Guiding the evaluation of construction projects in Vietnam

Evaluation of construction projects is specified in Circular No. 18/2016/TT-BXD of the Ministry of Construction of Vietnam as follows:

- Evaluation shall be started when the evaluation body has received all required documents and ended upon receipt of the written notification of evaluation results.

- Evaluation contents shall be subject to Article 58 and Article 83 of the Law on Construction, Article 6 and Article 10 of Decree No. 32/2015/ND-CP of Vietnam’s Government.

- Within the duration of five (05) working days after the date on which evaluation is initiated, the evaluation body shall be responsible for sending a written request for opinions from relevant entities and organizations.

Notably, in the course of evaluation, the evaluation body shall be vested with the following powers:

- Request entities or organizations concerned to provide documentary information and data which are necessary for evaluation activities;

- Hire organizations or individuals which have relevant qualification, competence and experience to participate in evaluation activities;

- Request the project developer to directly select a inspection consulting organization to assist in evaluation activities or consider using the project developer’s evaluation results;

- Request the project developer to give explicit interpretation or explanation of evaluation-related issues whenever necessary;

- Temporarily cease evaluation activities and promptly inform the evaluation requesting person of any defect or error arising from the calculation method, load bearing, drawing description and map, etc. existing in the submitted documentation contents which may result in failure to arrive at evaluation conclusion.

View details at Circular No. 18/2016/TT-BXD of the Ministry of Construction of Vietnam, effective from August 15, 2016.

- Thanh Lam -

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