If you have thrown a javelin, you have to follow it, the project of one million social houses proposed by the Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghi is a big project. In terms of purpose, it is a policy that is beneficial to the poor. However, the story from idea to practice is sometimes far away, even impossible to do.
The symbolic construction of affordable housing, which sells or rents out for low-income people, is a policy many welfare states have long practiced, not a new idea. However, the welfare state is a clean, well-organized state with a streamlined apparatus that is easy to implement, even though it is a difficult policy.
The difference between a welfare state and a corrupt state is too great. What the welfare state has done so well, it becomes impossible for the corrupt state. One million social housing for the welfare state is not difficult. The number of houses that account for only 1/100 of the population is a simple number. However, with a corrupt state, the problem is, the money that is approved sometimes doesn’t go where it needs to be.
The apparatus of the welfare state has a purpose for the people, the whole apparatus operates smoothly because everyone is aiming for one goal, which is the effectiveness of the policy. Obstacles such as cumbersome procedures, difficult attitudes, wanting to make money, etc… are removed so that the money can be spent as quickly as possible. Therefore, if the welfare state implements the project, it will easily succeed.
In a corrupt state like Vietnam, when funding is approved, from the central to local levels, all of officials from different seek to get their own benefits from it. They’re not looking to promote the project, not to get the project done quickly, but to see if there’s a way to get rid of it, to save money, and how to put money to their pockets without leaving a trace. From there, aggressive attitudes were used, cumbersome procedures, and sub-licenses were born, to force the other side to pay lube money. Just like that, the corrupt apparatus jams all the money that is deployed from the Government. Currently, the biggest problem of the Government of Mr. Pham Minh Chinh is the disbursement of public investment capital.
Recently, Dan Tri online outlet has an article “Buyers of social housing hesitate with interest package of VND120 trillion?” According to the article, despite highly appreciating the VND120 trillion loan package for the development of social housing and worker housing, many experts believe that the interest rate of 8.2%/year is still too high compared to the spending ability of social buyers.
Thus, the plan to deploy the package of VND120 trillion has only just begun and has encountered the first hurdle. This barrier is asynchronous and fragmented policy making. In order for this package to be deployed quickly, interest issues, procedural issues, etc. must be taken into account in advance, to clear the way for the project to not be congested. However, it seems that the government of PM Pham Minh Chinh did not take it into account.
When he formulated this policy, Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghi did not consider the difference between the welfare state of the West and the corrupt state of Vietnam. The difference in institutions, and the difference between the two regimes, is the first thing that needs to be considered. It seems that Mr. Nguyen Thanh Nghi did not study carefully, so now he is making it difficult for the PM.
The Communist Party of Vietnam, from the head of the Party to those stadying in Western countries who work in the Communist state apparatus, are people who have not yet understood. No one admits that the Marxist-Leninist political system is the cause of all causes. It was it that turned the simple problems of democratic countries into impossible tasks for the Communist government.
Thoibao.de (Translated)
