New: Ministry of Construction of Vietnam shall publish the range of unit construction labor costs from 2020

Specifically, Circular No. 15/2019/TT-BXD, the Ministry of Construction of Vietnam shall publish the range of unit construction labor costs for 03 types of construction personnel arranged into 04 regions in the Appendix No. 4 and the range of unit labor costs for 04 groups of construction consultants arranged into 4 regions in the Appendix No. 5 hereto.

Entities and persons related to determination and administration of investment and construction costs of projects funded by the state budget and non-state budgetary capital or PPP investment projects under clause 1 of Article 2 in Decree No. 68/2019/ND-CP dated August 14, 2019 of Vietnam’s Government on management of investment and construction expenses. To be specific:

- Provincial People’s Committees shall consult instructions given herein to direct Departments of Construction to take charge of and cooperate with relevant entities and units in conducting surveys or hiring qualified consultants to survey and collect information and determine unit construction labor costs matched with the range of unit labor costs published by the Ministry of Construction as a basis to publish or authorize publication of unit labor costs every month or quarter as a basis to estimate and manage investment and construction expenses under their jurisdiction, and shall report on results of publication of such costs to the Ministry of Construction for its control.

- With respect to construction activities listed in the group of particular activities, not yet listed in the published list or already in the list, if unit labor costs for performing these activities that have already been published by provincial People's Committees do not suit construction types and conditions, provincial People's Committees may survey, supplement or revise these costs to be applied to estimation and administration of investment and construction expenses in construction projects located within their remit.  

- Funding for surveys and collection of information, determination and notification of unit construction labor costs shall be allocated by using regular expenditures authorized by the state budget. In particular, administrative costs of surveys conducted to check unit labor costs by project owners shall be determined by preparing cost estimates and shall be charged into other counseling costs as part of investment and construction expenses of a construction project.

View details at Circular No. 15/2019/TT-BXD of the Ministry of Construction of Vietnam, effective from February 15, 2020.

Thu Ba

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