROM CENTRAL BUDGET

1. National objective programs: After National Assembly has approved guidelines, the Prime Minister has approved the national objective program in the period 201—2015, the specialized Ministries in charge of program management have elaborated the principles, criteria and norms for allocating development investment capital, the Ministry of Planning and Investment shall sum up them and submit to the Prime Minister for reporting to the National Assembly Standing Committee to have opinions before promulgating a specific decision on principles, criteria and norms for allocating development investment capital with state budget resource for national objective programs.

2. Programs on economic-social development of:  Northern midland and mountainous; Northern and Central and Central Coast; Red River delta; Highland; Cuu Long River delta regions in period 2011-2015

a) Objects of investment:

- According to Decisions already approved by the Prime Minister for Northern midland and mountainous; Northern and Central and Central Coast; Red River delta; Highland; Cuu Long River delta regions in the period 2011-2015 and transitional works of programs: Infrastructure of markets, infrastructure of traditional villages; support for investment in repair and restoration of historic, cultural, revolution relics and cultural works; support for investment in the coverage of radio and television in Northern mountainous, Highland, Central provinces; support for sport projects managed by localities, support for investment in universities with large scale managed by localities; centers of national defense education.

- For programs on economic-social development in Highland, including support of rural districts adjacent to Highland.

b) Criteria and norms for allocating capital:

- Population criterion: According to the criteria and norms for allocating investment capital in balancing (excluding investment capital from land use revenues) specified at section III above.

- Area criterion: according to the criteria and norms for allocating investment capital in balancing (excluding investment capital from land use revenues) specified at section III above.

- Criterion on district-level administrative unit: according to the criteria and norms for allocating investment capital in balancing (excluding investment capital from land use revenues) specified at section III above.

- Criterion on domestic revenue growth (excluding revenues from land use) of 2 years prior to the planned year (n-2) in comparison with the implemented result of three previous years (n-3). Determination of number of points of this criterion is calculated as follows:

c) Basis to determine number of points:

- Population criterion: Number of point of the population criterion of plan in next year is based on data announced by the Directorate of Statistics for 2 years prior to the planned year (n-2).

- Area criterion:

+ Criterion on natural land area: Number of point of natural area criterion in the plan of next year will base on data announced by the Directorate of Statistics till January 01 of year prior to the planned year.

+ Criterion on rate of land area for planting rice over total natural land area: Number of point for criterion on land area for planting rice in plan of next year is calculated by basing on the data already been announced by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment about the land area for planting rice till January 01 of 2 years prior to the planned year (n-2).

- Criterion on district-level administrative unit: Number of criterion on rural district-level administrative unit in annual plans will be based on data already been announced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs till December 31 or year prior to the planned year.

- Criterion on rural district-level administrative unit in mountainous, high land areas and islands: Number of point of criterion on rural district-level administrative unit in mountainous, high land areas and islands will be based on data already been announced by the Committee for Ethnic Affairs till December 31 of year prior to the planned year.

- Criterion on rural district-level administrative unit in inland border areas: Number of point of criterion on rural district-level administrative units in inland border areas will be based on data already been announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs till December 31 of year prior to the planned year.

- Criterion on the domestic revenue growth (excluding revenues involving land use): Number of points of criterion on the domestic revenue growth (excluding revenues from land use) will be calculated by basing on implementation of domestic revenue (excluding revenues from land use) of 2 years prior to planned year (n-2) in comparison with 3 years prior to planned year (n-3) as supplied by the Ministry of Finance.

d) Method to calculate points and determine capital level for localities: Similarly calculation of investment capital in balancing (excluding investment capital from revenue from use right) mentioned above. The annual number of points of each locality in the period 2011-2015 will be calculated by basing on the data already been announced in previous year as mentioned above.

3. Programs on reinforcing and upgrading the system of sea dikes from Quang Ninh to Kien Giang and upgrading the system of river dike

In furtherance of Decisions No. 58/2006/QD-TTg dated March 14, 2006, on approving the existing programs on investment in reinforcing, protecting and upgrading sea dikes in provinces possessing dikes from Quang Ninh to Quang Nam; Decision No. 667/QD-TTg dated May 27, 2009, on approving program on reinforcing, protecting and upgrading the system of sea dikes from Quang Ngai to Kien Giang and Decision No. 2068/QD-TTg dated December 09, 2009, approving program on upgrading the system of river dikes till 2020.

a) The support principles of the development investment capital with state budget resource:

- For projects on reinforcing and upgrading the sea dikes: Only allocating the targeted supports from central budget to implement programs for localities from Quang Ninh to Kien Giang.

- For programs on reinforcing and upgrading the system of river dikes: only allocating the targeted support capital for projects of 18 provinces and cities including: Hoa Binh, Thai Nguyen, Phu Tho, Vinh Phuc, Bac Giang, Bac Ninh, Hung Yen, Hai Duong, Thai Binh, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh, Ha Noi, Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, Ninh Binh, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Dong Thap which have been approved at Decision No. 2068/QD-TTg dated December 09, 2009.

- Only allocating investment capital for projects in planning, of which investment procedures have been finished in accordance with regulations. Central budget will not allocate capital for the work of compensation, ground clearance and the non-works solutions of projects on sea dikes and river dikes of localities.

- Projects on allocating capital must fall in planning on prevention and combat of flood and the sea and river dyke system which have been approved and implemented full investment procedures.

- Prioritizing in allocating capital for important and urgent works, handling all important locations involving base of dikes, wall of dikes, in serve of response to changes of climate; works uncompleted construction.

- Prioritizing in support for urgent works involving dike protection at river gate, if incidents occur, it will cause influences with large scope and severe damages.

- Prioritizing in support for urgent works involving the protection for system of central dikes, which will cause influences with large scope and severe damages upon incidents occur.

- Focusing on the targeted support capital sources in order to build works of sea dikes into a closed system, ensure the prevention of saltwater intrusion, flood drainage, serve for water supply and drainage and other concerned objectives, to ensure security and economic and social development  of each coastal locality.

- The support capital with objective of implementing projects must be included from other relevant programs and projects in localities such as: programs on coastal traffic routes, coastal national-defense routes and programs on Eastern Sea – Islands.

b) The support capital for investment in works and projects must conform to ability of balancing central budget.

- For provinces and cities regulated revenues for central budget, the maximum support level will not exceed 50% of total investment level (excluding costs for ground clearance and the non-works/project solutions).

- For provinces received the added capital in balancing from central budget, the maximum support level will be 90% of total investment level (excluding costs for ground clearance and the non - works/project solutions).

4. Program on development of agricultural, forestry seeds, domestic animals and fishery breeds 

To implement according to the Decision No. 2194/QD-TTg dated December 25, 2009, duration of implementation is till 2020.

a) Objects of investment and investment support: agencies for management, research and production of plant seeds and animal breeds of Ministries, sectors, provinces and central-affiliated cities; centers of plant seeds and animal breeds at levels 1, 2 of provinces and central-affiliated cities.

b) Content of investment:

- Building the infrastructure of national centers for seeds and/or breeds, regional centers for seeds and/or breeds, provincial centers for seeds and/or breeds.

- Infrastructures of traffic and irrigation, facilities for preservation, processing, … for some key regions of seed and/or breed production.

- Material facilities for production of original breeds, super-genuine breeds, genuine breeds, trees of first good strains, breeds of great-great grandparents, breeds of grandparents, kernel herd, seed garden, seed forest, fishery breeds.

- Material facilities for system of breed and seed quality management and control.

c) The principles of allocating the development investment capital with central budget resource:

- Projects must be in list of centers for seeds and/or breeds, key regions of seed and/or breed production in planning on system of research, production and supply of seeds, breeds, forestry seeds, fishery breeds already been approved.

- The investment projects which are approved according to standard of agriculture, forestry and fishery. 

- Projects which must have full investment procedures. 

- To prioritize to allocate capital for the transitional works and projects.

d) Investment capital level:

- To allocate 100% of capital for works and projects managed by Central level.

- For provinces and cities regulated revenues for central budget, the maximum support level will not exceed 30% of total investment level/project.

- For provinces received the added capital in balancing from central budget, the maximum support level will not exceed 90% of total investment level/project.

5. Shelter from storms for vessels

To implement according to the Decision No. 288/2005/QD-TTg dated November 08, 2005, of the Prime Minister, on approving adjustment of planning on shelter for fishing vessels from storms by 2010 and vision till 2020.

a) Objectives and work items of investment:

- From now to 2015, central budget will focus on investment in completing 9 regional shelters and support for investment in some local shelters.

- To implement allocation of investment support capital according to 4 items: dredging the entering flows (including transport and temporary embankment for place of discharging the dredged soil, sand); building breakwaters, sand dikes; anchor support, anchor buoy; system of signal lights.  

b) The support principles of the development investment capital with central budget resource:

- Only allocating investment capital for projects which are in the master plans approved by the Prime Minister, and have completed investment procedures in accordance with regulations.

- Prioritizing to allocate capital for, first of all, the uncompleted works which are able to finish and put into use in the planned year.

- Prioritizing to allocate capital for provinces of the gulf of Tonkin in order to perform Agreement on common fishing of Vietnam and China.

- Prioritizing to allocate capital for provinces with big quantity of fishing vessels, zones nearby the key fishing ground and zones with high frequency of storms.

- Each locality will be allocated capital to carry out only 1 or 2 works in the planned year.

- Prioritizing the investment support for localities balanced the investment capital with local budget to participate in construction of 4 work items mentioned above.

c) Criteria and norms for allocating capital:

- Central budget will maximally support 100 billion VND/works for works of shelter from storms at regional level, and 80 billion VND/works for works of shelter from storms at provincial level.  The rest capital, localities will self-balance with local budget source and mobilization for participation from other capital sources.

- For works in remote islands which are important on defense and security, central budget will invest with 100%, including other necessary and important items apart from 4 items mentioned above.   

6. Upgrading and construction of new freshwater reservoirs and construction of irrigation system on islands with crowded residents

To implement according to the Decision No. 439/QD-TTg dated April 03, 2009, of the Prime Minister.

a) The support principles of the development investment capital with central budget resource:

- The projects must be in list of islands being built works of freshwater supply, and irrigation works at the Decision No. 439/QD-TTg dated April 03, 2009, of the Prime Minister.

- To prioritize implementation at big islands, with crowded residents or important position in economic-social development, and protection of security and sovereignty of sea areas.

b) Objects of investment support are projects on investment in construction, upgrading of irrigation systems, reservoirs, the concentrated water basins, and the works of embankments for protection of important places on islands.

c) Support capital levels:

- Support maximally not exceeding 30% of total investment level/project for provinces with a rate of capital regulated to the central budget.

- Support maximally not exceeding 70% of total investment level/project for provinces which receive the added capital in balancing from the central budget with rate of revenues for state budget in localities and expenditures for state budget in localities more than 50%.

- Support maximally not exceeding 90% of total investment level/project for provinces which receive the added capital in balancing from the central budget with rate of revenues for state budget in localities and expenditures for state budget in localities less than 50%.

7. Investment in 62 poor rural districts according to the Resolution No. 30a/2008/NQ-CP dated December 27, 2008.

7.1. Criteria, number of points and methods for allocating added and targeted capital from central budget

- The criteria and number of points for allocating the added and targeted capital:

+ Criterion on natural land area of poor rural districts:

+ Criterion on administrative unit, including 2 criteria: number of communal administrative units; number of communes in mountainous; high land and border areas.

Criterion on communal administrative unit:

Criterion on number of communes in mountainous, high land and border areas

+ Population criterion, including 2 criteria: Total residents and total ethnic minority people:

Criterion on total residents

Criterion on number of ethnic minority people

+ Poverty criterion, including 03 criteria: Rate of poor households, rate of households reduced poverty, rate of households relapsed into poverty

Criterion on rate of poor households

Criterion on rate of poverty reduction

Criterion on rate of households relapsed into poverty

+ Criterion on forest protection and development, including 2 criteria: Rate of forest coverage, area of new planted forest.

Criterion on rate of forest coverage

Criterion on area of new planted forest

+ The criterion on rate of annual disbursement of the added and targeted capital

+ Criterion on complying with the reporting regime

- Methods for allocating the added and targeted capital from the central budget:

(a) The added and targeted capital from the state budget for poor rural districts in order to ensure full satisfaction of demand on funding for implementing policies for communes not listed in program on economic-social development of special difficulty-stricken communes in ethnic and mountainous areas in period 2011-2015 (abbreviated to program 135) will be enjoyed regimes and policies as specified for communes listed in program 135, the method of allocation shall perform as follows:

 + Based on number of communes not listed in program on economic-social development for special difficulty-stricken communes in ethnic and mountainous areas in period 2011-2015 and the prescribed norms, determine additionally total added funding for each rural district (apart from the funding already been allocated in the program 135).

+ For communes not listed in program on economic-social development for special difficulty-stricken communes in ethnic and mountainous areas in period 2011-2015 but with hamlets under this program: Because total funding allocated to hamlets in 01 commune is lower than funding supported according to the norm of 01 commune under program on economic-social development for special difficulty-stricken communes in ethnic and mountainous areas in period 2011-2015, the difference will be allocated additionally in order to ensure that the funding is allocated to such commune in accordance with the norms; the rest cases, do not allocate funding to these communes.

(b) Total added and targeted capital from state budget which remains after performing policies defined at point (a) according to the method of allocation above for poor rural districts according to the criteria.

(c) Total added and targeted capital from state budget for each rural district will be equal to total funding to implement points (a) and (b) according to the method of allocation above.

7.2. When allocating the targeted supports from central budget for works, projects, regimes, policies, localities must ensure the following principles:

- To implement in accordance with provisions of Law on state budget, the development investment capital under state budget is only allocated for: works, projects on economic-social infrastructure, regimes and policies specified at Government’s Resolution No. 30a/2008/NQ-CP dated December 27, 2008. 

- Works, projects, regime, policies in serve of objective of reducing poverty fast and sustainably , local economic-social development in the schemes on reducing poverty fast and sustainably already been approved by the provincial People's Committees; works and investment projects must satisfy full investment procedures in accordance with the current provisions on investment management and construction.

- To allocate capital in concentration, ensure efficiency of investment, prioritize for works, projects directly serving for life of people, production; works and projects completed in the plan term; ensure that duration of from starting until completing projects of group B does not exceed 5 years, projects of group C does not exceed 3 years; do not allocate capital for projects when not yet identified capital sources. It must allocate full capital for payment of debts and advance payment of the planning year.

- To ensure the publicity, transparence, justice in allocation of the added and targeted capital from central budget; facilitate for attracting other capital sources; ensure objective of mobilizing at highest level of capital sources for development investment.

8. Program on emigration and sedentarization for ethnic minority people.

In furtherance of objectives set out at Decision No. 33/2007/QD-TTg dated March 05, 2007, on policy involving support  for emigration, implementation of sedentarization for ethnic minority people in period 2007-2010 of the Prime Minister and Decision No. 1342/QD-TTg  dated August 25, 2009, on approving plan on sedentarization for ethnic minority people shifting cultivation and residence by 2012.

The support principles of the development investment capital with central budget resource:

- Based on ability of balancing annual capital sources with state budget.

- Only allocate capital for projects which have been approved by competent authorities according to the principles and support policies specified in Decision No. 33/2007/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister.

- Prioritize for poor provinces, of which revenues from state budget are low.

- Prioritize for uncompleted projects, which are performing in accordance with current regulations.

9. Program on arrangement for emigration, sedentarization

To implement according to the Decision No. 193/2006/QD-TTg dated August 24, 2006, of the Prime Minister, approving program on resident arrangement of regions suffering: disasters, special difficulties, border areas, islands, areas of free immigration, important and extremely important zones of protective forest, strictly protective zones of special-use forest in period 2006-2010 and oriented till the end of 2015.

a) The targeted support principles from central budget:

- To invest according to projects approved by competent authorities according to the objectives set out in Decision No. 193/2006/QD-TTg dated August 24, 2006.

- Only support capital for poor provinces, of which revenues from state budget are low.

b) Support level from central budget:

- The northern mountainous provinces, the support level does not exceed 90% over total investment level of project.

- The provinces in old zone 4, Coastal Central areas and Highland, the support level does not exceed 70% over total investment level of project.

- The provinces in Red river delta and Cuu Long river delta, the support level does not exceed 50% over total investment level of project.

10. Support for investment in coastal economic infrastructure.

The criteria and norms for allocating development investment capital with annual state budget source shall comply with Decision No. 126/2009/QD-TTg dated October 26, 2009 of the Prime Minister, promulgating regime of capital support with central budget for investment in development of infrastructure system of coastal economical zones.

11. Support for industrial parks at localities with difficult economic-social conditions

The criteria and norms for allocating development investment capital with annual state budget source shall comply with Decision No. 43/2009/QD-TTg dated March 19, 2009 of the Prime Minister, promulgating regime of capital support with central budget for investment in construction of technical infrastructure of industrial zones at localities with difficult economic-social conditions.

12. Support for investment in construction of infrastructure of industrial clusters at localities with difficult economic-social conditions

a) The support principles with central budget source:

- Only support for localities with difficult economic-social conditions, industrial rate in local GDP is lower than at least 10% of industrial proportion in national GDP. 

- Do not support for localities with the rate of revenues being regulated into central budget in period 2011-2015; localities with the industrial rate in local GDP more than the industrial proportion in national GDP.

- Industrial clusters which are supported by central budget must satisfy the following conditions:

 + Industrial clusters must be in planning on development of Industrial clusters in geographical areas already been approved by the provincial People’s Committees.

+ Industrial clusters must have important impact to attraction of investment, development of potential industries of localities, aiming to transform the economic structure, push up the economic-social development of localities; serve for removing production facilities that cause pollution or lay alternately in residential zones into the Industrial clusters.

+ Till time of support, industrial cluster must have enterprises which commit registration for hiring at least 30% (thirty percentages) of industrial land area in industrial cluster.

- The projects which are supported must:

+ In the approved plans.

+ Having full procedures for investment in fundamental construction in accordance with current regulations.

b) Objects of works and projects which are supported with central budget, including the following items:

- Compensation, ground clearance and leveling.

- Internal traffic roads; system of internal water supply and drainage.

- System of works for concentrated treatment of sewage and wastes.

c) Support level from central budget:

- For provinces in Northern midland and mountainous areas and Highland (including mountainous rural districts of Thanh Hoa and Nghe An province), the maximum support level for investment in construction of infrastructure work items of an industrial cluster will not be more than 6 billion VND and 70 billion VND for a province.

- For remaining provinces, under objects of programs, the maximum support level for investment in construction of infrastructure work items of an industrial cluster will not be more than 5 billion VND and 50 billion VND for a province.

13. Support for investment in infrastructure construction of border-gate economic zones

a) The support principles with central budget source:

- Prioritizing support for border-gate economic zones with potential development, having important position in export and import, entry and exit creating revenues for budget but the infrastructure system is still weak.

- Projects on infrastructure construction at border-gate economic zones are implemented for promoting efficiency of development of trade, economy and society, raising life of residents and ensuring border defense and security.

- To prioritize in allocating capital for the transitional works and projects which are able to be completed in the planned year. Do not support for starting new projects while the transitional projects which are being supported the capital have not yet been finished.

- The projects which are supported must:

+ Being included in items prioritized for development of the master plan of each border-gate economic zone already been approved by competent agencies.

+ Projects have been included in the approved plans.

+ Projects have full procedures for investment in fundamental construction in accordance with current regulations.

b) Objects of works and projects which are supported with central budget, including the following items:

- Compensation, ground clearance.

- Ground leveling in border-gate economic zones.

-  Construction of internal traffic roads in border-gate economic zones.

- Construction of works for power supply, water supply, treatment of sewage and garbage in border-gate economic zones.

- Other important and necessary infrastructure constructions (inter-branch control stations, warehouses, yards, and embankment anti landslide...).

- Do not perform the targeted support with central budget of program for construction of schools, hospitals, health stations, markets, head offices of districts, communes … placed in border-gate economic zones.

- Do not perform the targeted support with central budget of program for investment in projects which have been invested from Government’s bond capital source or supported for investment from central budget of other programs or projects.

c) Support level from central budget:

- Based on ability of balancing state budget, demand in specific investment projects, extent of difficulties of localities and ability of annual central budget.

- Support maximally not exceeding 20% of total investment level/project for localities with a rate of revenue regulated to the central budget.

- Support maximally not exceeding 35% of total investment level/project for localities which receive the added capital in balancing from the central budget less than 50%.  

- Support maximally not exceeding 60% of total investment level/project for localities which receive the added capital in balancing from the central budget from 50% to 70%.  

- Support maximally not exceeding 90% of total investment level/project for localities which receive the added capital in balancing from the central budget for 70% or more.  

14. Eastern Sea – Island program  

a) Principles for allocating the targeted supports from central budget to implement the Eastern Sea – Island program:

- To allocate capital for implementing tasks of defense, security and development of sea economy as assigned to Ministries, sectors and localities for implementation by leaders of the Party and State.  

- Projects must be included in the master plans of country, regions, provinces, and cities and must be suitable to the sectoral master plans.

- Do not allocate the capital in an equal or average way for all localities.

- To focus investment on localities with island districts, communes, islands with residents and islands to which the movement of residents for living, production development, acting as master of island and sea areas is necessary; support several conditional localities with urgent demand to develop the off-shore fishing at sea areas which have demand to strengthen civil presence so as to act as master and manage, protect sovereignty and national interests.   

- To prioritize support for poor localities, of which economy develop weakly.

- Localities may mobilize additionally other capital sources in order to ensure the progress and efficiency, meet objectives of programs.

b) The targeted support capital level from central budget:

- Based on ability of balancing annual investment capital, capital demands proposed by Ministries, sectors and localities, the ability of capital sources for Eastern Sea - Island program in the planned year, the State Steering Board of Eastern Sea and Islands shall approve the investment guidelines for each program or project.

- To allocate full capital for works and projects managed by Central level.

- Support maximally not exceeding 50% of total investment level/project for provinces with a rate of revenues regulated to the central budget.

- Support maximally not exceeding 90% of total investment level/project for provinces which receive the added capital in balancing from central budget.  

c) Capital for Eastern Sea – Island program must be allocated in line with objective, object, scope and scale of the approved projects. Programs or projects out of the set duration, expanding the scales must be agreed by competent authorities about guideline before being further supported for investment. If Ministries, sectors or localities self-decide on extension of investment scale of projects, they must self-balance capital for implementation of the expanded part in comparison with the initial guidelines.

15. Support for investment in sustainable forest protection and development

To implement according to the Decision No. 147/2007/QD-TTg dated September 10, 2007 and Decision No. 186/2006/QD-TTg dated August 14, 2006, of the Prime Minister.

a) The principles for allocating the targeted support capital from central budget:

- Projects have been approved, are being performed, have full procedures for investment in accordance with current regulations.

-  According to planning of area of protective forests, special-use forests, productive forests which have been approved.  

- According to planning of land area for planting forest already been approved.

- According to the planned forest area which needs be zoned for regeneration and protection already been approved.

- To focus investment on provinces in Northwest, Highland and central coastal regions because in this zone, localities have many areas of vacant land and bare hills which must plant forest, or need many protection forests, in which specially the Northwest region is prioritized. In regions, the poor provinces are prioritized.  

- Investment in coastal mangrove forests and border protection forests.

b) Regarding norms:

- Planting of special-use protection forests: maximally 15 million VND/ha (the provincial People's Committees will decide the specific level).  

- Support for production forest at average level of 3 million VND/ha (the provincial People's Committees will decide the specific level).

- To encourage construction of plants processing wood for sale of wood of planted forests for the Northwest provinces. To support of cost for transport of products calculated from plants to the main center of consumption as Ha Noi at support level of 1,000 VND/ton/km within 5 first years since building plant.

- To assign the forest management and protection at the average level of 200,000 VND/ha/year (the provincial People's Committees will decide the specific level).  

- Zoning for natural regeneration in association with planting additionally will be supported at level of 1 million VND/ha/6 years (500,000 VND/ha for first year).   

- Construction of infrastructure will occupy 10% of total capital.

- Management capital will occupy 10% of silvicultural capital (8% from project owner, 1.3% from province, 0.7% from central level).

- Support 20 billion VND/plant/province for plants processing MDF wood with capacity ≥ 30,000 m³/year in geographical areas of Northwest provinces.

16. Investment in economic-social development of Vietnam-China, Vietnam-Laos and Vietnam- Cambodia border routes

In furtherance of objectives of Decision No. 120/2003/QD-TTg dated June 11, 2003, on approving the strategic on economic-social development of Vietnam - China border route by 2010 and Decision No. 160/2007/QD-TTg dated October 17, 2007, on support for economic-social development of communes in Vietnam-Laos and Vietnam-Cambodia borders.

a) The principles for allocating the targeted support capital from central budget:

- To focus capital in order to finish objectives set out by 2010 which have not yet been finished, involving hunger elimination, poverty reduction, putting residents back to border areas under planning and plans, ensuring conditions for safe production and daily-life activities, there is no hamlet with no resident at border areas; repair, upgrading and construction of system of border belt roads, internal roads of border communes, border patrol and control roads according to planning, plans already been approved; development of border economy exchange, services of goods export and tourist for whole nation; assurance of security, defense, order and social safety.

- Based on the sectoral planning already been approved.  

- Projects must have full procedures.  

- To prioritize for allocating capital for the transition projects, limit maximally commencement of the works.

- To prioritize for allocating capital to localities which have not yet reached the objectives set out at Decision No. 120/2003/QD-TTg and Decision No. 160/2007/QD-TTg

b) The criteria for allocating the targeted support capital from annual central budget, including:

- Area of border areas of provinces.

- Population at border areas.

- Length of border line.

- Number of border communes.

- Number of border rural districts.

- Number of the border posts which are existing and are foreseen for additional construction.

c) Method of calculation for building coefficient of points as the basis for capital allocation:

Principles: Each above criterion is calculated 100 points for whole region, from that number of points of each criterion will be calculated specifically for each province. On the basis of number of points of each criterion of each province, total points for main criteria mentioned above of each province will be calculated. From this point and total allocated capital for Decision 120 and 160 of each year, each locality will be allocated capital: the capital level is proportional to points of each locality.

17. Support for investment in infrastructure construction of safe zones

To implement according to the Decision No. 229/1999/QD-TTg dated December 16, 1999, of the Prime Minister, on promulgating Regulations on management and protection of safe zones.

a) Scope and objects of investment:

- To invest in safe zones according to the Decision No. 229/1999/QD-TTg dated December 16, 1999, of the Prime Minister which are safe zones managed by the Ministry of National Defense.

- The Prime Minister will decide scope of each safe zone.

- To invest in the Ministry of National Defense for construction, renovation, repair, maintenance, protection and management of the safe zone facilities to be ready to put into use.

- To invest in localities with safe zones in order to support economic-social development, upgrading of material and mental life for people in safe zones to feel assured, become near and dear with native land, give their mind to protection of bases of Central. Including contents: inter-district and inter-commune roads; system of irrigation and water supply; system of power supply (under management of localities); schools, health stations, medical centers; cultural houses, head offices;…

b) The principles for allocating the targeted support capital from central budget:

- Projects included in the approved plans.

- Projects which must have full investment procedures.  

- To prioritize to allocate capital for the transitional projects which may be completed in year.

- Do not allocate capital for projects using capital sources from Government’s bond.

c) The criteria for allocating capital are based on:

- Complex extent of terrain of the base region.

- Scale of area, number of communes, and population of safe zone region.

- Rate of poor households in geographical areas of safe zone.

- Rate of ethnic minority people in geographical areas of safe zone.

- Extent of infrastructure development in geographical areas of safe zone (number of km road /10km² area of natural land).

- Rate of households used clean water.

- Number of communes and rate of households in access of national power grid.

- Number of hospital beds of medical centers, communal health stations / 1,000 people.

- Investment capital level of other capital sources for safe zone region.

d) Principles for allocation: Each above criterion is calculated 100 points for whole region, from that number of points of each criterion will be calculated specifically for each province. On the basis of number of points of each criterion of each province, total points for main criteria mentioned above of each province will be calculated. From this point and total capital allocated for the program (after minus investment capital part for the Ministry of National Defense) of each year, each locality will be allocated capital:   the capital level is proportional to points of each locality.

18. Program on management and protection of inland border

a) Objects of investment:

- The Ministry of National Defense shall build border posts and stations, system of power supply, daily-life water supply for border posts in association with residential clusters, infrastructure of national defense economic zones (areas of border communes).

- Localities:

+ To build residential clusters in association with border posts just been established, or moved;

+ To build several important traffic routes in serve of border management and protection in association with urgent demand of linking the economic-social development in geographical areas (routes not included in plan on system of border patrol roads of the Ministry of National Defense);

+ Important embankments at border river banks and spring banks, embankments to protect bases of national boundary milestone.

b) The principles for allocating the targeted support capital:

- Only allocate the targeted support investment capital from central budget for projects included in planning, plans already been approved.

- Projects which have full investment procedures.  

- To prioritize for allocating capital for projects under key geographical areas of defense, security on inland border routes.

19. Support for investment in provinces, rural districts been newly separated

a) The principles and objects supported the targeted investment capital from central budget:

- Provinces already been separated from 2004 and later.

- To implement according to Government’s Decrees, the Prime Minister’s Decisions, on separation of rural districts from 2005 and later.

- To prioritize the investment support capital level for rural district newly been separated from 2008 and later.

- Projects which are allocated capital must be included in plans already been approved and have full investment procedures.

- To prioritize to allocate capital for the transitional projects.

- Do not allocate capital for projects using capital sources from Government’s bond.

b) Criteria and norms for allocating capital:

- For provincial level, apply the criteria and norms for allocating investment capital in balancing (excluding investment capital from land use revenues), except for the criteria: (1) Rate of revenues regulated into central budget; (2) Domestic revenues (excluding revenues of land use); (3) additional criteria.  

- For district level, based on:  area, population, rate of poor households, important and necessary infrastructure of rural districts.  Rural districts which have been separated later will be allocated investment level higher than rural districts which have been separated previously.

20. Support the reciprocal capital for ODA projects managed by localities

a) The principles for supporting the reciprocal capital for ODA projects managed by localities from central budget:

- Only support the reciprocal capital for projects assigned in annual plan on state budget directly managed or owned by localities; agreements, documents of projects already been signed with donors or localities acting as focal agencies in payment of foreign capital. 

- Support the ODA reciprocal capital for projects using development investment capital sources which are balanced in state budget (including projects on non-refundable loans and aids); do not allocate the reciprocal capital for projects using non-business funding and the re-borrowing projects.  

- For general ODA projects (including many sectors, many subprojects), only support for the part of development investment.

b) Criteria and support capital level: Based on ability of balancing the annual development investment capital, to prioritize support of reciprocal capital for ODA projects in the fields of hunger elimination, poverty reduction, transport, agricultural and rural development, rural infrastructure, health and improving the environmental hygiene conditions.   The support level for each locality shall comply with the following criteria:

- Localities subject to being added from central budget in balancing over 70% will be supported maximally 90% of the reciprocal capital of a project.  

- Localities subject to being added from central budget in balancing from 50% to 70% will be supported maximally 70% of the reciprocal capital of a project.  

- Localities subject to being added from central budget in balancing less than 50% will be supported maximally 50% of the reciprocal capital of a project.

- Do not support the reciprocal capital for ODA projects of provinces and central-affiliated cities which have the revenues regulated into central budget.

21. Support investment in educational, labor and social affair centers

a) The targeted support principles from central budget:

- The central budget shall support partly for local budget, do not invest in whole project.

- Projects must comply with planning and have full investment procedures.  

- To prioritize for allocating capital for the transition projects, restrain commencement of the works.

- To prioritize for allocating capital for localities with high quantity of addicted persons, mountainous provinces in important location of drug evil, while detoxification centers are able to satisfy only a part of demand.

b) The targeted investment support level from central budget:

- Localities subject to being added from central budget in balancing over 70% will be supported maximally 80% of total investment capital of a project.   

- Localities subject to being added from central budget in balancing from 50% to 70% will be supported maximally 50% of total investment capital of a project.  

- Localities subject to being added from central budget in balancing less than 50% will be supported maximally 30% of total investment capital of a project.  

- Do not support for localities with rate of revenues regulated into central budget.

22. Support for investment in provincial and district-level hospitals  

a) The principles and objects of the targeted support from central budget:

- The specialized hospitals and health establishments at provincial and district levels.  

- Projects must be included in the approved plans and have full investment procedures.

- To prioritize for allocating capital for the transition projects which may be finished in the planned year; limit maximally commencement of the works.

- Only allocate capital for investment in equipment for establishments which have satisfied infrastructure, houses and people but lacked equipment.

- Do not allocate the targeted support capital from central budget for projects under subjects using capital sources from Government’s bond.

b) The targeted support level from central budget:

- Projects under objects of support in Northern mountainous, Highland provinces will be supported from central budget not more than 70% of capital for construction and installment, 100% of capital for equipment procurement.  

- Projects under objects of support in remaining provinces with revenues from state budget, the support level will be not more than 50% of capital for construction and installment, 70% of capital for equipment procurement.

- Do not support for localities and cities with rate of revenues regulated into central budget.

23. The targeted investment support for urgent projects which the local budget fails to balance

a) The principles for allocating the targeted support capital from central budget:

- Works and projects under management of Ministries, sectors and localities which are requested for allocating the annual investment capital by leaders of Party and State.

- Projects which are included in the approved plans and have full investment procedures.

b) Support level from central budget: Based on ability of balancing investment capital with state budget, the support level will:

- Do not exceed 50 % of total investment level in a project for provinces and cities with the rate of revenues regulated into the central budget.

- Do not exceed 90 % of total investment level in a project for provinces received the targeted support in balancing of the central budget.  

- According to the capital level already been decided by leaders of Party and State.  

24. Investment in construction of working offices, houses of overseas Vietnam representative agencies and other Vietnam agencies.

To implement Decision No. 602/QD-TTg dated May 12, 2009, approving the plan on investment in construction of working offices, houses of overseas Vietnam representative agencies and other Vietnam agencies by 2015.

a) The principles for allocating the annual development investment capital with state budget resource:

- Projects included in list of projects in Decision No. 602/QD-TTg dated May 12, 2009.  

- Projects must comply with Decision No. 02/2008/QD-TTg dated January 07, 2008, of the Prime Minister, on promulgating Regulations on managing the construction investment projects of overseas Vietnam representative agencies and other Vietnam agencies and in line with legislations of host countries, where projects are invested.

- To prioritize investment at countries, territories which are strategic locations or have close relation with Vietnam.

- To prioritize for purchase of new one than renovation or upgrading, unless offices and houses are degraded and fail to satisfy requirement of work.  

- To prioritize for investment in purchase of houses, land, construction and repair of working offices, office for external activities before investment in purchase of houses and other works. 

b) The capital level which is allocated from state budget: projects not in case where Corporation for state capital Investment and Trading will purchase after deducting investment part are used 70% of consular fees at diplomatic missions, annually, based on ability of balancing state budget, the capital will be allocated for implementation according to the priority order stated above.  

25. Programs on search and rescue

To implement according to the Decision No. 46/2006/QD-TTg dated February 28, 2006, of the Prime Minister, on approving Scheme on general plan in the field of search and rescue by 2015 and vision till 2020.

a) The principles for allocating capital:

- Projects which have been approved in the Decision No. 46/2006/QD-TTg dated February 28, 2006 and Decision No. 1656/2007/QD-TTg dated December 06, 2007, of the Prime Minister.

- Projects which must have full investment procedures in accordance with regulations.  

- Based on ability of balancing the annual capital with state budget, to prioritize for transitional projects.

b) Objects of investment: To carry out projects on production, procurement of regular and reserve special-use equipment at Annexes II, III promulgated together with the Decision No. 46/2006/QD-TTg dated February 28, 2006 and Decision No. 1656/2007/QD-TTg dated December 06, 2007.

26. Investment according to the Resolution No. 49-NQ/TW of the Political Ministry, on justice reform

To implement according to the Resolution No. 49-NQ/TW dated June 02, 2005 of the Political Ministry, on justice system in the following principles:

- The investment projects according to the Resolution No. 49-NQ/TW dated June 02, 2005.

- Projects must be included in the master plan on investment in construction of head offices of justice agencies in period 2011-2015.

- Projects must have full procedures for investment in fundamental construction.

- To prioritize in allocating capital for works, projects which are seriously degraded, unsafe for users, the working area is less than 70% in comparison with the prescribed standards and norms of using the working offices.

- To prioritize in allocating capital for the transitional works so as to ensure time of finishing group-B projects not more than 5 years, group-C projects not more than 3 years.

27. Investment support according to typical mechanism for localities with big revenues

In furtherance of conclusion of the Political Ministry at Resolution No. 47-NQ/TW on formulating typical mechanism for localities with big revenues which are  supported from central budget with target to re-invest in development of infrastructure, public works, assurance of social welfares, environmental protection and sustainable development of localities

This program will be combined with support for investment in high technology parks of Ho Chi Minh City.

a) Objects which are supported by program:

- Localities with rate of revenues regulated into central budget in period 2011-2015.

- Or localities which fail to regulate revenues into central budget in period 2011-2015, but have annual estimate of state budget revenues in geographical areas more than 10,000 billion VND.

b) Criteria to determine the targeted support capital level from central budget:

- The rate of revenues regulated into central budget in period 2011-2015 will be calculated under the point levels: 1% of revenues regulated into central budget will be calculated 10 points.

- The implemented domestic revenue growth (excluding revenue from land use) for state budget of 2 years before the planned year (n-2) in comparison with the implemented number of 3 years before the planned year (n-3):

- The implemented increase of revenues from export and import of 2 years before the planned year (n-2) in comparison with 3 years before the planned year (n-3):

- To determine points based on implementation of state budget revenues of 2 years before the planned year (n-2) in comparison with the implementation result of 3 years before the planned year (n-3).

- The targeted support capital level from central budget will base on ability of balancing the annual development investment capital and number of points calculated according to the above criteria.

c) Principles for allocating the targeted support capital of program:

- To allocate capital for projects which have been included in plans, had full investment procedures.

- To prioritize in allocating capital for transitional projects.

- To prioritize in allocating capital for projects on development of transport infrastructure, irrigation, science and technology, education and training, health.

28. Support for investment in construction of head offices of the communal People’s Committees  

a) Objects of support:

Investment in construction of head offices of the communal People’s Committees of localities which have not yet self-balanced the annual budget.

b) Principles for allocating the targeted support capital of program:

- To allocate capital for projects which have been included in plans, had full investment procedures.  

- To prioritize support for communes, wards and townships which have been separated, communes which have not yet had head offices and must rent location for working; head offices of communal People’s Committees which are degraded severely, unsafe for users.  

- To prioritize in allocating capital for transitional projects.

c) The targeted support capital level from central budget:

- For head offices of the communal People’s Committees in difficulty-stricken areas, mountainous, depth-lying and remote areas, islands, coastal stricken areas, they will be supported 100%.   

- For head offices of remaining communes, they will be supported 70%.

29. Support for investment in tourism infrastructure

a) Objects of support:

- Projects on infrastructure construction aiming to facilitate for tourist zones promoting efficiency and for tourists in access with tourist zones.

- Support for investment in projects on tourism infrastructure aiming to develop tourist sites which are able to attract many tourist from tourist centers to adjacent areas.

- Support for investment in projects on tourism infrastructure at geographical areas being key locations for tourism development of Central – Highland regions and Northern midland and mountainous region.

b) Principles for allocating the targeted support capital of program:

- Quantity of projects on tourism infrastructure which are supported annually of each locality will not exceed 3 projects. Do not support for commencement of new projects while projects being supported have not yet been finished.

- The projects supported must be included in plan on national or local tourism development already approved by competent agencies; have finished fully the procedures for investment in fundamental construction in accordance with current regulations.  

- To prioritize support for projects on tourism infrastructure at national tourism zones, national tourism sites, and local tourism zones.

- To prioritize support for projects on tourism infrastructure in association with tourism sites and routes in provinces with the difficult economic-social conditions, depth-lying and remote areas, localities with potential tourism but have difficulty on budget.

c) Contents of support:

- Projects on construction of roads from main axle to tourism zones.

- Projects on low-voltage power supply in serve of tourism.

- Projects on water supply, drainage, treatment of waste, and environmental protection.

- Projects on construction of tourism harbors; erosion control at river gates, sea gates, protection and embellishment of tourism resources at tourism zones.

d) Capital level of support:

For localities with national tourism zones, or with 02 national tourism sites or more, or provinces and cities being center of tourism development of key national geographical areas of tourism development, total annual support levels will not exceed 80% of demand of support for investment in tourism infrastructure.

For localities with national tourism sites or local tourism zones, total annual support levels will not exceed 75% of demand of support for investment in tourism infrastructure.

For localities with local tourism sites and in difficulty-stricken areas, must annually receive additional budget from the Central, total annual support levels will not exceed 70% of demand of support for investment in tourism infrastructure.

dd) Support level for each project:

- For localities which do not regulate revenues into central budget, total support level for each project will not exceed 50% of total estimate for construction and installment.

- For localities which receive additional funding in balancing from central budget, total support level for each project will not exceed 80% of total estimate for construction and installment.