Circular 67: 07 Expenditure Items for Archaeological Survey and Excavation

The expenditure contents for the implementation of archaeological exploration and excavation work from the state budget are stipulated in Circular 67/2019/TT-BTC. To be specific:

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1. Expenditure on archaeological survey, including: Payment for scientific and technical staff directly involved in the survey; consultancy fee for experts; hiring labor; purchasing or renting survey equipment; renting means of transportation and accommodation for scientific and technical staff and consulting experts.

2. Expenditure on archaeological exploration, including: Payment for scientific and technical staff directly involved in the exploration; consultancy fee for experts; hiring labor for exploration excavation; purchasing or renting materials, tools, and office supplies; field camps; renting means of transportation and accommodation for scientific and technical staff and consulting experts; technical drawing, embossing patterns, photographing relics and artifacts; compensation for crops in the exploration area.

3. Expenditure on archaeological excavation, including: Payment for scientific and technical staff directly involved in the excavation; consultancy fee for experts; hiring labor for excavation and field protection; purchasing or renting materials, tools, and office supplies for excavation service; renting means of transportation and accommodation for scientific and technical staff directly involved in the excavation and consulting experts; technical drawing, embossing patterns, photographing relics and artifacts; compensation for crops and site clearance in the excavation area; purchasing or renting machinery for excavation service; temporary preservation of relics and artifacts.

4. Expenditure on post-exploration and post-excavation artifact processing and research, including: Payment for scientific and technical staff directly involved in processing and research; consultancy fee for experts; hiring labor for processing and preserving artifacts; purchasing or renting equipment, materials, and office supplies for processing; renting warehouses or temporary storages for preserving relics and artifacts for processing, research, and scientific documentation; hiring analysis of artifact samples; attaching, restoring artifacts; measuring, photographing, documenting artifacts scientifically; packing and transporting artifacts to museums or storage locations designated by each locality post-excavation.

5. Expenditure on workshops serving archaeological exploration and excavation work; workshops for reporting exploration and excavation results, and research and post-excavation processing results of relics and artifacts.

6. Expenditure on the preparation of scientific dossiers on archaeological exploration and excavation results, including: Writing preliminary and scientific reports; compiling research results, historical documents; selecting photos, drawings, and embossing patterns serving the reports; printing and duplicating reports.

7. Expenditure on operational activities of the excavation team or the archaeological exploration and excavation project including: Payment for electricity, water, communication, environmental sanitation, salaries, allowances for the management apparatus, and other expenses (if any).

See the full text of the regulations at Circular 67/2019/TT-BTC effective from November 8, 2019.

Thu Ba

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